Brazilian heavyweight mixed martial artist Jose Mario Sperry has become the latest addition to the ADCC Hall of Fame.
Ze Mario is a well known name not only in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, but also in the MMA scene in the late 1990’s and the early 2000’s. Ze Mario is a former PRIDE. He’s a two-time ADCC world champion and a three-time World Jiu Jitsu champion.
He earned his BJJ black belt from Master Carlson Gracie, but left the Carlson Gracie Academy in the early 2000’s in order to form the Brazilian Top Team (BTT).