Alê “Zangado” Borges
Aleilson de Oliveira Borges
A 2026 IBJJF European and world champion at Juvenile 1 blue belt lightweight, the Ágora Jiu-Jitsu athlete trains in Jundiaí, Brazil, with Diogo Reis.
- Grand Slam weight titles in 2026: Europeans and Worlds
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Who is Alê Borges
Aleilson Borges, known as Alê Zangado, became IBJJF European and world champion in 2026 at Juvenile 1 blue belt lightweight. In both finals, in Lisbon and in Long Beach, he beat the same opponent, Bertolazo, from AOJ.
After the world title, he wrote on social media, in Portuguese: “Four matches, no points conceded, and one more title won.” At the Pans, in Florida, he took bronze in his weight and won the light open class, again beating Bertolazo in the final.
He trains with ADCC champion Diogo Reis, now at Ágora Jiu-Jitsu, in Jundiaí, Brazil. During the 2026 major tournaments, he competed for BJJ College.
As a green belt in 2025, he won the IBJJF Rio Summer Kids and Rio Winter Kids in the teen division. In 2026, already a blue belt, he won the gi Rio Summer Open and both his weight and the open class at the Rio Summer No-Gi.
Alê is on VF Comunica’s list of 10 Jiu-Jitsu talents who could blow up in 2027.
Major titles
2026
- IBJJF Worlds Juvenile 1, lightweight Gold
- IBJJF Europeans Juvenile 1, lightweight Gold
- IBJJF Pans Juvenile 1, light open class Gold
- IBJJF Pans Juvenile 1, lightweight Bronze
- IBJJF Rio Summer Open Juvenile, featherweight Gold
- IBJJF Rio Summer No-Gi Juvenile, weight and open class Gold
2025
- IBJJF Rio Summer Kids and Rio Winter Kids Teen, green belt Gold
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