Gustavo Falciroli

Who is Gustavo Falciroli?

Gustavo Falciroli is an Australian/Brazilian mixed martial artist. Brazilian born Gustavo has lived in Australia since 2007 and is an Australian citizen. Gustavo Falciroli is the reigning Cage Fighting Championship Bantamweight Champion, one of the best mixed martial arts fighters in Australia and a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt third degree. Gustavo started his training in 1996 with Brazilian jiu-jitsu with Professor Paulo Roberto de Miranda Streckert and has also trained with Professor Carlos Alberto Liberi, in 2003 he was awarded his black belt by Professor Roberto Tozi and Professor Roberto Godoi. After placing third at the BJJ World Championships, winning the Brazilian Cup and taking home a slew of state titles in Brazil—all as a black belt—in 2007 he made the move to Australia and the transition into MMA. Since entering the world of mixed martial arts, Gustavo has replicated the success he found in BJJ and is renowned for his ability to apply his grappling and submissions in MMA. .

He has lived in Perth in Western Australia but has since relocated to Melbourne.

Gustavo made his mixed martial arts debut at Shooto Australia in Perth in May, 2007. He is the reigning Cage Fighting Championships bantamweight title holder, a title he defended for the first time on 9 December 2011, winning by submission against Nick Honstein at Cage Fighting Championship 19.