# Sergio Moraes ("The Pride of Cohab")

> Black Belt | Brazil

## Overview

**Name:** Sergio Moraes

**Nickname:** The Pride of Cohab

**Belt Rank:** Black Belt

**Nationality:** Brazil

**Gender:** Male

**Weight:** 88 kg


## Bio

Sergio Moraes was born on July 23, 1982, at the “Cohab”, one of the poorest areas in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. As one might figure, Sergio Moraes didn’t have an easy upbringing but managed to stay out of trouble from the police and away from the easy road, a road so often taken by his friends and those around him. He started training Jiu-Jitsu through a social project to take kids off the streets (a training that also consisted in Capoeira) with Everdan Olegário, a teacher that stood present throughout his grappling career and the man that awarded him his black belt in 2006.

His first contact with BJJ was the same as 1000’s of others, by watching  Royce Gracie  in the very first UFC’s and later watching the  Rickson Gracie  documentary “Choke”. Another one of his idols is  Fernando Terere , a man with whom he saw several resemblances with himself, mainly because both had the same sort of upbringing. Serginho had a chance to train with Terere when he was a brown belt, and even competed (and won) for Terere’s team (TT), unfortunately at the time Fernando was going through hard personal problems which led to TT’s demise and Sergio ended up pairing with  Fabio Gurgel ‘s team, Alliance.

In 2008 Sergio Moraes finally reached the pinnacle of BJJ excellence winning the World Championships in the black belt division. His first fight was the one that really got his name stamped all over the press, as he mas matched up against a jiu-jitsu celebrity in  Kron Gracie . Kron had come from a 51 submission victory run in the World Championships (at the purple belt and brown belt divisions) which is still a record in consecutive wins by tapout. Sergio Moraes was virtually unknown, even though he had won silver in two World Championships (in the blue and purple belts) and had a World title in the Brown Belt divisions (in 2006). The reason behind this anonymity was that Sergio had had a serious injury in 2007 which dumped him in a physiotherapy clinic for most of that year. Sergio Morais submitted Kron with a choke after a dominant performance where the score was 12×0 for Moraes. Sergio Moraes repeated the prowess in 2009 by reaching the Worlds Final together with his Alliance teammate  Marcelo Garcia . Serginho’s love for BJJ also made him fight MMA, as he wanted to test his jiu-jitsu skills in that environment. His career in the sport started well, fighting in Brazil and reaching the Bellator organization. In 2012 Sergio Moraes was brought to The Ultimate Fighter Brazil, a reality show where the members fight among each other for a contract in the largest MMA organization in the world, the UFC.

Sergio Moraes vs Leo D’avila

Rodrigo Cabral “Brucutu”  vs Sergio Morais

Sergio Moraes vs  Rodrigo Cavaca  (European Open 2011 semi Finals)
## Specialties

- top control.
## Achievements

- 1st Place IBJJF World Championships (2008, 2009***, 2011)
- 1st Place IBJJF European Open (2011*)
- 1st Place CBJJO World Cup Champion (2010*)
- 2nd Place IBJJF European Open (2011)
- 3rd Place IBJJF World Championship (2010)
- 3rd Place IBJJF Pan Championship (2010)
- 1st Place IBJJF World Championships (2006 brown belt)

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**Last Updated:** September 05, 2026

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