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Jean Jacques Machado (born February 12, 1968) is a renowned Brazilian Jiu jitsu practitioner. He is one of the five Machado brothers (Carlos, Roger, Rigan and John). Machado is nephew of BJJ co-founder and Grandmaster Carlos Gracie, and learned the martial art from an early age.
Machado is known for his grappling skills having won ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championships in his weight division plus a runner up in the open division in 2001.
Biography
Machado was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and suffered birth defects resulting from amniotic band syndrome, which left him with only the thumb and the little finger on his left hand. Despite this congenital problem, which directly affects the skill of gripping, he began his Jiu-Jitsu training over thirty years ago and dominated the competitive arena of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in his native country, capturing every major title and competition award from 1982 through 1992.
In 1992, Machado arrived in the United States where he continued competing successfully.
On June 6, 2011 in a private ceremony held at the Rickson Gracie Academy in West Los Angeles, Machado was promoted to a 7th degree red-and-black belt. This prestigious promotion is in recognition of Machado's 25 years as a black belt instructor, competitor and champion.
Professional titles
- Rio de Janeiro Jiu-Jitsu State Championships
- Cruiserweight Champion: 11 consecutive years (1982–1992)
- Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Championships
- Cruiserweight Champion: 11 consecutive years (1982–1992)
- Sambo Wrestling Championships
- National and Pan American Cruiserweight Champion
- 1993 Oklahoma - 1st Place
- 1994 San Diego, California - 1st Place
- Grappling Style Challenge Japan
- 1995 - Champion
- Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu American Championships
- 4 consecutive years (1995–1998)
- Black Belt Super Challenge Championships
- 1998 - Champion
- 2000 - Champion
- Abu Dhabi Submission Wrestling World Championships
- 1999 - 66–76k Division Gold Medalist, Most Technical Fighter Award
- 2000 - 66–76k Division Silver Medalist
- 2001 - Absolute Division Silver Medalist, Best Match Award, Fastest Submission Award
- 2005 - Superfight Runner Up
Instructor lineage
Jigoro Kano → Tomita Tsunejirō → Mitsuyo Maeda → Carlos Gracie Sr. → Carlos Gracie Jr. → Jean Jacques Machado
Mixed martial arts record
| Professional record breakdown | ||
| 1 match | 0 wins | 1 loss |
| By knockout | 0 | 1 |
| By submission | 0 | 0 |
| By decision | 0 | 0 |
| Result | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0-1 | Frank Trigg | TKO (corner stoppage) | VTJ 1998 - Vale Tudo Japan 1998 | October 25, 1998 | 3 | 0:20 | Urayasu, Chiba, Japan |
Submission grappling record
| 16 Matches, 12 Wins (10 Submissions), 4 Losses | ||||||||
| Result | Rec. | Opponent | Method | Event | Division | Date | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 12-4 | Dean Lister | Points | ADCC 2005 | Superfight | May 29, 2005 | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Loss | 12-3 | Ricardo Arona | Points | ADCC 2001 | Absolute | April 13, 2001 | Abu Dhabi | |
| Win | 12-2 | Ricardo Almeida | Points | |||||
| Win | 11-2 | Márcio Cruz | Submission (kneebar) | |||||
| Win | 10-2 | Tsuyoshi Kohsaka | Submission (armbar) | |||||
| Loss | 9-2 | Matt Serra | Penalty | –77kg | April 11, 2001 | |||
| Win | 9-1 | Serguei Onishuk | Submission (rear naked choke) | |||||
| Loss | 8-1 | Renzo Gracie | Advantage | ADCC 2000 | –77kg | March 2, 2000 | Abu Dhabi | |
| Win | 8-0 | Leo Vieira | Points | |||||
| Win | 7-0 | Mikey Burnett | Submission (ezekiel choke) | March 1, 2000 | ||||
| Win | 6-0 | Marcio Barbosa | Submission (rear naked choke) | |||||
| Win | 5-0 | Caol Uno | Submission (rear naked choke) | ADCC 1999 | –77&kg | February 25, 1999 | Abu Dhabi | |
| Win | 4-0 | Hayato Sakurai | Submission (rear naked choke) | |||||
| Win | 3-0 | Micah Pittman | Submission (rear naked choke) | February 24, 1999 | ||||
| Win | 2-0 | Ryan Harvey | Submission (rear naked choke) | |||||
| Win | 1-0 | Yuki Nakai | Submission (triangle choke) | Shooto: Vale Tudo Perception | Superfight | September 26, 1995 | Tokyo | |