Fábio Santos
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| Fábio Santos | |
| Born | April 4, 1956  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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| Residence | San Diego, California, United States |
| Martial art practiced | Gracie Jiu-Jitsu |
| Teacher(s) | Rolls Gracie, Rickson Gracie |
| Rank | 7th Degree Black Belt |
| Notable students | Dean Lister, Jeffrey Higgs, Alex Brandao, Eric Dasilva, Kevin Hosseini |
| Website | http://www.fabiojiujitsu.com/ |
Fábio Santos (born April 4, 1956) is an 7th degree black belt instructor in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Fábio was a good friend of Rolls Gracie. Fábio graduated with a BA in physical education from the Universidade Gama Filho [1]. Upon immigrating to the United States, Fábio taught in Rorion Gracie's academy in Torrance, California. He later opened his own academy in San Diego, California.
In the early UFC events, Fábio can be seen ringside with the Gracie family and Pedro Sauer, most notably in UFC 3 when he entered the ring to yell at Joe Son who had been taunting the corner after a fatigued and dehydrated Royce Gracie defeated Joe's friend, Kimo Leopoldo.
Many people believe that Dean Lister received his black belt from Fábio, since Fábio was Dean's jiu jitsu instructor up through Dean's brown belt. However, Fábio's black belt student Jeffrey Higgs actually gave Dean his black belt[2].
[edit] Awards
- 1996 World Jiu-Jitsu Champion
- 1996 Pan American Champion
- 1999 Gameness Champion
- 2000 World Jiu-Jitsu Champion
- 2003 Pan American Champion
- 2003 US Open- Black Belt Masters Champion
- 2004 United Gracie- Black Belt Superfight Champion
- 2005 Black Belt Pro Am- Superfight Champion
