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Bernardo Faria Remembers Meeting Ronaldo Jacare at the 2004 Mundials

Bernardo Faria Remembers Meeting Ronaldo Jacare at the 2004 Mundials

 

 

The 2015 IBJJF worlds, held in late May in California (USA), had a breakaway star: Bernardo Faria.

The double gold champion at super-heavy and also in the absolute, Faria posted a picture on his Facebook on Friday (31), recalling a meeting with his idol Ronaldo Jacare , in 2004, the year that the current UFC middleweight conquered the absolute world title in Jiu-Jitsu after getting his arm broken by Roger Gracie in the final.

 

11 years ago I took this pic with @ronaldojacare , at that time he was the current World Champion Open Class and I was 17 years old, yet in the blue belt. I remembered how I always dreamed to open the Open Class Champion one day… Its very nice to look back and see how hard was to get there and how many sacrifices I did for that, and in the end to see that everything was worth! At that time he was the current World Champion and Im sure that soon he is gonna be the current UFC Champion also! Ossss

 

Jacare had his arm broken by Roger Gracie in the absolute final and ended up winning on points

Jacare had his arm broken by Roger Gracie in the absolute final and ended up winning on points

 

After important achievements in the Worlds this year, Bernardo Faria is the current leader of the IBJJF rankings . Ronaldo Jacare, in turn, has won his last eight UFC fights  and awaits a chance against American Chris Weidman , middleweight champion of the UFC.