Roberto 'Roleta' Magalhaes
IBJJF World Champion · 1993–2005
Lineage
Magalhaes's elite Guard Game (95) and strong Escapes (85) define this era.
Competition Record
Career grappling record
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No-Gi
IBJJF World Champion, inverted guard pioneer
Mat Resume
Time on the mats in professional competition
72
Pro Matches
35
Mat Hours
28
Events
7.2 min
Avg Duration
58 sec
Fastest Sub
10
Sub-Only Matches
Style Analysis
Inverted guard pioneer who competed in the 1990s and 2000s. IBJJF World Champion known for unorthodox techniques that were decades ahead of their time.
Signature Submissions
Notable Matches
Key competition results
Did You Know?
Pioneered the inverted guard in the 1990s
IBJJF World Champion
Techniques considered too unorthodox for his era but became standard decades later
Trophy Case
Inverted guard pioneer
Signature Moments
The Inverted Guard Pioneer
Roberto "Roleta" Magalhaes won the IBJJF World Championship and pioneered inverted guard techniques that were decades ahead of their time. His upside-down guard work in the 1990s anticipated the berimbolo revolution that wouldn't fully arrive until 2010.
He was playing inverted guard 15 years before anyone else. Roleta saw the future of BJJ before anyone else did.
Season Stats · IBJJF World Champion
Engine Attributes
Data Coverage
FloGrappling / BJJ Heroes / IBJJF
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