It was a twenty-minute submission-only match which took place at Metamoris III. In 2014, after having both retired from competition for years, Bravo and Royler Gracie agreed to have another grappling contest. Upon his return to the United States after the competition, he was awarded a black belt by Jean Jacques Machado and subsequently opened his first 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu school in Los Angeles, California, a no-gi jiu-jitsu system. Bravo would then lose to eventual-tournament champion Léo Vieira in the semi-finals. Bravo traded comfortably top positions with Gracie throughout the match before deploying his game of rubber guard, and eventually winning via a triangle choke. īravo then faced four-time world champion and three-time ADCC champion Royler Gracie in the quarter-finals. Bravo defeated Gustavo Dantas in the elimination round by rear naked choke in what was considered an upset. In 2003, Bravo entered the 145 lbs/66 kg division of the Abu-Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC) Submission Wrestling World Championship as a brown belt after winning the North American trials. In 1999, Bravo earned a purple belt and began developing his signature guard, the rubber guard. Around this time, he received a blue belt and started developing ways to finish opponents with a 'Twister', a specific spinal lock submission hold. In 1998, Bravo decided to stop attending other martial arts schools to focus solely on Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Bravo also attended a Jeet Kune Do academy from 1996 to 1998. In 1994, after watching Royce Gracie win an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event, Bravo decided to become a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner, which he began under the tutelage of Jean Jacques Machado. He got a gym membership as he wanted to avoid 'looking like a slob' while performing but only visited twice. In 1991, Bravo moved to Hollywood, California to pursue a music career and formed a band titled Blackened Kill Symphony. Bravo also developed an interest in athletics playing American football and joining his high school's wrestling team. He formed several bands with aspirations of one-day becoming a famous musician. Growing up, Bravo took to music and started to play the drums and guitar. Both of his biological parents are Mexican.

Cano, but he later legally changed his surname to Bravo, the name of his stepfather. He is a recurring guest on The Joe Rogan Experience and the Tin Foil Hat Podcast.īravo was born on May 15, 1970. He is also the creator of the Eddie Bravo Invitational (EBI) grappling competition and the EBI ruleset. After earning a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 2003, Bravo began teaching his own self-developed style of jiu-jitsu and founded 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu. Bravo ( né Cano born May 15, 1970) is an American martial arts instructor, podcaster, stand-up comedian, and musician.

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