Roberto Traven
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BIO
Considered one of the greatest students of Romero 'Jacaré' Cavalcanti, Traven began traning at the age of 15 in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At 17, Traven was showing promise as one of Brazil's new BJJ stars. In a generation that included the Machado Brothers, Murilo Bustamante, Fabio Gurgel, Sergio de 'Bolão' Souza, Amaury Bitreti, Gigi, and others, Traven established himself as one of the best.
As a purple belt, Traven won the prestigious Copa Company. As a black belt, he has won many titles including the Rio State Championship, the Brazilian Championship, and the Mundial (World) Championship two times in the super heavy weight division. He defeated John Machado in 1998 and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (former Pride champion) in 1999. Traven has also won the 1999 ADCC Championships Absolute Division Championship. He is an accomplished MMA fighter with experience in the UFC, Rings of Japan, and he won three matches in one night to acquire the Russian Absolute Fighting Championship.
Black Belt Students
- Muzio de Angelis: December 1st 1994, at the age of 22
- Michael Hanson
Academy
Traven brings a lot of experience as coach and co-founder of the famous Alliance Team in Brazil. The Alliance Team is 2x World Champion and many times Brazilian Team Champion. He now lives in Atlanta, Ga. and is the head Jiu-Jitsu instructor at Roberto Traven BJJ located inside Unit2 Fitness in downtown Atlanta.
MMA
| Roberto Traven | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Nickname | Spider |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (190 cm) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Born | 09/16/1968 |
| Fighting out of | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Town of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Fighting style | Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Wins | 6 |
| By knockout | 0 |
| By submission | 4 |
| Losses | 3 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 0 |
- Draw Yukiya Naito Draw WR 3-Warriors Realm 3 3/12/2005
- Loss Elvis Sinosic KO (Punch) WR 1-Warriors Realm 1 9/3/2004 2nd round
- Loss Frank Mir Submission (Armbar) UFC 34-High Voltage 11/2/2001 1st round 1:05
- Loss Dave Menne Decision (Unanimous) Rings-King of Kings 2000 Block A 10/9/2000 3rd round 5:00
- Win Mikhail Borissov Decision (Unanimous) Rings-King of Kings 2000 Block A 10/9/2000 2nd round 5:00
- Win Gueorguiev Tzvetkov Decision (Majority) Rings-Millennium Combine 2 6/15/2000 2nd round 5:00
- Win Leonid Efremov Submission (Punches) IAFC-Absolute Fighting Championship 2 [Day 1] 4/30/1997 1st round 2:54
- Win Maxim Tarasov Submission (Rear Naked Choke) IAFC-Absolute Fighting Championship 2 [Day 1] 4/30/1997 1st round 2:47
- Win Artyom Vilgulevsky Submission (Rear Naked Choke) IAFC-Absolute Fighting Championship 2 [Day 1] 4/30/1997 1st round 2:28
- Win Dave Berry Submission (Strikes) UFC 11-The Proving Ground 9/20/1996 1st round 1:23
