Eduardo Telles is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt under Fabio Gurgel and one of the most creative grapplers in the World. Famed for being a fan of the “Esquijitsu” (a nickname applied to his game which translates to: weird Jiu Jitsu) he created several attacks from the turtle position, a position that was deemed a weaker position by most grapplers before Telles created the turtle guard, revolutionizing what once was defensive ‘go-to’ move. Eduardo Telles also created several trademark setups from a position that became famous as the Octupus Guard. Eduardo Telles Jiu Jitsu Full Name: Eduardo Telles Moreira Nickname: n/a Lineage: Mitsuyo Maeda > Carlos Gracie > Helio Gracie > Rolls Gracie > Romero Cavalcanti > Eduardo Telles Mains Achievements (BJJ): World Champion, No Gi (2013) Pan American Champion (2007) Brazilian National Champion – CBJJE (2008) World Silver Medallist (1999 – Purple Belt); 3x World Bronze Medallist (2000 – Brown Belt, 2008 and 2010 Black Belt) 2x Pan American Silver Medallist (2005, 2006) 3x Brazilian National Silver Medallist (2001, 2005, 2006) 3x Pan American Bronze Medallist (2002 – Pesado and Absolute, 2004 Pesado) Favourite Position: Turtle Guard, Octopus Guard. Weight Division: Pesado, Super Pesado and Pesadissimo Team/Association: Nine Nine. Eduardo Telles Biography Eduardo Telles was born in 1976 in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Telles entered the martial arts world through Karate as a teenager, Jiu Jitsu already existed in Sao Paulo at the time, but the academies were scarce and the first contact Telles had with Jiu Jitsu was when he spent time in Rio de Janeiro, at his father’s home town. The Telles family held a house in Rio around the famous surfing and BJJ spot of Bairro da Tijuca where Eduardo would hear about Jiu Jitsu for the first time. After the first UFC’s started, the Royce Gracie name became famous (he won the first 2 championship events) and Jiu Jitsu boomed in Sao Paulo. Riding on the Jiu Jitsu wave, the Karate gym where Eduardo Telles trained opened a class for Jiu Jitsu. That was when Telles met his first instructor, Fernando Yamasaki (brother of UFC referee: Mario Yamasaki), with whom he stayed until he received his blue belt. Around the time when he was graded blue belt he moved to San Diego in California and had to stop training. He was in the US to learn English and there he met Carlos Valente, an ‘old school’ Jiu Jitsu black belt who’s family had a long history with the Gracie family. Telles took the oportunity of training with such a prestigious black belt and trained with Valente for the duration of his term in the US. Telles received his purple belt from Mr Valente and then moved back to Sao Paulo. This time he picked up his training at the new Fabio Gurgel gym. At Gurgel’s academy he met Fernando “Terere” with whom he became very good friends, as well as Demian Maia and other Jiu Jitsu personalities who were all training under Mr Gurgel guidance. At the Alliance Head Quarters, Telles’ technique grew heaps and bounds and the close contact with Terere (who was already rapidly turning into a legend of the sport) was one of the reasons for this surge. The Alliance gym also served as a laboratory for Eduardo Telles’s experiments with Jiu Jitsu techniques that he would develop to adapt to his “scrappy” grappling style. He went on to get a Silver Medal in 1999 at the Mundial (World Championship) as a purple belt and a Bronze Medal the following year as a brown belt, and so it came as no surprise when he received his Black Belt the following year. By then Eduardo Telles’s style of fighting started standing out, and many in the BJJ community started branding it “Esquijitsu”, which means something along the lines of “Weird Jiu Jitsu”. This was due to the awkward positions in which Telles would put himself. In 2002 the Alliance Team split and Eduardo Telles followed the path of the dissidents helping to open the Master Team and later the TT Team with his friend Fernando Terere. TT was successful from the get-go with some students showing that the team had tremendous potential, unfortunately by the end of 2004 Fernando Augusto entered his personal struggle with drug dependence and depression, and so the team was terminated. Telles decided to open another academy, this time presided by himself which he called Nine Nine, the meaning behind that name was that 99 is a reference in proximity to the number 100 which means perfection, the goal of Telles. After setting up his academy Telles started his Mixed Martial Arts career (MMA) a quick submission of Rubens Xavier earned him another call to the rings, this time against the experienced and heavy favorite, Gracie Barra’s Rafael “Sapo”. Telles won again in the first round by massive head kick. His first defeat would come from the hands of another fellow jiu jitsu practitioner, the experienced Landro Silva “Batata” from Nova Uniao, this defeat made Telles understand the necessity of joining a professional MMA team, and so he joined the famous X-Gym in Rio de Janeiro, headquarters to the Black House MMA team were some of the best UFC fighters train, people like Anderson Silva, Machida the Nogueira Brothers and many others. Eduardo Telles Grappling Record 40 WINS BY POINTS 20 (50%) BY ADVANTAGES 4 (10%) BY SUBMISSION 16 (40%) BY DECISION 0 (0%) BY PENALTIES 0 (0%) BY DQ 0 (0%) 16 SUBMISSIONS WINS #214eb8 Armbar 31 5 #86e620 Kneebar 19 3 #5AD3D1 Choke from back 13 2 #d1212a Kimura 13 2 #fad11b RNC 6 1 #f58822 Mounted X choke 6 1 #224aba Submission 6 1 #ff9124 Katagatame 6 1 16 (100%) SUBMISSIONS 40 LOSSES BY POINTS 16 (40%) BY ADVANTAGES 11 (28%) BY SUBMISSION 10 (25%) BY DECISION 2 (5%) BY PENALTIES 1 (3%) BY DQ 0 (0%) 10 SUBMISSIONS LOSSES #214eb8 Armbar 30 3 #86e620 Kneebar 20 2 #5AD3D1 Toe hold 10 1 #d1212a Clock choke 10 1 #fad11b Triangle armbar 10 1 #f58822 Arm in Ezekiel 10 1 #224aba Inside heel hook 10 1 10 (100%) SUBMISSIONS Eduardo Telles Fight History ID Opponent W/L Method Competition Weight Stage Year 717Marcio CruzMarcio CruzLPts: 10x2Team NationalsO88KGF2002852Hugo CarioniLAdvWorld Champ.94KG4F2003982Alexandre RibeiroAlexandre RibeiroLPts: 0x0, AdvGolden Cup94KGSF20041003Gabriel VellaGabriel VellaLPts: 0x0, AdvPan American94KGSF20041090Fernando MargaridaFernando MargaridaLToe holdWorld Cup94KGF20041196Roger GracieRoger GracieLArmbarADCC99KG4F20051219Gabriel NapaoLPts: 0x0, PenADCCABSR120051242Alexandre RibeiroAlexandre RibeiroLPts: 4x2World Cup100KG4F20051263Ronaldo SouzaRonaldo SouzaLClock chokeWorld CupO75KG4F20051307Fernando MargaridaFernando MargaridaLAdvWorld Champ.100KG4F20051373Braulio EstimaBraulio EstimaLTriangle armbarPan American94KGF20061386Rafael LovatoRafael LovatoLPts: 2x0Pan AmericanABS4F20061500Jefferson MouraJefferson MouraLPts: 5x2Brasileiro94KGF20061540Murilo SantanaMurilo SantanaLPts: 0x0, AdvPaulista FPJJABSF20071575Rick MacauleyLPointsGQ All Star Pro90KGF20071788Cristiano LazzariniCristiano LazzariniLPointsNoGi Pan Am.100KGSF20071809Gabriel VellaGabriel VellaLReferee DecisionSuper ChallengeABSR120071849Andre GalvaoAndre GalvaoLArm in EzekielH. Kong CupABSF20081962Roger GracieRoger GracieLPts: 0x0, AdvWorld Champ.O100KGSF20082347Tiago GaiaLReferee DecisionWorld Champ.100KG4F20092691Tarsis HumphreysTarsis HumphreysLPts: 2x0World Champ.88KGSF20102952Sergio MoraesSergio MoraesLPts: 5x2World Champ.ABSR220113085Romulo BarralRomulo BarralLPts: 2x2, AdvWorld Champ.88KG4F20114210Roberto AlencarRoberto AlencarLPointsNoGi Worlds94KG4F20124233Antonio PeinadoAntonio PeinadoLPointsNoGi WorldsABS8F20124321Joao MiyaoJoao MiyaoLAdvWorld ExpoABSSPF20134678Antonio PeinadoAntonio PeinadoLPointsWorld Champ.ABSRDS20134891AJ AgazarmAJ AgazarmLPts: 0x0, AdvNoGi American Nat.ABSF20135072Gustavo PiresGustavo PiresLPts: 2x0IBJJF Pro LeagueO94KGSF20135217Fabiano LeiteLKneebarPan AmericanABSR220145298Rodrigo PimpolhoLPointsPan American88KG4F20145387Arnaldo MaidanaArnaldo MaidanaLArmbarFIVE Cali. 2ABSSF20145390J. FriedrichLKneebarFIVE NoGi C. 2ABSSF20145842Keenan CorneliusKeenan CorneliusLPts: 0x0, AdvAmerican Nat.88KGF20145933Arnaldo MaidanaArnaldo MaidanaLArmbarNo Gi Worlds88KG4F20145977Jackson SousaJackson SousaLPts: 2x2, AdvIBJJF Pro League94KGSF20146599AJ AgazarmAJ AgazarmLPointsPan AmericanABSR120156734Bernardo FariaBernardo FariaLPts: 8x0Pan American100KG4F201510265Kyle GriffinLInside heel hookEBI 884KG4F201612553Andre GalvaoAndre GalvaoLPts: 8x0San Diego Open88KGSF2017741Fernando PieroFernando PieroWPointsTeam NationalsO88KGF2003980Bruno BastosBruno BastosWKneebarGolden Cup94KG4F2004984Todd MargolisWAdvPan AmericanABSSPF20041002Rener GracieWPointsPan American94KG4F20041194Antoine JoudeWKneebarADCC99KGR120051273Renato FerroWN/ACopa do BrasilO75KGSF20051370Leopoldo CanalWPointsPan American94KG4F20061371Rafael LovatoRafael LovatoWPts: 2x0Pan American94KGSF20061381Carlos PortuguesCarlos PortuguesWKneebarPan AmericanABSR120061498Rigoney CastroWArmbarBrasileiro94KGSF20061542M. CostaWArmbarPaulista FPJJ94KGF20071570Eric ShambariWPts: 12x2GQ All Star Pro90KGR120071572Chris DownumWPts: 5x0GQ All Star Pro90KG4F20071573Nathan DuCharmWPts: 2x0GQ All Star Pro90KGSF20071616E. ArrivabeneWChoke from backPan American94KG4F20071617Flavio AlmeidaFlavio AlmeidaWPointsPan American94KGF20071785Roberto AlencarRoberto AlencarWPointsNoGi Pan Am.100KG4F20071956Paulo RibeiroWArmbarWorld Champ.O100KGR120081960Rafael EluangerWArmbarWorld Champ.O100KGR220081967Tatsui OnosiWKimuraWorld Champ.ABSR120082205André SteolaWRNCADCC Trials88KGR120092683Joao MoncaioWMounted X chokeWorld Champ.88KGR120102688Orlando ZanettiWChoke from backWorld Champ.88KG4F20102727Otavio SousaOtavio SousaWPts: 10x10, AdvWorld Champ.ABS4F20102946Ronaldo AntonioWPts: 17x0World Champ.ABSR220113029UnknownWN/AWorld Champ.88KGRDS20113031Ian McphersonIan McphersonWAdvWorld Champ.88KGRDS20114208Bernardo TavolaroWPointsNoGi Worlds94KGR120124226Bruno AntunesWPts: 0x0, AdvNoGi WorldsABSR120124660Jaroslaw KonradWSubmissionWorld Champ.ABSRDS20134883Omar SabhaWKimuraNoGi American Nat.88KGSF20134884Jason ManlyWPts: 5x0NoGi American Nat.88KGF20134889Osvaldo MoizinhoOsvaldo MoizinhoWPts: 4x0NoGi American Nat.ABSSF20135045Matt JuberaWPointsNoGi Worlds88KGSF20135046Felipe PenaFelipe PenaWPts: 6x2NoGi Worlds88KGF20135294Rafael FragaWPts: 4x0Pan American88KGR120145389Josh HingerJosh HingerWPts: 2x0FIVE NoGi C. 2ABS4F20145391Ruben CoronadoWKatagatameFIVE NoGi C. 2ABS3PLC20145841Inacio NetoInacio NetoWArmbarAmerican Nat.88KGSF20146257Mike FowlerMike FowlerD---PolarisABSSPF201510082Fabio LeopoldoFabio LeopoldoD---Metamoris 7ABSSPF201610259Matt SecorWPointsEBI 884KGR12016 Eduardo Telles Highlight Eduardo Telles vs Rogel Monsalve Eduardo Telles vs Roberto Godoi