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Brown Belt World and Pans No-Gi Champion Pedro Marinho Promoted to Black Belt

Ben Coate

Gracie Barra’s Pedro Marinho is already an elite competitor, and he now has the black belt rank to match those elite skills. The IBJJF brown belt world and gi Pans no-gi champion was recently awarded his black belt.

Marinho has plenty of accomplishments at the colored belts. In addition to his Pans and world championships at brown belt, he was a Brazilian Nationals gi and no-gi champion at purple belt and was a Pans no-gi silver medalist in his weight class at brown belt.

The new black belt also has ample experience in high-level submission-only and professional grappling competition. He holds wins over Roberto Jimenez, William Tackett, and Oliver Taza, among other top competition.

Moving forward, Marinho is poised to be a breakout star in 2021. He is scheduled to face Jake Watson at Fight to Win 167 on March 20, and on April 3, he will compete in the Third Coast Grappling eight-man grand prix.

Ben Coate

Ben has been involved with grappling, whether through wrestling or Brazilian jiu-jitsu, essentially his entire life. After wrestling throughout his childhood, Ben found Brazilian jiu-jitsu as a young adult and quickly fell in love. He has been training for over ten years and currently holds the rank of brown belt, and remains involved in both the MMA and BJJ scene. Ben has been writing about combat sports since 2017. He has interviewed and profiled some of MMA's biggest stars, including multiple UFC champions.

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