Tayane Porfírio de Araújo (born 11 December 1994 in Sobral,

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) is a

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(BJJ) 4x

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black belt champion. In 2017 Porfirio realized the

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after winning her weight category and the absolute category at all 4 major Gi Championships:

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and Brazilian Nationals Championship.

Career

Tayane Porfírio de Araújo was born on 11 December 1994 in Sobral,

. She began training in 2010 at Mestre Márcio Rodrigues academy. In 2014 she moved to train with Mestre

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. She started 2018 winning the 2018

in both her weight category and the absolute category. Porfirio missed the 2018 Pan Ams but came back after a slight injury to win her category and the absolute at the 2018 Brazilian Nationals. Porfírio then won her category and the absolute at the 2018 World Championships. Porfirio ended 2018 as the number one black belt female competitor in the

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rankings. In October 2019 Porfirio won a bronze medal at the 2019

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. In 2019 Porfirio announced leaving team

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In Brazil, with whom she had been since blue belt, to join

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In The UK. Porfirio also competed at BJJ Bet 2 on August 1, 2021, where she defeated Gabrieli Pessanha 2-0 on points.

Doping ban

In May 2019, Porfirio received a four-year competition ban from the USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) after she tested positive for

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, a prohibited substance found in samples, collected on 3 June 2018, during the 2018 IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship. Porfirio’s four-year period of ineligibility began on 22 June 2018, in addition, Porfirio has been disqualified from all competitive results subsequent to 30 May 2018. Porfirio accepted the sanction while maintaining her innocence and the innocence of her team.

2023

Porfirio returned to IBJJF competition for the first time since being suspended in 2018 at the London Open on February 19, 2023, where she won the absolute division after submitting all her opponents, and default gold in the super heavyweight division. She then competed at the ADCC UK National Championships on August 12, 2023, where she won a gold medal in the over 70kg division. Porfirio was invited to compete in a women's heavyweight grand prix at BJJ Stars 11 on September 9, 2023. She won her first match against Welma Moreira but lost in the semi-final to Yara Soares. Porfirio competed against Giovanna Jara in a superfight at ADXC 1 on October 20, 2023. She won the match by unanimous decision. Porfirio replaced Nathiely de Jesus in the super-heavyweight division of The Crown on November 19, 2023. She won a silver medal in the division, losing to Gabi Pessanha in the final.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitive summary

Main Achievements at black belt level: * ~~IBJJF World champion (2018)~~ (disqualified) * IBJJF World Championship (2017) * IBJJF European Open (2018) / 2017)) * IBJJF Pan American Championship (2017) * CBJJ Brazilian Nationals (2018) / 2017)) Main Achievements (Coloured Belts): * IBJJF World Championship (2015) purple, 2016 brown) * UAEJJF Abu Dhabi World Pro (2016) brown) * IBJJF Pan American (2017, 2015) purple) * IBJJF European Open (2015) purple, 2016) brown) * CBJJ Brazilian Nationals (2014)/2015) purple) * UAEJJF Grand Slam – London (2016) brown) * UAEJJF Grand Slam – Rio de Janeiro (2016) brown) * 3rd Place IBJJF World Championship (2016) brown)

Instructor lineage

Mitsuyo Maeda ,Virgílio, pp. 22–25 a Brazilian naturalized as Otávio Maeda (),Virgílio, p. 9 was a Japanese ''judōka'' (judo practitioner) and prizefighter in no holds barred competitions, also being one of the first documented mixed martial artists of t ...

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