Brazilian Top Team
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The Brazilian Top Team (BTT) is a mixed martial arts academy specializing in jiu jitsu and boxing. The academy was established in April 2000 by Murilo Bustamante, Ricardo Libório, Mário Sperry and Luis Roberto Duarte, former-members of the Carlson Gracie Academy, to develop and create new training techniques for jiu-jitsu, submission wrestling and mixed martial arts.
In April 2002 BTT inaugurated a new center for training professional fighters in mixed martial arts. In the new center the athletes are able to count on professors of: muay thai, boxing, wrestling and the already recognized skills of its professors of mixed martial arts and jiu-jitsu.
BTT maintains an intense rivalry with Brazilian mixed martial arts stable Chute Boxe, which is descended from a kickboxing lineage. BTT traces its lineage to the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu of the Gracie family.
Fighters Who Have Trained under BTT
- Mário Sperry
- Allan Góes
- Ricardo Arona
- Vitor Belfort
- Murilo Bustamante
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
- Paulo Filho
- Luiz "Buscape" Firmino
- Anderson Silva
- Milton Veira
- Ikuhisa Minowa
