Wellington “Megaton” Dias hails from Rio de Janeiro, where he was awarded his black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu at the age of eighteen at Gracie Humaita. With more than thirty years of BJJ training, Megaton continues to compete in tournaments today when he is not training others at his school in Phoenix, Arizona.

Having just returned from winning third place in his black belt division at the 2008 European BJJ Championship, we’ll talk about the European BJJ scene, the difference between training BJJ in Brazil and in the United States, raising a daughter in BJJ, and tons more!