? Surround yourself with inspiration & people who believe in you. And never give up!!!! ??
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#NeverGiveUp #DontQuit #Believe #StayStrong #KeepGoing #YouCanDoIt

When it’s Saturday & you get a couple of days off from Porrada! ???
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Quando é sábado e você tem alguns dias de folga de Porrada! ???
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#AlmostEveryDayPorrada #RecoveryTime #ItsTheWeekend #DancingDog

#FBF to highlights of the beginning of my MMA career coming up in @legacyfighting just before it became @lfafighting. I was able to capture the middleweight title & defend it once before I signed with @bellatormma. I learned so much about myself & who I was a martial artist during this time. I discovered that I love fighting.
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#TeamLovato #RibeiroJiuJitsu #EvolucaoThai #LovatoJiuJitsu #GreenStrength #PickloWrestling #MMA #MuayThai #JiuJitsu #BJJ #Wrestling #TrueMartialArtist #GorilasDaPorrada #Guerreiro6Blades #FlowPressureFinish #LegacyFC #WorldChampion

#TBT Some @romulobarral inspired foot on bicep ?guard, scrambles, & #LovatoStyle Kimura finish in the BJJ motherland. So many great memories competing in ?? I will do every Master division that exists at the Brasileiro before it is all over.
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#RibeiroJiuJitsu #6Blades #Guerreiro6Blades #LovatoJiuJitsu #TeamLovato #BJJ #JiuJitsu #IBJJF #Brasileiro #SpiderGuard #Sweep #Scramble #Kimura #Submission #TapOut

Thumb in the collar 4 life!!!
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I love using this simple choke to create reactions & open up transitions to mount or other submissions. Check out a couple BIG little details to help you catch this one from a seminar I did for my 6 Blades family at the @unijjsd.
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#RibeiroJiuJitsu #6Blades #FlowPressureFinish #BJJ #JiuJitsu #Submission #Choke #Strangle #LovatoStyle

Nothing like a mother’s love ??? #HappyMothersDay

BIG @bellatormma event going down in Chicago tonight!!! This one is going to be straight ??? Be sure to watch on @dazn_usa. #BellatorMMA

Inspiration for your Friday! We are all capable of something amazing! ??????•
#Inspiration #AnythingIsPossible #Believe #StayInspired #NoExcuses

Double leg goals!!!
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Congrats @alliseeisgold on a flawless performance and big ups to @benaskren for taking the match after years away from wrestling to promote a great cause ??????
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? by @flowrestling
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#wrestling #wrasslin #doubleleg #takedown #powerful #fast #inspiration

You’re half way thru the week…. stay calm & just keep flowing like my brother @cameronshayne & my @budokonuniversity family.
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Be sure to check out the Budokon documentary by @ryansmithfilms on YouTube if you haven’t yet. There is a lot of footage of myself training there for my last fight.
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#Movement #Flow #Budokon #Art #MovementArts #Yoga #Dance #Mobility #Agility #Strength #CameronShayne

#DreamsDoComeTrue #SubmissionSunday
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Can’t believe this was 6yrs ago already! I can still feel the wave of emotion that came over me after I secured the submission. Coming up, I never managed to win a major @ibjjf absolute title at any belt. As a Black Belt, I took ?in the absolute at the Euros & Pan a couple of times, & even earned the ?once in Brazil before this. At this Brasileiro I was already in my 9th year as a Black Belt & still hunting that absolute gold that I had never won in my life.
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5 matches & 4 submissions later, in a bracket of over 50 with several former & future Black Belt World Champions, I finally accomplished my dream & became the first non-Brazilian to win a major @ibjjf Black Belt Absolute title. To achieve this dream in Brazil made it extra special for me, because I could remember being just 16yrs old going to Brazil for the first time to compete at the Mundials & being completely mesmerized by the great champions of that era. In the beginning, I knew that I wanted to be like them, but as a kid from Oklahoma struggling to have access to high level Jiu-Jitsu, I wasn’t really sure if it would ever be possible.
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Before this final, I had some deep reflections on my history where I could vividly remember my first trips to Brazil as a kid. I felt how my life had come full circle & was overwhelmed by a feeling of destiny. I knew in my heart that this was going to be my moment & tears started to form while I was just warming up. I still had to win first lol… Well, I was on next level focus in this very tough match & gave my all to not just win, but win decisively. My dream finally came true & it wasn’t because I am so talented or gifted, but because I never stopped trying. I will cherish this moment forever.
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Great fights & best wishes to those fighting for Gold today in Brazil ??
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#RibeiroJiuJitsu #LovatoJiuJitsu #6Blades #Geurreiro6Blades #IMakeHistory #TrueMartialArtist #RafaelLovatoJr #BJJ #JiuJitsu #IBJJF #Brasileiro #BlackBelt #AbsoluteChampion

Practicing human chess for 20+ years…
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#TBT to an awesome grappling session at @10patx last week while I was in Austin for an incredible week of training camp at the @onnit campus.
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(Be sure to check out Onnit’s big semi annual sale happening now!!!) ? brought to you by our friends at @flograppling. Check out the full highlight of the session at FloGrappling’s website.
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#TeamLovato #LovatoJiuJitsu #RibeiroJiuJitsu #6Blades #BJJ #JiuJitsu #NoGi #Grappling #Scrappling #Submission #Strangle #RNC #Guard #BackTake #PressurePassing #Guillotine #FlowPressureFinish

It’s up to you!!! What an amazing young man ??????
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#ItsUpToYou #YouCanDoAnything #BelieveInYourself #Inspiration #Believe

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@greenstrengthiv recently started incorporating the mace into my training. He was inspired by the work & teachings of @leo.savage.smf & told me I needed to check him out. I began following him & immediately became a fan. I was super excited & grateful to have a chance to train with him during my week here at @onnitgymatx in Austin. You can check out a little bit of what I worked on in this video.
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#Mace #Flow #Mobility #Strength #SteelMace #SteelMaceFlow #Onnit #GetOnnit #LeoSavage #Austin