Fellipe Trovo

Fellipe Trovo is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under André Ushirobira, being also a representative of Rômulo Barral and his branch of the Gracie Barra team in this sport/martial art’s international circuit, a team he joined in 2018. Pointed out as one of the rising stars in São Paulo by BJJ Heroes (2017) Fellipe is widely regarded as one of the most talented BJJ competitors of his generation, a reputation he earned through his many important wins on the mats, particularly at the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF) Pans and Brazilian Nationals as a brown belt.

Fellipe Trovo Jiu-Jitsu

Full Name: Fellipe Ubaiz Trovo

Nickname: N/A

Lineage: Carlos Gracie > Carlson Gracie > André Pederneiras > Robson Moura > André Ushirobira > Fellipe Trovo

Main Achievements:

• 1st Place IBJJF American Nationals (2019)
• 1st Place IBJJF American Nationals NoGi (2019** / 2021*)
• 1st Place IBJJF Las Vegas Open (2019)
• 1st Place IBJJF Las Vegas Open NoGi (2019)
• 1st Place IBJJF Mexico City Open (2018)
• 2nd Place IBJJF Las Vegas Open NoGi (2019)
• 3rd Place IBJJF World Championship No-Gi (2019)
• 3rd Place UAEJJF Grand Slam, MIA (2020)
• 3rd Place IBJJF European Open (2020*)
• 3rd Place IBJJF Mexico City Open (2018*)
• 3rd Place San Jose Open 3rd Place (2018*)

Main Achievements (Colored Belts):

• 1st Place IBJJF Pans Championship (2015 brown)
• 1st Place CBJJ Brazilian Nationals (2017 brown)
• 1st Place IBJJF São Paulo Open (2017/2016 brown)
• 3rd Place IBJJF World Championship (2015** brown)

Favorite Position/Technique: Open Guard and Crucifix Position

Weight Division: Super Pesado (100,50 kg / 222.0 lbs)

Team/Association: Atos

Fellipe Trovo Biography

Fellipe Trovo was born on February 9, 1995, in Ribeirão Preto – a municipality located in the northeastern region of São Paulo state, Brazil where he grew up.

Throughout his childhood and pre-adolescence, Fellipe’s life was embedded in more traditional sporting activities such as football (soccer) and swimming, however, he had never heard of jiu-jitsu. In his mid-teens Trovo heard of a BJJ academy located in his neighborhood and decided to give it a try, enjoying the martial art from his very first class.

André Ushirobira‘s gym was where Fellipe started, which by coincidence was organizing its yearly internal tournament on the week that he joined. Being a natural-born competitor Trovo signed on to the competition, and although he only had one week to prepare, he ended up winning his belt/weight class – an achievement that further galvanized Trovo’s interest in grappling.

From the very start, Fellipe’s focus in developing his jiu-jitsu skills was unrivaled at the gym, training regularly 5 to 6 hours per day. His hard work was always well supported by his instructor, coach Ushirobira who was tireless in providing support to the young athlete.

Trovo climbed the ranks of jiu-jitsu while earning numerous medals at a state, national and international level. The work led him to his black belt, earned in December 2017 after 3 hard-fought years in the brown belt division.

After receiving his black belt Fellipe Trovo felt that in order to be successful in the sport’s toughest division, he needed to exceed his limits. Something that was very hard to achieve if training at a small gym such as Andre Ushirobira’s academy. The young black belt was a great fan of Rômulo Barral, both his game as an athlete and his work as a coach at Gracie Barra Northridge. Believing his gym would be the perfect environment to push him towards his goals, Trovo decided to swap teams in 2018, and again in 2020 to Atos in San Diego.

Fellipe Trovo vs Cleyton Rafael