Fight-First

Interview with Leo Negao

Profile:

Léo Negao was born in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. He started to train at Carlson Gracie's academy in 1993 together with Murillo Bustamante, Amauri Bitteti, Mario Sperry, Vitor Belfort and others. In 1998 he moved to Sao Paulo and stared to train at Alliance academy together with Fabio Gurgel, Alexandre Paiva and Romero "Jacaré" Cavalcanti.

List Of Qualifications:

World BJJ Champion 1998, National BJJ Champion 96,97,98,99, Estadual Champion 97,98,99,2000, ADCC 2nd place Brazilian Trials, 1st place Roma Submission Wrestling
At the age of 30 Leo has accumulated over 300 professional BJJ, MMA and Vale Tudo fights in his career and has successfully run BJJ and MMA academies through Europe over the past 10 years.

UK Fight Diary:

Last year, Leo fought World Champion Jeff Munson at the Urban Gorillaz Grappling Challenge,NEC, (run by Jude Samuel) and will be very active in the PROFESSIONAL UK Fight scene this year, fighting at the following fight nights:

A popular household name in Brazil and Central Europe, Leo has conducted numerous interviews and written several BJJ, MMA and Vale Tudo training plans and technical features for Leading European and South American publications.

In the ring, you would not wish to meet Leo, who stop at nothing to beat his opponent, outside the ring, Leo is pleasure to be around, a gentle, articulate and amusing individual.

Get Coached by Leo Negao at his newly opened Fight Sports Club, White City London:

Leo can provide a large quantity of testimonials from his clients raving about his abilities as an instructor for BJJ, Vale Tudo, MMA, and Muay Thai from both the novice, semi-pro and professional fighting fraternity and also from the general public/professional fraternity who want to train in martial arts sports only for it's fitness and self defense benefits.

Leo has also trained Celebrities and the Police Force to meet their fitness and self defense requirements, utilizing his vast knowledge of martial arts techniques.