Victor Hugo Record, Net Worth, Weight, Age & More!

Who is Victor Hugo?

Victor Hugo Marques is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt representing the Ribeiro Jiu Jitsu Association under world champions Saulo and Alexandre (Xande) Ribeiro.  He also trains extensively with the legendary BJJ black belt Rafael Lovato Jr. who also flies the Ribeiro Jiu Jitsu flag.

Who is Victor Hugo?

Victor Hugo Marques is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt representing the Ribeiro Jiu Jitsu Association under world champions Saulo and Alexandre (Xande) Ribeiro.  He also trains extensively with the legendary BJJ black belt Rafael Lovato Jr. who also flies the Ribeiro Jiu Jitsu flag.

What This Article Covers:

• Who is Victor Hugo?
• How Old Is Victor Hugo?
• How Much Does Victor Hugo Weigh?
• Victor Hugo's Best Fight of All Time
• Victor Hugo Record

At only 24 years of age, this young black belt has many, many years yet to achieve his full potential and continue his winning ways.  He has partnered with BJJ Fanatics to share his leg lock expertise.  You can learn directly from this world champion by checking out his  Modern Leg Lock Manual by Victor Hugo ,

This instructional video by Victor Hugo will help build your skill and confidence focusing on the most important leg locks you need to know for the highest levels of competition.

For more from BJJ Fanatics and more about leglocks check out this Leglocks instructional video now.

Victor Hugo initially made his name by winning a number of prestigious titles before achieving his black belt.  He completed the IBJJF Grand Slam  by winning the European Open, Brazilian National, Pan American and World Championship in both his weight class and the absolute division in 2019 as a brown belt.

Born in Forteleza, Victor Hugo would participate in a number of sporting activities like soccer and swimming, but he would never find his passion in any of these activities due to the belief that he wasn't athletically gifted enough to push those activities to a high level.  In his early teenage years, he would abandon his participation in sports altogether.

In an effort to keep his son active, Victor's father encouraged him to begin training BJJ with him.  Reluctant at first, Victor would appreciate the fact that Brazilian Jiu Jitsu did not require any particular athletic gifts for a practitioner to be successful.  Victor Hugo realized that one's development was much more controlled through consistent class attendance and hours on the mat.  Physical talent was not going to make someone successful alone.

After less than 5 years of training, Victor Hugo was able to secure multiple Brazilian National titles.  As a purple belt in 2016, Victor would make his first trip to the US to compete in the IBJJF World Championships.  It was there that he would win his weight division and the Absolute division as a purple belt.  Purple belt is considered one of the most difficult belts to secure the world title in.

It was during this trip that Victor Hugo would be introduced to the Ribeiro Brothers, Saulo and Xande.  The brothers would offer him the opportunity to train at the University of Jiu Jitsu in San Diego which he would take in September of 2016.  Under the Ribeiro flag, Victor Hugo would secure 6 world titles with four of them in Gi and 2 in No Gi.  Saulo Ribeiro would award Victor Hugo his black belt in 2019.

How Old Is Victor Hugo?

Victor Hugo was born in Fortaleza, the capital of the northeastern Brazilian state of Ceará on May 1, 1997.  He is currently 24 years of age.  He has been training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for approximately 10 years, having started when he was 14 at the urging of his father.  By the time he was 19, as a purple belt, he was already beginning to achieve his collection of BJJ competition titles.

Victor Hugo Family (BJJ and Otherwise)

Victor Hugo became involved in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu thanks to the encouragement of his father.  Though he was reluctant at first, he eventually realized that through hard work and dedication he could achieve his competition and life goals.

It was through a mutual friend that he was introduced to two BJJ black belt luminaries who would welcome Victor into their family.  Saulo and Xande Ribeiro are the most decorated brothers in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.  With twelve world titles between them and many, many other victories--the brothers welcomed a young purple belt named Victor Hugo into their family in 2016 when he moved to the United States to train at the University of Jiu Jitsu in San Diego full time.

Training under the Ribeiro flag has been extremely influential to Victor's development.  Besides the hard training at the University, Victor also has access to a very special American teammate, namely Rafael Lovato Jr.  With multiple world titles to his name, this undefeated MMA fighter and Bellator Middleweight champion has become a staple in the training of the young, developing Victor Hugo who has only scratched his full potential.

How Tall Is Victor Hugo?

Victor Hugo is often referred to affectionately as The Mountain because of his stature.  He stands a full 6' 4'' and is one of the tallest competitive black belts on the scene.  

How Much Does Victor Hugo Weigh?

At 6 feet 4 inches tall, Victor Hugo, known sometimes as The Mountain walks around at approximately 255 lbs at any given time.  The size and strength shown by Victor Hugo is just one aspect of his game that opponents should fear.  He is also very explosive and nimble at that stature.

Victor Hugo Fight List 

As a black belt, Victor Hugo has had 47 matches.  He currently has 37 victories and 10 losses with 19 of his victories coming by way of submission, giving him just over a 50% submission rate in his victories.

At just 24 years of age he has competed against a number of the top competitors today from Kaynan Duarte, Cyborg Abreu, Nick Rodriguez, Fellipe Andrew, Roberto Jimenez, Nicholas Meregali, Buchecha, Tex Johnson and many, many more.

Victor Hugo's Best Fight of All Time

Each of Victor Hugo's black belt matches has been important and exciting.  One of the most important was his win in 2020 in the FloGrappling Who's Number One event when he defeated Nicholas Meregali.

Who Did Victor Hugo Lose To?

With only 10 losses of his nearly 50 black belt matches, Victor Hugo is widely considered one of the best young black belt competitors out there.

Most recently, Victor Hugo lost a referee's decision in the finals to black belt world champion and Atos powerhouse, Kaynan Duarte within the Third Coast Grappling promotion in 2021.

In 2020, Victor was defeated by points 4 to 6 by Erich Munis in the finals of the BJJ Stars 4 event.

In 2019, Victor Hugo lost a semi-finals match against Roberto "Cyborg" Abreu by an advantage.

In 2019, Victor would also be defeated by a score of 2 to 0 against Patrick Gaudio in the semifinals in the Grand Slam RJ event.

In 2019, Victor would lose by points 6 to 2 against Nicholas Meregali in the quarterfinals of the BJJ Stars event.

In the prestigious ADCC event in 2019, Victor Hugo would be defeated by points 3 to 0 by the legendary Buchecha.

Victor Hugo would be defeated by Ricardo Evangelista by points in the semifinals of the Grand Slam LA event.  At the IBJJF Grand Prix in 2019, he lose by advantage to Cyborg in the quarterfinals. Gerard Labinski would defeat Victor Hugo by points at the Grand Slam TYO event in the finals.

Polish powerhouse Adam Wardzinski would defeat Victor by points at the ACB World Championships in the quarterfinals of the absolute division 2 to 0.

Victor Hugo Record

With about 2 years as a black belt under his belt, Victor Hugo has competed in 47 matches.  He has been victorious in 37 of them giving him a 79% win percentage with 19 of those wins by submission.

Victor Hugo Future and Instructionals

At only 24 years of age, this young black belt has many, many years yet to achieve his full potential and continue his winning ways.  He has partnered with BJJ Fanatics to share his leg lock expertise.  You can learn directly from this world champion by checking out his  Modern Leg Lock Manual by Victor Hugo ,

This instructional video by Victor Hugo will help build your skill and confidence focusing on the most important leg locks you need to know for the highest levels of competition.

For more from BJJ Fanatics and more about leglocks check out this Leglocks instructional video now.

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