Leandro Lo
A world champion in five different weight classes
- Born
- May 11, 1989, São Paulo, Brazil
- Died
- August 7, 2022 (aged 33)
- Nationality
Brazil- Style
- Spider guard, toreando passer
- Weight
- Lightweight, Middleweight, Medium-heavyweight, Heavyweight, Super-heavyweight, Open class
- Active
- 2005–2022
The record
BJJ Heroes record in major events, 2011-2022: wins by 55 submissions, 171 on points, 31 on advantages, 7 by referee decision; 10 of 39 losses by submission.
8× IBJJF World Champion in five divisions
The story
eandro Lo began jiu-jitsu at 14 through a social project for children from poor families in São Paulo, run by his coach Cicero Costha. He won a blue-belt world title in 2005, received his black belt in 2010 and in 2012 beat Lucas Lepri for the lightweight world title. Over the next decade he kept moving up, winning IBJJF world gold at lightweight, middleweight, medium-heavyweight, heavyweight and in the absolute: eight titles across a record five divisions. Known for his spider guard and a fast toreando pass, in 2016 he became the first Copa Pódio triple-crown champion. In June 2022 he won his eighth world title, exactly ten years after his first. Two months later he was shot and killed in São Paulo, aged 33. The IBJJF inducted him into its Hall of Fame posthumously.
Tap a technique with an arrow to learn how it works.
- IBJJF World champion ×8 (lightweight 2012-2013, middleweight 2014, medium-heavy 2015, 2016 and 2022, heavyweight 2019, absolute 2018)
- Pan American champion (2012, 2014-2018)
- First Copa Pódio triple-crown champion (2016)
- IBJJF Hall of Fame (posthumous, announced 2023)
Defining matches
- 2011WINvs Michael Langhi (advantage, Brazilian Nationals final)
- 2012WINvs Lucas Lepri (2-0 on points, first IBJJF World final)
- 2017WINvs Gordon Ryan (4-0 on points, ADCC West Coast Trials superfight)
- 2017LOSSvs Marcus Almeida (advantage, IBJJF Worlds absolute final)
- 2022WINvs Isaque Bahiense (2-0 on points, eighth IBJJF World title)
Steal Lo's toreando pass: grip both trouser legs at the knees, push the legs to one side and circle quickly to the other, landing chest to chest before the guard can recover.
1948–1982
