Fernando Vasconcelos vs Ze Marcelo Mundials 1998

Fernando Vasconcelos vs Ze Marcelo Mundials 1998 Fernando Vasconcelos was the first BJJ instructor at the rAw Training Center. He was also an up and coming Welterweight MMA fighter at the time. Fernando was an instructor at the RCJ Machado Academy. He was a teenager but it was well known even as a Green Belt, he was the best grappler at the academy outside of the Machado brothers. In the mid 1990s, he was arguably the best BJJ grappler in the entire southern California BJJ scene. He was also an instructor at rAw team. José Marcello Rodrigues, commonly known as Zé Marcello, is a well-respected jiu-jitsu black belt under Sérgio “Bolão” Souza and the co-founder of the Icon Team, one of the largest grappling affiliations in the European continent with over 100 gym affiliates. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Zé Marcello was also one of the top competitors in the sport with medals at the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF) World Championships and Brazilian Nationals. #oldschoolbjj #machadobjj #ibjjf #BJJ