Gutemberg Pereira

Gutemberg Pereira is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Master Júlio César Pereira and one of the top representatives of GF Team in this sport/martial art’s international competitive circuit. Gutemberg became known as one of the best grapplers in the world by conquering numerous titles in the sport’s lower belt divisions while displaying an eye-pleasing and submission oriented jiu-jitsu style with which he gathered the interest of both the media and fans of this combat sport.

Gutemberg Pereira Jiu-Jitsu

Full Name: Gutemberg de Jesus Santos Pereira

Nickname: N/A

Lineage: Luis França > Oswaldo Fadda > Monir Salomão > Júlio César > Gutemberg Pereira

Main Achievements:

• 1st Place AJP Abu Dhabi World Pro (2021 / 2021+)
• 1st Place AJP BR Qualifiers (2021)
• 1st Place AJP Grand Slam, RJ (2020)
• 2nd Place IBJJF Pans Championship (2018* / 2022)
• 2nd Place BJJ Stars 5 Grand Prix (2021)
• 3rd Place IBJJF Pans Championship (2019)

Main Achievements (Colored Belts):

• 1st Place IBJJF World Championship (2017 brown, 2015 purple)
• 1st Place IBJJF World No-Gi Championship (2016*/2015** brown, 2014** purple)
• 1st Place IBJJF Pan American Championship (2016 brown, 2015 purple)
• 1st Place IBJJF Pan American No-Gi Championship (2015 brown, 2014** purple)
• 1st Place IBJJF European Open (2016 brown)
• 1st Place AJP World Pro (2017 brown)
• 1st Place AJP Grand Slam, LDN (2017 brown)
• 2nd Place IBJJF World No-Gi Championship (2016 brown)
• 2nd Place IBJJF Pan American Championship (2016* brown)
• 2nd Place IBJJF European Open (2016* brown)
• 2nd Place IBJJF Pan American Championship (2015* brown)
• 3rd Place IBJJF World Championship 3rd Place (2014** purple)
• 3rd Place CBJJ Brazilian Nationals (2014 purple)

* Absolute
** Weight and absolute
+ The AJP federation ran two Abu Dhabi World Pro events in 2021, one in April, another in November, the “+” sign represents the 2nd event, in November.

Favorite Position/Technique: Well Rounded

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

Team/Association: GF Team

Gutemberg Pereira Biography

Gutemberg Pereira was born on May 16, 1993, in Salvador, the capital of Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia – growing up in a well known impoverished borough of that town called Jardim Cajazeiras.

Throughout his childhood, Pereira always had plenty of sports-related extracurricular activities. This important facet of his day-to-day life lied in the belief Gutemberg’s parents had that keeping their son occupied would keep him off the streets and away from gang-related crime. Among his sports, prior to jiu-jitsu, Pereira played and competed in football (soccer), swimming, karate, muay Thai and basketball.

As a teenager, Gutemberg had a family problem that shook him to his core. He was advised to look for jiu-jitsu to improve his self-worth, finding at the time a local academy by the name of Fight Club (FC). At FC Pereira was under the instruction of coaches Marcio Bittencourt, Marcílio, and Marcelo Villas-Boas who induced in him the love for BJJ and competition.

As a blue belt, Gutemberg traveled to Rio de Janeiro in order to compete at CBJJ’s Rio International Open. Being a massive fan of Rodolfo Vieira, Pereira went with the intention of asking Master Júlio César Pereira if he could be accepted in his competitors’ program at Grappling Fight Team (GFT), a request accepted by Pereira who strongly believed in the 18-year-old’s potential.

In 2015 Pereira traveled to the United States of America to take part in one of Roberto Abreu‘s Miami-based BJJ camps ahead of the competition. While in Florida, through Abraham Marte (a GFT partner), Gutemberg got an invitation to train at another team affiliate in Ohio. After a very positive experience at Kelly Hymore’s academy (GF Team Toledo), Gutemberg was invited to stay training in the US as a full-time competitor, an offer accepted by the Brazilian.

After two years in the US, having medalled in some of the sport’s top tournaments Gutemberg Pereira was promoted to black belt by Master Júlio César Pereira.