Patrick Gaudio

Patrick Gaudio is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, a rank awarded by his father Fabiano Gaudio in 2014. Patrick became recognized as one of the top grapplers of his generation while competing in the lower belt divisions of the sport where he often represented the Top Brother academy. He would later shift for GF Team and train extensively with Theodoro Canal with whom he conquered his brown belt IBJJF Worlds title and a UAEJJF Abu Dhabi Pro before joining the black belt division, there Gaudio’s outstanding performances cemented his claim as one of the best in jiu-jitsu.

Patrick Gaudio Jiu-Jitsu

Full Name: Patrick Pontes Moura Santos Gaudio

Nickname: n/a

Lineage: Carlos Gracie > Helio Gracie > Carlson Gracie > Walter Guimaraes > Cesar Guimaraes > Fabiano Gaudio > Patrick Gaudio

Main Achievements:

• 1st Place IBJJF European Open (2020)
• 1st Place IBJJF Pans Championship (2017)
• 1st Place CBJJ Brazilian Nationals (2017)
• 1st Place IBJJF South American Championship (2015)
• 1st Place IBJJF São Paulo International Open (2016)
• 1st Place IBJJF Rio International Winter Open (2016)
• 1st Place UAEJJF Grand Slam, Rio de Janeiro (2017)
• 2nd Place IBJJF World Championship (2018 / 2017)
• 2nd Place CBJJ Brazilian Nationals (2016)
• 2nd Place UAEJJF Grand Slam, Rio de Janeiro (2015)
• 3rd Place IBJJF World Championship (2016)
• 3rd Place IBJJF Pans Championship (2019)
• 3rd Place IBJJF European Open (2018 / 2016)

Main Achievements (Coloured Belts):

• 1st Place IBJJF World Championship (2014 brown)
• 1st Place IBJJF Juvenile World Championship (2009 blue)
• 1st Place CBJJ Brazilian Nationals (2014 brown, 2011 blue)
• 1st Place UAEJJF Abu Dhabi World Pro (2013 purple, 2014 brown)

Favorite Position/Technique: Open guard

Weight Division: Meio Pesado (88kg/194lbs)

Team/Association: GF Team

Patrick Gaudio Biography

Patrick Gaudio was born on the 22nd of July, 1993 in Rio de Janeiro. Being the son of a famous jiu-jitsu black belt, it didn’t come as a surprise to many that Patrick started learning this fighting style from an early age.

Fabiano Gaudio, Patrick’s father, was one of the first coaches in Brazil to open a gym project with the sole purpose of helping the poor communities around him. His intent was to keep kids off the streets, giving them a purpose, objectives, and a way out of drug-related crime. Fabiano’s innovative project, named ‘Projeto Existe Uma Esperança‘ bumped into a lot of resistance at first, in a time when jiu-jitsu was associated with violence, and not seen as a safe option for a crime-ridden area. Proving many people wrong, Fabiano developed many highly skilled jiu-jitsu athletes such as Davi Ramos, Fabiana Borges, Leonardo ‘Ligeirinho’ and many others who were inserted in society through the sport. It was at ‘Projeto Existe Uma Esperança‘ that Patrick Gaudio started training, at the age of 4.

As a teenager, Patrick started causing waves, earning the blue belt junior title in 2009. He continued being successful in a number of international and national tournaments, training with his father and his father’s coach at the Top Brothers Academy. When Fabiano Gaudio moved away from Rio de Janeiro, to the state of Espirito Santo, Patrick asked permission to train with Julio Cesar Pereira at the Grappling Fight Team (GFT) headquarters. The reason being that GFT had a more dynamic team, with several international champions.

The change was a success, and Gaudio continued piling up results in the lower belts which ultimately led to his black belt, handed by his father in June 2014, after 7 months as a brown belt where Patrick earned a world title and a world professional cup title.