Andrea Baggio "MILANIMAL"

Andrea Baggio is a Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt (under Federico Tisi), being one of the pioneers of BJJ in Italy. He has helped develop the sport in his native country being a coach of the Milanimal Team, hand having founded one of the most important BJJ tournaments in this historical country, the “Milano Challenge”.

Andrea Baggio in Detail

Full Name: Andrea Baggio

Lineage: Mitsuyo Maeda > Carlos Gracie Sr. > Carlos Gracie Junior > Federico Tisi > Andrea Baggio

Main Achievements:

• European Champion (2008 brown master);
• Scandinavian Open Champion (2005 purple);
• ADCC Italian Trials Champion;
• European Bronze Medallist (2009 black master);
• European Bronze Medallist (2010 black – CBJJE);
• Abu Dhabi Pro Warsaw Trial Bronze Medallist (2011)

Weight Division: Peso Pena (70kg-154lbs)

Favourite Technique: Guard Pass (Toreada)

Team/Association: Milanimal

Andrea Baggio Biography

Andrea Baggio was born in Milano on the 6th of June, 1978. He started learning martial arts as a child, namely Judo, and it was because of Judo that Andrea got interested in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He started learning BJJ as a way to improve his newazza (Judo ground work) in 2000 with Gustavo Fernandez Triviño who was at the time a purple belt under Freddy Sukata (Triviño later became a black belt and moved to Argentina where he teaches BJJ). Baggio didn’t pursue his Jiu Jitsu education with Fernandez for long, moving to Federico Tisi’s camp in that same year.

Andrea Baggio was awarded all belts by Frederico Tisi, including his black belt on January 2008, just after Baggio won the European Open (IBJJF) in the Brown Belt Master Division.

Despite his engineering degree at Politecnico di Milano, he dedicated himself full time to BJJ working at Milanimal Academy in Milan since he was a purple belt, giving private and group classes. He is also the promoter and founder of one of the most important Italian Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament, MILANO CHALLENGE.

Important websites:
Milanimal Website: www.milanimal.com
Milano Challenge: milanochallenge.com

Adcc 2011 results

Superfights

Braulio Estima defeats Jacare (Braulio by points)

Renzo Gracie x Ze Mario Sperry (Ze Mario by points)

Absolute

Joao Assis x Victor Estima (Victor by points)

Gunnar Nelson x Bruno Frazzato (Gunnar by points)
Pablo Popovitch x Janne-Pekka Pietilainen (Pablo by points)
Xande Ribeiro x Jeff Monson (Xande by DQ?)
Vinny Magalhaes x Bruno Bastos (Vinny by points)
Murillo Santana x Marko Helen (Murillo by points)
Sergio Moraes x Antonio Braga Neto (Sergio by heel hook)
Shinzo Ansai x Andre Galvao (Galvao by RNC – Puts him to sleep)

Quarterfinals

Victor Estima x Pablo Popovitch (Pablo by points)
Xande Ribeiro x Gunnar Nelson (Xande by points)
Vinny Magalhaes x Murillo Santana (Murillo by decision)
Sergio Moraes x Andre Galvao (Galvao by points)

Semi Finals

Pablo Popovitch x Xande Ribeiro (Pablo on points)
Murillo Santana x Andre Galvao ( Galvao by points)

3rd Place

Murillo Santana x Xande Ribeiro (Xande by points)

Final

Pablo Popovitch x Andre Galvao (Galvao by toehold)

+99 KGs

Fabricio Werdum x Alexander Trans (Werdum by armbar)
Mateusz Juskowiak x Jeff Monson (Monson by points)
Cyborg Abreu x Sekine Hideki (Cyborg by armbar)
Glover Teixeira x Jarrod Bunch (Teixeira by guillotine)
Vinny Magalhaes x Luke Costello (Vinny by decision)
Jose Fereira Junior x Bruno Bastos (Junior by heel hook)
Gerardi Rinaldi x Mick Wilson (Rinaldi by points)
Janne-Pekka Pietilainen x Rodrigo Artilheiro (Pietilainen by points)

Quarterfinals

Fabricio Werdum x Jeff Monson (Werdum by armbar)
Cyborg Abreu x Glover Teixeira (Cyborg by points)
Vinny Magalhaes x Jose Fereira Junior (Vinny by heel hook)
Gerardi Rinaldi x Janne-Pekka Pietilainen (Rinaldi by points)

Semi Finals

Fabricio Werdum x Cyborg Abreu (Werdum by points)
Vinny Magalhaes x Gerardi Rinaldi (Vinny by points)

3rd Place Match

Cyborg Abreu x Gerardi Rinaldi (Cyborg by footlock)

Final

Fabricio Werdum x Vinny Magalhaes (Vinny by points)

-99 KGs

Xande Ribeiro x Kari Peltola (Xande by armbar)
Sinsho Ansai x Lucio Lagarto Rodrigues (Lagarto by points)
Antonio Braga Neto x Igor Praporshchikov (Braga Neto by triangle)
Joao Assis x James Poupolo (Joao by heelhook)
Rodolfo Vieira x Jesph Lee Baize (Rodolfo by armbar)
Kamil Uminski x Antonio Peinado (Peinado by armbar)
Radek Turek x James Brasco (Turek by points)
Dean Lister x Augusto Ferrari (Lister by points)

Quarterfinals

Xande Ribeiro x Lucio Lagarto Rodrigues (Xande by RNC – puts him to sleep)
Antonio Braga Neto x Joao Assis (Joao by toehold)
Rodolfo Vieira x Antonio Peinado (Rodolfo by points)
Radek Turek x Dean Lister (Lister by heel hook)

Semi Finals

Xande Ribeiro x Joao Assis (Joao by RNC)
Rodolfo Vieira x Dean Lister (Lister by heel hook)

3rd Place Match

Xande Ribeiro x Antonio Peinado (Rodolfo out with injury – Xande by points)

Final

Joao Assis x Dean Lister (Dean by heel hook)

-88 KGs

Rousimar Palahares x Dan Schon (Palahares by heel hook)
Cameron Rowe x David Avellan (Avellan by points)
Rafael Lovato Jr x Jeon Doo Kwang (Lovato Jr by RNC)
Romulo Barral x Kyle Griffin (Griffin by points)
Pablo Popovitch x Zbigniew Tyszka (Pablo by points)
James Harbison x Sergio Moraes (Sergio by points)
Andre Galvao x Don Ortega (Galvao by points)
Gunnar Nelson x Marko Helen (Gunnar by points)

Quarterfinals

Rousimar Palahares x David Avellan (Palahares by kneebar)
Rafael Lovato Jr x Kyle Griffin (Lovato Jr by triangle)
Pablo Popovitch x Sergio Moraes (Pablo by points)
Andre Galvao x Gunnar Nelson (Galvao by points)

Semi Finals

Rousimar Palahares x Rafael Lovato Jr (Palhares by heel hook)
Pablo Popovitch x Andre Galvao (Galvao by points)

3rd Place Match

Rafael Lovato Jr x Pablo Popovitch (Pablo by points)

Final

Rousimar Palahares x Andre Galvao (Galvao by points)

-77 KGs

Marcelo Garcia x Davis Hart (Marcelo by guillotine)
Sanshiro Nakakura x Victor Estima (Victor by points)
Murillo Santana x Jorge Britto (Santana by points)
Kron Gracie x Jason Manly (Kron by guillotine)
Claudio Calasans x Daniel Strauss (Calasans by kneebar)
Vagner Rocha x Augusto Tanquinho Mendes (Tanquinho by footlock)
Leo Viera x Enricco Coco (Leo by points)
JT Torres x Clark Gracie (JT by points)

Quarterfinals

Marcelo Garcia x Victor Estima (Marcelo by guillotine)
Kron Gracie x Murillo Santana (Kron by points)
Claudio Calasans x Augusto Tanquinho Mendes (Calasans by points)
Leo Viera x JT Torres (Leo by points)

Semi Finals

Marcelo Garcia x Kron Gracie (Marcelo by points)
Claudio Calasans x Leo Viera (Leo by points)

3rd Place Match

Kron Gracie x Claudio Calasans (Kron by RNC)

Final

Marcelo Garcia x Leo Viera (Marcelo by triangle)

-66 KGs

Rafael Mendes x Bruno Frazzato (Rafa by points)
Justin Rader x Timo-Juhani Hirvikangas (Rader by points)
Robson Moura x Greger Forsel (Robson by points)
Ryan Hall x Tatsu Hadairo (Hall by points)
Rubens Cobrinha Charles x David Marinakis (Cobrinha by triangle)
Nicolas Renier x Barret Yoshida (Yoshida by RNC)
Jeff Glover x Tom Barlow (Glover by points)
Rafael Dos Santos x Marko Ramos (Ramos by points)

Quarterfinals

Rafael Mendes x Justin Rader (Rafa by RNC)
Robson Moura x Ryan Hall (Robson by points)
Rubens Cobrinha Charles x Barret Yoshida (Cobrinha by points)
Jeff Glover x Marko Ramos (Glover by Darce)

Semi Finals

Rafael Mendes x Robson Moura (Rafa by points)
Rubens Cobrinha Charles x Jeff Glover (Cobrinha by points)

3rd Place Match

Robson Moura x Jeff Glover (Glover by guillotine)

Final

Rafael Mendes x Rubens Cobrinha Charles (Rafa by points)

Women -60 KGs

Luanna Alzuguir x Cathilee Albert (Luanna by sub)
Michelle Nicolinni x Yasmine Wilson (Michelle by sub)
Rosi Sexton x Hashi Takayo (Takayo by points)
Sara Stevenson x Kyra Gracie (Kyra by armbar)

Semi Finals

Luanna Alzuguir x Michelle Nicolinni (Michelle by points)
Hashi Takayo x Kyra Gracie (Kyra by points)

3rd Place Match

Luanna Alzuguir x Hashi Takayo (Luanna by kneebar)

Final

Michelle Nicolinni x Kyra Gracie (Kyra by omoplata)

Women +60 KGs

Gabi Garcia x Devi Ahuja (Gabi by Americana)
Penny Thomas x Talita Nogueira (Penny by RNC)
Ida Hansson x Katrina Weilbacher (Ida by points)
Fiona Muxlow x Hanette Staack (Hanette by RNC)

Semi Finals

Gabi Garcia x Penny Thomas (Gabi by americana)
Ida Hansson x Hanette Staack (Hanette by points)

3rd Place Match

Penny Thomas x Ida Hansson (Ida by injury to Penny)

Final

Gabi Garcia x Hanette Staack (Gabi by points)

Milano challenge 2011

The Milano challenge is be founded by Andrea Baggio BJJ black belt in 2009 .The main idea for this competition was to bring all the Italian athletes for a BJJ challenge for them not just to compete but to test there level in-house or even to start preparing for bigger events like the European championships.

The event's popularity grew in 2010 with athletes from all Europe participating, raising the event to an international high level tournament.

I believe that this year event is promising more. Higher levels, more participants and spectacular matches!

On 26.11.11 The Milano challenge is open to men and women with white, blue, purple and brown belts. Check it out!

www.milanochallenge.com

The new Academy

Tatami area 120 msq