Keven Carrasco

Keven Carrasco was born on July 21, 1999, in Sacramento, California. He did kempo from age 6 to 8 and, at 9, followed his brother to André Glodzinski’s gym in downtown Sacramento, where he trained for about seven years and reached blue belt. He later trained at Waza BJJ, under Derek DiManno.

He met Osvaldo “Queixinho” Moizinho and Samir Chantre at a tournament and joined Ares in 2017. In August 2019 he moved to Arizona to train at the team’s headquarters. He was world champion at purple belt in 2019 and Pans champion at brown belt in 2020, and got his black belt from Queixinho on December 14, 2020.

As a black belt, at light-featherweight, he won the Jiu-Jitsu CON in 2022, 2024 and 2025. His best year was 2024: bronze at Worlds, with wins over Pablo Mantovani, Cleber Sousa and Zach Kaina, and gold at the American Nationals.

In 2025 he made his debut at pro events. He submitted Sebastian Oyervidez at UFC Fight Pass Invitational 11 and Ty Costlow, with a triangle, at UFC BJJ, and was submitted by Mikey Musumeci at UFC BJJ 3. At the end of the year he moved up to featherweight for The Crown and lost in the quarterfinals to João Mendes by referee decision.

In 2026 he won the Chicago and Santa Cruz Opens, lost in the round of 16 at Worlds and took bronze at the Jiu-Jitsu CON in September. He returns to the Crown featherweight bracket on November 8.