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Roll Call No. 23 — Beatriz Mesquita: The Record...
The most decorated woman in the history of the World Championships — ten world titles and a complete, relentless game.
Roll Call No. 22 — Helio Gracie: The Architect ...
Too small and frail to muscle anyone, he rebuilt the art around leverage and timing — then fought marathon matches to prove it worked.
Roll Call No. 21 — Carlos Gracie: The Founder
He learned from a traveling Japanese master, opened the first academy, and turned a martial art into a family, a philosophy, and a way of life.
Roll Call No. 20 — Mikey Musumeci: America's Fi...
Five world titles, a pro no-gi crown, and a leglock game so precise it made a barefoot flyweight one of grappling's biggest draws.
Roll Call No. 19 — Kron Gracie: The Finisher
Rickson's son submitted the entire ADCC field to win gold — the family's finest pure competitor of the modern era, with a finish-or-nothing soul.
Roll Call No. 18 — Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza: Cham...
World and ADCC champion on the mat, then a world-title contender in the cage — Jacare's a rare grappler who conquered both.