Tarsis Carvalho Humphreys (born November 4, 1983) is a

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 ...

practitioner. He became a

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Black Belt under

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, the co-founder of the

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Team. Humphreys was born in

Sao Paulo SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Saco Transportation Center (station code SAO), a train station in Saco, Maine, U.S ...

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, and is one of Alliance's heavy hitter Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitors. From 1998 to 2009 he won a medal in whichever Black Belt adult division he entered. He is the 2010 Medium Heavyweight Jiu-Jitsu World Champion and the champion of the inaugural

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, at his weight and at the open division defeating

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’s

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. He is also a medalist at the last three BJJ World Championships. Humphreys is a veteran at ADCC. In 2007 he was third place losing at the semi-final in a very tight fight against the

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and ADCC star

Demian Maia Demian Maia (born 6 November 1977) is a Brazilian professional submission grappler and mixed martial artist. He competed in both the Welterweight and Middleweight divisions of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Maia is regarded as one ...

(who after that became champion overcoming Flavio "Cachorrao" Almeida).

References

Tarsis Humphrey: ADCC BARCELONA.

External links

Tarsis Humphreys
BJJ (GI) career on MARanking , Martial Arts Ranking Living people Brazilian people of English descent Brazilian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu Sportspeople from São Paulo 1983 births People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu 21st-century Brazilian people {{Brazil-martialart-bio-stub