Bernardo Faria
"Bê"
Drags opponents into deep water and watches them sink.
How much we trust this read
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Fight Plan: Bernardo Faria
A coach-ready game plan — historical weaknesses opponents have exploited and what to drill in camp.
- Susceptible to high-level leg lock entries during the transition to half guard
- Game is heavily dependent on the Gi for grip-based pressure
- Limited standing wrestling repertoire as he prefers pulling guard
- Stack southpaw sparring partners in camp
- Underhook battles and posture work off the bottom
Sub-Score Breakdown
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What Changed?
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Tactical Patterns
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Tactical Memory
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Fighter fingerprint
BJJ attribute profile — only skills that matter in this sport are scored, and any axis we cannot evidence is left blank rather than scored as zero.
Guard Play and Scrambling are the highest scored axes; expect the game plan to lean on this. Submission Threat is the lowest scored axis — a realistic place to attack.
- Guard Play98
- Passing90
- Submission Threat38
- Scrambling95
- Cardio90
- Fight IQ95
Strategic breakdown
Style fingerprint derived from the attribute ratings and finish rates on file. Each row is labelled with how Fight Blueprint reached it — none of these are measured from footage.
Fight Timeline
How Bernardo Faria has evolved year-by-year — milestones, camp changes, style shifts, and notable results.
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Observations & evidence
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Video Evidence Ledger
Timestamped tactical observations that back the analysis. Each item cites the fight, round, and moment.
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Prep for camp: Bernardo Faria
Recommendations a coach can act on tomorrow — opponent tendencies, drills, and the sparring styles to stack against this fight.
- Pulls half guard immediately to initiate his offensive sequence
- Uses a deep underhook in half guard to transition into 'The Faria Sweep'
- Employs relentless over-under pressure passing once in top position
- Drill reactive sprawls — bait the shot off your right hand
- Match their pace early, then turn the screws late
- Posture and frame drills off bottom — never give up the back
- Mix unscripted looks in sparring — they thrive on patterns
- Southpaw pressure partner
- Chain-wrestling partner
- Black-belt grappler comfortable on bottom
- Marathon partner — hard rounds, minimal rest
Timestamped breakdowns
Curated moments from Faria's tape — each clip annotated with the technique on display.
How this fighter is changing
Computed only from individual fight results on file — earlier half of the recorded fights compared with the most recent half.
67% in the last 3 fights vs 50% before.
Share of fights ended inside the distance across 5 results on file.
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Similar Fighters
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Status / Injuries
No current reported injuries; retired from elite competition.
Checked 6/21/2026
Recent Form
- L2017-06-01vs Erberth SantosPoints · IBJJF World Championship
- W2017-06-01vs Vitor AraujoPoints · IBJJF World Championship
- W2017-06-01vs Luiz PanzaAdvantage · IBJJF World Championship
- W2017-06-01vs Vanderbere ToledoPoints · IBJJF World Championship
- L2017-06-01vs Luiz PanzaAdvantage · IBJJF World Championship
Availability
Inducted into IBJJF Hall of Fame in 2022; focuses on BJJ Fanatics and his academy.
Scouting Summary
Bernardo Augusto Rocha de Faria is a Brazilian submission grappler and instructor. He is multi-time IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Champion, European Champion, Pan-American Champion and Brazilian National Champion. In February and March 2013, Faria was ranked first in the IBJJF World Ran
Primary source ↗Tendencies
- Pulls half guard immediately to initiate his offensive sequence
- Uses a deep underhook in half guard to transition into 'The Faria Sweep'
- Employs relentless over-under pressure passing once in top position
- Forces opponents into stagnant positions to negate mobility and athleticism
- Systematically climbs the hierarchy of positions with heavy chest-to-chest pressure
Signature Moves
- Deep Half Guard / Faria Sweep
- Over-Under Pass
- Miragaia Passing
- Single Leg from Half Guard
- Wheel Sweep
Weaknesses
- Susceptible to high-level leg lock entries during the transition to half guard
- Game is heavily dependent on the Gi for grip-based pressure
- Limited standing wrestling repertoire as he prefers pulling guard
Biography & Camp
Bernardo Augusto Rocha de Faria is a Brazilian submission grappler and instructor. He is multi-time IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Champion, European Champion, Pan-American Champion and Brazilian National Champion. In February and March 2013, Faria was ranked first in the IBJJF World Ranking of all divisions, and was chosen as the best jiu-jitsu athlete of 2015. Faria received his black belt from instructor Ricardo Marques in 2008, and moved to the Alliance Jiu Jitsu Sao Paulo team to train with Fábio Gurgel in 2009. In June 2022, Faria was inducted in the IBJJF Hall of Fame.