Márcio Ítalo Landim
Márcio Ítalo Souza Landim
The 2026 IBJJF brown belt world champion at medium-heavyweight, after also winning the Pans, he has been promoted to black belt by Alliance.
- IBJJF world titles, at blue and brown belt
- 2
- wins at the 2026 Worlds
- 4
Who is Márcio Ítalo Landim
Márcio Ítalo Souza Landim, known as Marcio Italo, competes for Alliance and goes by The Crazy Dog on the circuit. As a blue belt in 2023 he won both the IBJJF Europeans and the Worlds at lightweight, along with bronze at the Brazilian Nationals.
At purple belt he moved up to middleweight and took bronze at the Worlds in 2024 and 2025. In 2025 he was also the runner-up at the Europeans, in his weight class and the open class, and at the Brazilian Nationals.
The 2026 season, at brown belt, was his best. He won the Pans at medium-heavyweight, beating Irux Almeida in the semifinal, came into the Worlds as the top seed and won all four of his matches, again beating Irux in the final. After the title, he was promoted to black belt.
Wins
- 2026Irux AlmeidaWorlds, brown belt, medium-heavyweight, final
- 2026Carlos Ignacio JrWorlds, brown belt, medium-heavyweight
- 2026Saeed Al KubaisiWorlds, brown belt, medium-heavyweight
- 2026Ian Kaleo BatistaWorlds, brown belt, medium-heavyweight
- 2026Enzo LopesPans, brown belt, medium-heavyweight, final
- 2026Irux AlmeidaPans, brown belt, medium-heavyweight, semifinal
Losses
- 2026Kauê GomesBrazilian Nationals, brown belt, medium-heavyweight
- 2025Caio CarreiraEuropeans, purple belt, middleweight, final
- 2025Jeferson SilvaEuropeans, purple belt, open class, final
- 2025Gustavo BatistaBrazilian Nationals, purple belt, middleweight, final
Major titles
Before black belt
- IBJJF Worlds 2023, blue belt, lightweight; 2026, brown belt, medium-heavyweight Gold
- IBJJF Pans 2026, brown belt, medium-heavyweight Gold
- IBJJF Worlds 2024 and 2025, purple belt, middleweight Bronze
- IBJJF Europeans 2023, blue belt, lightweight Gold
- IBJJF Europeans 2025, purple belt, middleweight and open class Silver
- Brazilian Nationals (CBJJ) 2025, purple belt, middleweight Silver
- Brazilian Nationals (CBJJ) 2023, blue belt, lightweight Bronze
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