# Fabiano Scherner ("Pega Leve")

> Black Belt 5 Stripes | Brazil

## Overview

**Name:** Fabiano Scherner

**Nickname:** Pega Leve

**Belt Rank:** Black Belt 5 Stripes

**Nationality:** Brazil


## Bio

Fabiano Scherner was born on the 30th of June, 1972 in Tres Passos, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Scherner’s journey in martial arts started through tae kwon do when he was 19 years old, being involved in martial arts awoke in Fabiano the desire to compete in MMA, this desire took him to  Ataque Duplo ‘s doorstep, a well known jiu jitsu academy in Florianopolis when he was 26.

Although Fabiano’s intention was to learn jiu jitsu to complete his mixed martial arts game, training with coaches Murilo Rupp and Sergio Sá at the  Ataque Dupl o he discovered that he loved to compete in grappling and deciding to leave MMA on the back burner. Being a big man, and a quick learner, Pega Leve earned his blue belt in just 11 months of training, and only one year later his purple by the hands of coaches Rupp and Sá.

Trying to improve his MMA game, Fabiano moved to Rio de Janeiro as a brown belt, to train at Brazilian Top Team (BTT), one of the elite fighting academies in the world at the time, one that had strong links with the  Ataque Duplo  academy. It was training under the instruction of BTT coaches Murilo Bustamante and Luis Roberto Duarte (Bebeo) that Fabiano Scherner was awarded his black belt, on December 2002, making his journey to black belt in jiu jitsu in an astounding 3 years and 9 months.

Shortly after receiving the black belt  Ricardo Liborio  offered a job coaching jiu jitsu in Olympia, Washington (USA). It was training in Washington that Fabiano finally got his MMA career started, going on to compete in some of the most important promotions in MMA, such as Hook’n Shoot, UFC, Cage Rage, Meca and many others.

Fabiano Scherner vs Anthony Hamilton (MMA)

Fabiano Scherner vs Stephen Hall
## Gym Affiliations

- **Chess Lab BJJ** (Portland, United States) — Head Instructor

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**Last Updated:** May 18, 2026

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