Marcus Vinícius Oliveira de Almeida, also known as Buchecha (born January 8, 1990 in

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) is a

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practitioner and black belt under Rodrigo Cavaca, who gave Almeida his nickname ''Buchecha'', which means ''cheek''. Almeida competes for the

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team. A multiple-time jiu-jitsu world champion, Buchecha is a member of the

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. He is also a

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currently competing in the

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division of

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Background

Almeida was born and grew up in

. His sister started training

Brazilian jiu-jitsu Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ; pt, jiu-jitsu brasileiro ) is a self-defence martial art and combat sport based on grappling, ground fighting (ne-waza) and submission holds. BJJ focuses on the skill of taking an opponent to the ground, control ...

when Marcus was 14 years old, forcing him to come along to the gym so their father Clayton could keep an eye on her. Subsequently, Marcus and Clayton started training jiu-jitsu also, leading both to become black belts and the latter winning

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Masters World Championship.

Mixed martial arts career

ONE Championship

Despite talking about transitioning to mixed martial arts since 2015, news surfaced four years later on July 30, 2020, that Almeida had signed a multi-year contract with

. He has been training mixed martial arts at the

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and has competed in the heavyweight division. In August 2020, Almeida had to withdraw from an upcoming BJJ match with

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due to a knee injury that has also delayed his MMA debut for ONE FC. Almeida was scheduled to make his MMA debut against Oumar Kane at

. Unfortunately, Almeida was removed from the card and replaced with Alain Ngalani on 13th January, 2021, reportedly due to suffering an injury in training. After recovering from his injury, he was booked to make his MMA debut against Kang Ji-Won at ONE on TNT 1. Kang later withdrew from the bout for undisclosed reasons. Almeida was scheduled to face Thomas Narmo at ONE Championship: Revolution on September 24, 2021. Narmo later withdrew for undisclosed reasons, and was replaced by Anderson “Braddock” Silva. He won the bout in the first round via north-south choke. Almeida faced Kang Ji Won at ONE: Winter Warriors on December 3, 2021. He won the bout via rear-naked choke in the first round. Almeida was scheduled to face Oumar "Reug Reug" Kane on April 22, 2022 at

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. However, the week of the event, it was announced that the bout would be moved to May 20. Yet, Kane withdrew from the bout citing injury and was replaced by Hugo Cunha who in turn tested positive for

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and the bout was scrapped. Almeida was later rescheduled to face Simon Carson at

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on June 3, 2022. He won the fight by a first-round technical knockout, stopping Carson with ground and pound midway through the opening round. Almeida faced Kirill Grishenko at

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on August 27, 2022. He won the bout early in the first round after submmiting Kirill with a heel hook. This win earned him the ''

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'' award.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

(One time) *

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**2022 August Submission of the Mouth

Grappling

;2019 * ADCC World Championship (Absolute) * ADCC World Championship (+99kg) * IBJJF World Championship (Absolute) * IBJJF World Championship (+100kg) ;2018 *

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(Absolute) * IBJJF World Championship (+100kg) * ACBJJ Superfight Winner ;2017 * ADCC World Championship (Absolute) * ADCC World Championship (+99kg) * IBJJF Pro Grand Prix (Absolute) * IBJJF World Championship (Absolute) * IBJJF World Championship (+100kg) * ADCC North American Trials Superfight Winner ;2016 * Fight2Win Superfight Winner * IBJJF Pro Grand Prix (Absolute) * IBJJF World Championship (Absolute) * IBJJF World Championship (+100kg) ;2015 * JJ World League Superfight Winner * Abu Dhabi World Cup (Absolute) * Abu Dhabi World Cup (+95kg) ;2014 * IBJJF World Championship (Absolute) * IBJJF World Championship (+100kg) * Abu Dhabi World Cup (Absolute) * Abu Dhabi World Cup (+95kg) ;2013 * ADCC World Championship (Absolute) * ADCC World Championship (+99kg) * IBJJF World Championship (Absolute) * IBJJF World Championship (+100kg) * Abu Dhabi World Cup (Absolute) * Abu Dhabi World Cup (+100kg) * IBJJF Pan American Championship (Absolute) ;2012 * IBJJF World Championship (Absolute) * IBJJF World Championship (+100kg) * Abu Dhabi World Cup (+99kg) * Gramado Trials Superfight Winner * IBJJF Pan American Championship (Absolute) * IBJJF Pan American Championship (+100kg) ;2011 * IBJJF No-Gi World Championship (Absolute) * IBJJF No-Gi World Championship (+97.5kg) * IBJJF Pan American Championship (Absolute) * IBJJF Pan American Championship (-100kg)

Mixed martial arts record

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Grappling record

References

External links

Marcus Almeida
in BJJ Heroes
Marcus Almeida
on ''Martial Arts Ranking''
Marcus "Buchecha" Almeida
on ''BJJ Stars'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Almeida, Marcus Brazilian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu Brazilian male mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Living people 1990 births World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship medalists World No-Gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship medalists IBJJF Hall of Fame inductees Sportspeople from Santos, São Paulo