Gi · +100kg · Black belt
Checkmat · San Jose, CA
Marcus "Buchecha" Almeida's sourced record is 138-14-1 with 72 submissions. He won the IBJJF World Championship seven times in the gi, between 2012 and 2019, plus two IBJJF No-Gi World titles in 2010 and 2011 and ADCC gold in 2013 and 2017. His gi record is 95-5. He's a black belt under Rodrigo Cavaca, promoted in 2010, and competed out of Checkmat.
Grappling and submission-only results. Professional MMA bouts are recorded separately and are not included in this record.
| Date | Opponent | Event | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2019 | Gordon Ryan | ADCC · Final | Penalty | Loss |
| Sep 2019 | Mahamed Aly | ADCC · Semifinal | Rear naked choke | Win |
| Sep 2019 | Tex Johnson | ADCC · Quarterfinal | Points | Win |
| Sep 2019 | Keith Krikorian | ADCC · Round 1 | Armbar | Win |
| Sep 2019 | Kaynan Duarte | ADCC · Semifinal | Decision | Loss |
| Sep 2019 | Victor Hugo | ADCC · Quarterfinal | Points | Win |
| Sep 2019 | Braga Neto | ADCC · Round 1 | Points | Win |
| 2019 | Joao Rocha | BJJ Stars · Superfight | Advantage | Loss |
| 2019 | Thomas McMahon | World Champ. · Quarterfinal | Points | Win |
| 2019 | Max Gimenis | World Champ. · Semifinal | Brabo choke | Win |
| 2019 | R. Evangelista | World Champ. · Final | Choke from back | Win |
| 2019 | Otavio Nalati | World Champ. · Round 2 | Points | Win |
| 2019 | Felipe Pena | World Champ. · Quarterfinal | Decision | Win |
| 2018 | Mahamed Aly | ACB 10 · Superfight | Points | Win |
| 2018 | Joao Rocha | ACBJJ 13 · Superfight | Points | Win |
| 2018 | Max Gimenis | World Champ. · Round of 16 | Submission | Win |
| 2018 | Otavio Nalati | World Champ. · Quarterfinal | Points | Win |
| 2018 | Victor Honorio | World Champ. · Semifinal | Kimura | Win |
| 2018 | Joao Rocha | World Champ. · Final | Decision | Win |
| 2018 | Rodrigo Ribeiro | World Champ. · Round of 16 | Points | Win |
153 sourced matches in total.
Lineage: Mitsuyo Maeda · Carlos Gracie · Helio Gracie · Rickson Gracie · Elcio Figueiredo · Rodrigo Cavaca · Marcus Almeida
Cavaca promoted Almeida in 2010. He won an IBJJF No-Gi World title the same year, and by 2012 he had the first of seven gi World titles.
The gi number is the one that stops you: 95 wins and 5 losses. Across nine years of IBJJF finals against the best heavyweights and absolute competitors alive, he lost five gi matches. He won IBJJF Worlds in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, and took ADCC gold in 2013 and 2017.
His head-to-head numbers show what that dominance looked like up close. He's 7-1 against Ricardo Evangelista, 7-1 against Joao Rocha, 6-0 against Alexander Trans and 5-1 against Rodolfo Vieira, who was the other great heavyweight of the era.
His grappling record closes at ADCC 2019, where he lost to Kaynan Duarte by decision and to Gordon Ryan by penalty on the same weekend, before moving to MMA. Our database covers grappling and submission-only competition, so his professional MMA bouts aren't included in the 138-14-1.
15 armbars lead his finishing map, followed by chokes from the back, rear naked chokes, toe holds and triangles at five or six each. That's a wide spread rather than one signature attack.
He finished 52% of his wins and won 61 on points, which is what happens when you spend a decade in gi absolute divisions where the guard passing itself is the win condition and the submission is the bonus.
Our records hold nine IBJJF world titles: seven in the gi, in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, plus two IBJJF No-Gi World titles in 2010 and 2011. Add ADCC gold in 2013 and 2017 and he has eleven world-level championships. Counts that reach thirteen include weight and absolute wins in the same year as separate titles.
His gi record is 95-5. Across 153 sourced matches from 2010 to 2019 he lost 14 times total. Only Gordon Ryan and Roger Gracie post a comparable loss rate on this site, and neither did it across as many matches.
Fourteen losses in total. The names include Gordon Ryan and Kaynan Duarte at ADCC 2019, Felipe Pena at ADCC 2017, Roger Gracie in 2017, Rodolfo Vieira by armbar in 2011, Andre Galvao in 2011, and his own coach Rodrigo Cavaca in 2013.
Two golds, in 2013 and 2017, a silver in 2019 and a bronze in 2017. His ADCC losses came to Roberto Abreu in 2013, Felipe Pena in 2017, and Kaynan Duarte and Gordon Ryan in 2019.
Record compiled from 153 sourced results and 20 title records across 1 source page. 15 matches carry an exact date; the remaining 138 are dated to the year only, as published by the source. Last verified 2026-08-28.