Alex Machado
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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About Us
Alexsandro dos Santos was born on the 4th of September, 1975 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He started training Jiu Jitsu in 1984. Leke lived in the Favela (slum) of Cantagalo, which provided him a chance of training with Ricardo Vieira, a legendary world Jiu Jitsu champion that has established a BJJ based social project in the Favela to try and take kids away from the streets and into the sport of Jiu Jitsu.
Leke’s close contact with the Checkmat frontman, Ricardo, bore fruits as Machado was invited to be an assistant instructor at Fight Zone, Checkmat’s Headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. He was awarded his black belt in 2009 by his long term master, Ricardinho Vieira and shortly after he moved to Singapore where he trains and teaches at Impact MMA Singapore.
