André Galvão

Who is André Galvão?

André Luis Leite Galvão is a Brazilian grappler and former professional mixed martial artist. He has won the 2011 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship Brazilian National Championship, World Jiu-Jitsu Championship and Pan American Championships multiple times and has also taken third place in the 2007 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship at both -77 kg and openweight. He made his mixed martial arts debut in 2008, and in 2009 he entered DREAM's 2009 Welterweight Tournament. Since completing the tournament, he has fought in Strikeforce. Galvão was a competitor in the 2009 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship in Barcelona, Spain where he placed second in the -88 kg class. More recently, Galvao had a standout performance in 2011, first by winning the Ultimate Absolute NYC by defeating standouts Antonio Braga Neto, Vinny Magalhaes, and Rustam Cshiev. At the 2011 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship Galvão captured gold in both the -88 kg and absolute weight classes defeating Rousimar Palhares and Pablo Popovitch, in each respective finals.