Marcelino Freitas Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Marcelino Freitas was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 20th, 1982. He began his training in Jiu-Jitsu in April of 1994 at the age of 12, under Master Andre Pederneiras (leader and founder of Team Nova ). In June of 2002, Andre Pederneiras promoted Marcelino to Black Belt on the podium when he won the World Championships at the brown belt level. Marcelino always stood out at every belt level, becoming World Champion as a blue, purple and brown belt, and Brazilian National Champion in all belts including Black.