Bruno Malfacine
Bruno da Silva Malfacine · Duque de Caxias, Brazil
Ten-time roosterweight world champion between 2007 and 2018. A member of the IBJJF Hall of Fame since 2014.
- world titles at black belt
- 10
- wins
- 67
- by submission, 61% of wins
- 41
- losses
- 12
Record in black belt competition.
World titles at black belt
IBJJF World Championship, 2007 to 2018. Weight class: roosterweight.
- 2007 WeightGold
- 2009 WeightGold
- 2010 WeightGold
- 2011 WeightGold
- 2012 WeightGold
- 2014 WeightGold
- 2015 WeightGold
- 2016 WeightGold
- 2017 WeightGold
- 2018 WeightGold
Who is Bruno Malfacine
Bruno Malfacine was born in Duque de Caxias, just outside Rio de Janeiro, on August 28, 1986, and started Jiu-Jitsu at 11, encouraged by an uncle. After a break as an orange belt, when his first coach stopped teaching, he went back to training with Vinicius Amaral, who gave him every belt from blue to black, the last one in late 2006.
The following year he won his first black belt world title. In late 2008 he began training with Fabio Gurgel at Alliance, and from then on he ruled the roosterweight division: ten world titles through 2018, with only one lost final in that stretch, in 2013.
His nickname, Bad Boy, came from his training partners when he was a kid. He was inducted into the IBJJF Hall of Fame in 2014, while his title run was still going.
Wins in finals and superfights
- 2018Rodnei BarbosaWorlds, roosterweight, final · armbar
- 2017Caio TerraWorlds, roosterweight, final · 4-4, on advantages
- 2017Lucas PinheiroPans, roosterweight, final · 9-2
- 2016Caio TerraWorlds, roosterweight, final · 0-0, on advantages
- 2015João MiyaoWorlds, roosterweight, final · advantages
- 2015Caio TerraPans, roosterweight, final · choke from the back
- 2014João MiyaoWorlds, roosterweight, final · referee decision
- 2012Caio TerraWorlds, roosterweight, final · referee decision
Most recent losses
- 2021Mikey MusumeciWorlds, roosterweight, final · 6-0
- 2020Thalison SoaresEuropeans, roosterweight, quarterfinal · 4-4, on advantages
- 2019Mikey MusumeciWorlds, roosterweight, semifinal · 10-8
- 2013Caio TerraWorlds, roosterweight, final · 4-2
- 2013Caio TerraPans, roosterweight, final · 2-0
- 2011Bruno FrazattoWorld Pro No-Gi, under 64 kg (141 lb), quarterfinal · 2-2, on advantages
- 2011Rafael MendesWorld Pro, under 65 kg (143 lb), semifinal · 7-0
- 2011Caio TerraPans, light-featherweight, final · 2-0
Other titles
2021
- IBJJF Worlds Roosterweight Silver
2019
- IBJJF Worlds Roosterweight Bronze
2017
- IBJJF Pans Gold
2015
- IBJJF Pans Gold
2013
- IBJJF Worlds Roosterweight Silver
2011
- IBJJF Pans Silver
2010
- IBJJF Europeans Gold
- Brazilian Nationals (CBJJ) Gold
2009
- Brazilian Nationals (CBJJ) Gold
2008
- IBJJF Pans Gold
- Brazilian Nationals (CBJJ) Gold
2007
- IBJJF Pans Gold
Before black belt
- IBJJF Worlds 2004, purple belt; 2005, brown belt Gold