Gracie Barra Orlando does it again at this past weekend's XFC event in St. Pete. Congratulations to Eddy, Frank, and Luis for their amazing wins in front of over 11,000 spectators at the St. Pete Times Forum! Keep training hard fellas!

Master Carlos Gracie Jr., founder of Gracie Barra, will be joining Gracie Barra Orlando November 17th for a seminar. The seminar is open to all, and everyone is invited. The seminar begin at 12:00pm, and the cost will be $80.00, cash only. Come and enjoy one of the most technical practitioners of the sport!

Gracie Barra Orlando's Mikey Gomez and Bruce Connors both won their fights this past weekend, Saturday October 27th. Mikey won his fight by a split decision and Bruce won his fight via a guillotine choke in the first round. Congratulations to both fighters. Keep up the great work and continue to train hard!

The Gracie Barra Orlando Downtown Academy has moved to a new location. We are now located at 923 North Mills Avenue, just 2 blocks north on the right-hand side. Our new facility is a 12,000 square foot, 2 story training center. We have added a full size octagon, boxing ring, and weight room. Classes will resume Tuesday, September 4th after the Labor Day Holiday.

Gracie Barra Orlando's Police and Fire Fighter Team competed in the annual Police and Fire Fighter Olympic Games. This was the first year that Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, both gi and no-gi was offered as an event. The Games had a great turn-out with more than 60 competitors. Our Police and Fire Fighter Team competed and brought home 11 gold medals, 5 silver medals, and 1 bronze medal. Awesome job guys, keep up the great work!

Gracie Barra Orlando's Paul Marfort spent this past weekend in Holland where he competed in a professional Muay Thai fight. Paul was so well prepared that he was able to defeat a very tough opponent from Holland. Way to go Paul, Keep training hard!

Gracie Barra Orlando celebrated the grand opening of the new Sandlake Academy by hosting a seminar featuring Gabriel "The Cro Cop Killer" Gonzaga this past Saturday, June 2nd. Napao showed a bunch of great techniques and even grappled with the students at the end of the seminar. Gracie Barra Orlando thanks Gabriel for coming and spending his time with us. We look forward to seeing you compete in the upcoming UFC with Randy Couture!

Gustavo 'Gutty' Muggiati just got back from teaching a seminar at his academy in Curitiba, Brazil. While there he celebrated ten years of Gracie Barra Curitiba Team Gutty.

On Saturday May 12th Gracie Barra Orlando's Paul Marfort won a unanimous decision. Paul fought a full Muay Thai fight with knees and elbows. Way to go Paul, keep up the good work! The entire show can be ordered by going to MKM Knockout Promotions.

Gracie Barra Orlando's Downtown Academy will be adding more classes for its students, There will now be Muay Thai classes available Tuesday and Thursday from 12:00pm until 1:00pm. We will also be offering an All Levels Jiu-Jitsu class Friday from 11:00am until 12:00pm and again in the evening from 6:30pm until 7:30pm.

On behalf of Gracie Barra Orlando, Marcio Simas would personally like to thank Ramon "Diamond" Dekkers for coming and putting on a great seminar. Marcio would also like to thank Ramon for helping to take our students Muay Thai skills to the next level!

Saturday December 9th, the guns were going off and the paintballs were flyin' at Orlando Paintball. For those who weren't able to make it out, you missed a great event. Everyone had such an awesome time that we plan on doing more of these tournaments in the future. GBO would also like to thank Orlando Paintball for their fantastic hospitality!

On Thursday November 2nd, Gracie Barra Orlando celebrated its 12th anniversay with the first annual Black Belt dinner at Texas de Brazil. Four students were awarded their Black Belts. Congratulations to Gregg Thompson, Adam Golden, Rafael Borges, and Brian Bombinski! Keep up the good work.

For those students that took the belt test Saturday October 7th at the downtown academy, congratulations on a well deserved promotion! We look forward to seeing all the new colored belts in action. Keep training hard!

Gracie Barra Orlando will be hosting a seminar featuring Rob Kaman on November 11th. This will be a great opportunity for everyone to meet a Muay Thai legend!

On October 14th the Orlando Jiu-Jitsu Cup Tournament will take place downtown in Orlando. Make sure to come out and compete or cheer for your fellow teammates!

There will be a belt test October 7th at the downtown academy starting at 10:00am. There are lists of names throughout the academies. Make sure to show up if your name is on the list!

Congratulations to Mikey Gomez on his middle weight title victory over Chico Mendez at Shin Do Kumate X. Way to go Mikey!

Also a big congratulations goes out to Nathan Vieages on his 2nd Mixed Martial Arts fight. Nathan fought a tough battle at Ultimate Cage Fights in Fort Meyer's and came out top! We all look forward to seeing you in more action.

Congratulations to all four fighters that fought this past weekend in Tampa. Jeff, John, Steve, and Kim all fought exceptionally, not to mention John's impressive knock-out at the bell. 4 fights, 4 wins! Keep Training hard fellas.

Congratulations to all the fighters on the Gracie Barra Orlando MMA Team for another fine performance. Our fighters looked phenomenal at the first Combat Fighting Championships here in Orlando. We would also like the thank Chris Hickman for putting on a fantastic, well run event. We look forward the next one!

On behalf of Marcio Simas and all the students of the Gracie Barra Orlando Family, we would like to thank Carlos Gracie Jr. for three hours of great techniques that he showed to all of us. Thank you Carlos, we look forward to seeing you again!

A big congratulations to Mike Gomez on his victory over Tim Stout at the last AFC! Good job Mikey, keep training hard.

Congratulations to all the students who took the Belt Test on Saturday, March 25th. Thank you all very much for coming. We look forward to seeing all of those new belts in class.

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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Instructor, Gustavo 'Gutty' Muggiati, has joined the Gracie Barra Orlando family. He will be conducting classes at our academy on Kingspointe Parkway.

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Rich Crunkilton wins over Nick Ertl in the 2nd round of World Exteme Cage Fighting in Lamoore CA. Way to go Richie!

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Carlos Gracie Jr. and Marcio Feitosa conducted a seminar at Gracie Barra Orlando on November 6th. The seminar had a great turnout and everyone in attendance learn something new.