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Garcia Joins American Top Team
After the recent announcement that Alessio Sakara (Pictures) had joined American Top Team,
Ricardo Liborio
(Pictures) confirmed with Sherdog.com
that another fighter has become a member of the Florida-based camp:
multiple-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu champion and three-time ADCC
77-kg tournament winner Marcelo Garcia (Pictures).
"He trained with us and now he's part of American Top Team," said Liborio, a founding member of ATT. "We made an agreement with Fabio Gurgel (Pictures) [Alliance BJJ team leader], and Garcia will represent Alliance in BJJ and submission events and ATT in MMA events."
Following much success in submission and BJJ tournaments, Garcia debuted in mixed martial arts at a K-1 HERO'S event in South Korea. He lost the October 2007 bout to Dae Won Kim (Pictures) via doctor stoppage on a cut 20 seconds into the second stanza.
After the defeat, there were suggestions that Garcia should join a powerful MMA team to improve his MMA skills beyond grappling. The Brazilian submission wizard will now look to do that with Liborio and company at American Top Team.
"He trained with us and now he's part of American Top Team," said Liborio, a founding member of ATT. "We made an agreement with Fabio Gurgel (Pictures) [Alliance BJJ team leader], and Garcia will represent Alliance in BJJ and submission events and ATT in MMA events."
Following much success in submission and BJJ tournaments, Garcia debuted in mixed martial arts at a K-1 HERO'S event in South Korea. He lost the October 2007 bout to Dae Won Kim (Pictures) via doctor stoppage on a cut 20 seconds into the second stanza.
After the defeat, there were suggestions that Garcia should join a powerful MMA team to improve his MMA skills beyond grappling. The Brazilian submission wizard will now look to do that with Liborio and company at American Top Team.
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