Legendary stuff right here! The Champ @miketyson working with the 🧠 Master @kingsmma_hb 🔥🔥🔥 I would love to watch this full session! #IronMike still scary as ever!!!
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Watching the OG’s still learning & training gives me so much inspiration 🙏🏼
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#Inspiration #NeverStop #ForeverStudent

🚨 New Episode of “Before They Were Kings” featuring the beasts @galvaobjj & @tussagb 🔥🔥
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2003 @ibjjf Mundials Absolute Purple Belt SemiFinal match between these two future greats. Insane scrambles & exchanges go down in this match. Galvão’s precision back takes & fast transitions were already Black Belt level & you can see the amazing escapes & relentlessness of Tussa were evident in his game already too. I love Purple Belt matches 😁
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Watch the full match at my YouTube channel www.youtube.com/lovatojiujitsu. Please subscribe while you are there 🙏🏼 Learn & enjoy! 🔊 by @tmo_music
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#BeforeTheyWereKings #BJJ #JiuJitsu #IBJJF #AndreGalvao #Tussa #Mundials #Worlds #PurpleBelt #Absolute

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” – George Bernard Shaw
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Another adaptation & training tool that I’m adding to the 🧰 @baseblocks. Working on developing some functional strength & agility while having fun at the same time. I’ve been playing with these for a solid 10-15min every other day or so & I can tell that I not only haven’t lost any strength, but I think I’ve gained some. Truth is, I don’t have a routine or anything, I just get on & play. So many possibilities & it is a lot of fun to feel like a gymnast 😆 Today I was working to get my handstand game & body control stronger 💪🏼
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I highly recommend adding some @baseblocks to your home training. Use code “TEAMLOVATO” to save 💰 on your purchase & let’s get to work!!!
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Thanks to my love @deeana6 for the coaching 😂 & filming. Also shoutout my brothers @greenstrengthiv & @cameronshayne for expanding my vision of training methods & what real strength is 🙏🏼
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#HaveFun #Play #KeepMoving #TryNewThings #BaseBlocks #Training #Strength #functionaltraining #Calisthenics

One of my greatest motivations for competing in MMA was to have the opportunity to express myself as a Martial Artist & show the beauty & efficiency behind the technique I spent my whole life trying to master. Exactly two years ago today, I had one of my finest artistic displays of beautiful violence & arguably the best MMA submission of 2018. I’ll never forget this amazing night in Chicago 🙏🏼🥋🏆
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#WeAreArtists #MartialArtist #Artist #Expression #BeautifulViolence #MMA #BJJ #JiuJitsu #Submission #ArmBar #TapOut #Finish #BellatorMMA #WorldChampion #Undefeated #RafaelLovatoJr #TeamLovato #EvolucaoThai #RibeiroJiuJitsu #LovatoJiuJitsu #Budokon #TimelessJiuJitsu #ClassicJiuJitsu

Don’t stop when you’re tired, stop when the mission is complete! 💪🏼 #MondayMotivation #KeepGoing #Determination #CantStopWontStop

Uke life has been tough during #quarantine 😂 Lots of smashing & choking questions tend to come in over the live classes 😁 @dallasniles

Late night study material 📝
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A new edition of “Before They Were Kings” just uploaded to my YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/lovatojiujitsu)
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This is definitely one of the finest & most insane purple belt matches I have ever witnessed! Here is @bmalfacine & @gabrielmoraesjj battling in the 2004 @cbjjoficial Brasileiro finals. Unreal scrambles & technical exchanges at 100mph! Both become multiple time Black Belt World Champions & Gabriel actually wins his first Black Belt title just a couple of months later! That’s right, you heard that correctly. Gabriel skipped brown belt & went straight to Black Belt winning the Worlds only two months after this match. One of the most insane trajectories ever!!! Both are legends, much respect ✊🏼
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Go check out the full match & please be sure to subscribe 🙏🏼 I got a lot more 🔥 coming soon! I’m thinking purple belt Andre Galvão next…
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#BeforeTheyWereKings #BrunoMalfacine #GabrielMoraes #BJJ #JiuJitsu #History

I recently uploaded a breakdown of my training with the great middleweight 🐐 @marcelogarciajiujitsu to my YouTube channel. I share lots of insight into this super technical back & forth roll. I learned a lot from our training & am happy to share with you all. Doing my best to help everyone stay inspired & keep growing during this time. You can watch the full 20min plus video at www.youtube.com/lovatojiujitsu. Please subscribe while you are there 🙏🏼 Enjoy!
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Tomorrow I will be releasing a new “Before They Were Kings” video to my channel featuring two future black belt world champions having an insane battle as purple belts!
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#BJJ #JiuJitsu #MarceloGarcia #RafaelLovatoJr #Training #Breakdown #Learn #BeInspired

Flowing through another week of #quarantine like… No equipment necessary 🦍
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Crawling is one of the best functional training exercises out there. Slow it down, speed it up, build coordination, mobility, & strength while playing. Shoutout to my mobility & movement inspirations @greenstrengthiv @cameronshayne @melayneshayne 🙏🏼
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🔊 by @tmo_music 🎥 by @deeana6
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#KeepMoving #Flow #Play #Crawl #Mobility #Movement #Agility #Strength #Coordination #Budokon #GreenStrength

Happy Saturday! Get out & move those hips 😂 Wishing you all a beautiful day! 🙌🏼

Exactly what I wish I could do to the #coronavirus 😆😆😆 @brucelee

Here we go!!! Tonight’s inspiration is coming from the Lightweight 🐐 @lucaslepri. Here he is competing as a purple belt at the 2004 @cbjjoficial Brasileiro. You can see his incredible balance, passing, & back taking/finishing was already very strong even in its early development. I’m very excited to do an IG Live with Lucas tomorrow night at 7:30pm ET to share stories about our journeys & give you all some positive energy for your Friday night. Don’t miss it!!!
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You can watch the complete match at my YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/lovatojiujitsu. Please subscribe so you can keep up with the amazing 📽 that I’m going to be releasing. Thank you! 🙏🏼
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Lucas went on to earn the 🥉 & another great Lucas took the Gold. Can you guess who that was? I will be releasing some of his matches next 😁
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#BeforeTheyWereKings #LucasLepri #BJJ #JiuJitsu

@flograppling Lovatch has spoken!!! #desafiogringo @riccardoammendoliabjj

This is a little clip from a Live Class I did for my Facebook group about a week ago. Some BIG, little details about how to make your smash as heavy & overwhelming as possible. Please excuse the audio, my voice is a little behind the video 🙏🏼 I will be doing another Live Class for my Facebook group this Friday the 17th at 2pm ET. You can find my group by clicking the link in my bio. Hope to see you there! 🙌🏼