Bernardo Faria

Born

(1987-01-20) 20 January 1987
Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Team

Rank

Black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu

Medal record

Representing Brazil

Brazilian jiu-jitsu
IBJJF World Championship
	2010 California, USA	-94kg
	2011 California, USA	-94kg
	2011 California, USA	Absolute^[1]
	2012 California, USA	-100kg^[2]
	2012 California, USA	Absolute^[2]
	2013 California, USA	-100kg
	2014 California, USA	-100kg^[3]
	2014 California, USA	Absolute^[3]
	2015 California, USA	-100kg
	2015 California, USA	Absolute
	2017 California, USA	-100kg^[4]
IBJJF Pan American Championship
	2010 California, USA	-94kg
	2010 California, USA	Absolute
	2012 California, USA	-100kg
	2015 California, USA	-100kg
	2015 California, USA	Absolute
	2016 California, USA	Absolute
IBJJF European Championship
	2011 Lisbon, Portugal	-94kg
	2012 Lisbon, Portugal	-100kg
	2013 Lisbon, Portugal	-100kg
IBJJF European No-Gi Championship
	2012 London, England	Absolute
	2012 London, England	-86.5kg
CBJJ Brazilian National Championship
	2010 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Absolute
CBJJ Brazilian Nationals No-Gi Championship
	2009 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	+81.5kg

Bernardo Augusto Rocha de Faria is a Brazilian submission grappler and instructor. He is multi-time IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Champion, European Champion, Pan-American Champion and Brazilian National Champion. In February and March 2013, Faria was ranked first in the IBJJF World Ranking of all divisions, and was chosen as the best jiu-jitsu athlete of 2015. Faria received his black belt from instructor Ricardo Marques in 2008,^[5] and moved to the Alliance Jiu Jitsu Sao Paulo team to train with Fábio Gurgel in 2009.^[6] In June 2022, Faria was inducted in the IBJJF Hall of Fame.^[7]

Bernardo Faria currently runs his own jiu-jitsu academy in Bedford, Massachusetts.^[8] He is a member of Alliance Jiu Jitsu team and Marcelo Garcia Association.^[9]

Faria is the co-founder of BJJ Fanatics, an online platform that provides educational content for grapplers.^[10]

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