Tarcisio Santos

Tarcisio Damasceno Santos is a professional grappler and a black belt in jiu-jitsu under Marcio André, who also worked extensively with Vugner Silva and Marcos Wolf. Tarcisio Santos gained notoriety in the sport while representing the MAJJ Association, particularly on the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF) circuit, where he won numerous important medals in the Gi (kimono) and No-Gi rulesets in the mid 2020s.

Tarcisio Santos Jiu-Jitsu

Full Name: Tarcisio Damasceno Santos

Nickname: n/a

Lineage: Luiz França > Oswaldo Fadda > Sebastião Ricardo > Wendell Alexander > Daniel Almeida > Fábio Andrade > Marcio André > Tarcisio Santos

Main Achievements:

• 5x Gold Medals in IBJJF Opens (2026)

Main Achievements (Colored Belts):

• 1st Place IBJJF World Championship NOGI (2025 brown)
• 3rd Place IBJJF World Championship (2025 purple)
• 3rd Place IBJJF Pan Championship (2024 / 2025 purple)

Main Achievements (Juvenile):

• 1st Place IBJJF World Championship (2023*)
• 1st Place IBJJF World Championship NOGI (2023**)
• 1st Place IBJJF Pan Championship NOGI (2023)
• 1st Place CBJJ Brazilian Nationals (2022* / 2023**)
• 2nd Place IBJJF Pan Championship NOGI (2023*)
• 2nd Place CBJJ Brazilian Nationals (2022)
• 3rd Place IBJJF World Championship (2023)

* Absolute
** Weight and Absolute

Favorite Position/Technique: Well-Rounded

Weight Division: Peso Leve (76,00 kg / 168.0 lbs)

Team/Association: Marcio Andre

Tarcisio Santos Biography

Tarcisio Santos was born in September 2006 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, and grew up in Senhor do Bonfim, also in Bahia.

As a child, Tarcisio followed the traditional path of a sporty Brazilian kid, playing football (soccer) as his main activity. At the age of 9, a jiu-jitsu gym opened near his house, and he decided to give it a try. He was hooked on the sport from his first class under the leadership of coach Marcos Wolf and started competing in the local kids’ categories early on.

Training under the banner of team Nova União with coach Wolf and, at a later stage, with Vugner Silva (who promoted him to blue belt), the juvenile athlete Tarcisio Santos had the opportunity to train with Marcio André in the United States, a celebrated coach and athlete also affiliated with Nova União. That initial contact with Marcio led Santos to believe he should pursue a career as a professional jiu-jitsu athlete, and he took his first steps in that direction from that moment.

Coach Marcio Andre became Tarcisio’ s instructor when the young Bahia native was a juvenile blue belt, and it was Andre who promoted him through the belt system, including his black belt, awarded on the steps of the IBJJF World No-Gi Championship podium in December 2025.