Alexandre Freitas (grappler)

Alexandre Carneiro Monteiro de Freitas commonly known as Alexandre "Soca" Freitas (born September 9, 1972) is a Brazilian grappler, jiu-jitsu competitor and instructor. He is the founder of Soca BJJ

For other people named Alex Freitas, see Alex Freitas (disambiguation).
This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Monteiro and the second or paternal family name is Freitas.
Alexandre Carneiro Monteiro de Freitas
Born (1972-09-06) September 6, 1972
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Other namesSoca
ResidenceWantagh, New York
NationalityBrazilian
DivisionPluma, Pena and Leve
TeamSoca BJJ
Rank6th degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Websitehttps://www.socabjj.com/
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Grappling
ADCC
1998 Abu Dhabi, UAE -66 kg
1999 Abu Dhabi, UAE -66 kg
2000 Abu Dhabi, UAE -66 kg
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Pan American
1996 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -70 kg[1]
2000 Orlando, Florida -70 kg[2]
World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
1997 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -70 kg[3]
2003 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -70 kg[4]

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

"Soca" was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an avid surfer as a child until 1988 when he was introduced to his first Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu class by his brother who was a blue belt at that time at the Gracie Barra Academy. His first instructor was Jean Jacques Machado until he moved to the USA shortly after Soca received his purple belt. Carlos Gracie Jr. took over Machado's class. Freitas was awarded his black belt in 1994. In 2005 he moved to Long Island, New York to replace Rodrigo Gracie as an instructor at the Gracie Barra Academy in Long Island.[5]

He is a 4-time IBJJF World Master Champion having won in 2013-2015[6][7][8] and more recently on August 25, 2018.[9][10]

On July 28, 2018 he announced via his Twitter account to have received his 6th degree blackbelt from Jean Jacques Machado.[11]

Instructor lineage

Mitsuyo "Count Koma" Maeda → Carlos Gracie, Sr. → Helio Gracie → Carlos Gracie Jr. → Alexandre Freitas[5]

Personal life

When he was 18 years old, he started training boxing so Renzo Gracie and Carlos Gracie Jr. started calling him "Socador" or "Soca" which means a puncher or striker. Eventually everybody at the Gracie Barra Academy started calling him "Soca".[5]

Mixed martial arts record
Professional record breakdown
2 matches 0 wins 2 losses
By knockout 0 1
By submission 0 1
Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 0–2 Guilherme Severo Submission (rear-naked choke) Furyous Fighter 1 June 9, 2012 2 2:25 Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Loss 0–1 Yoshiro Maeda TKO (flying knee and punches) Pancrase: Brave 2 February 15, 2004 2 0:25 Osaka, Japan

See also
  • List of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners

References
  1. "Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship 1996 - Results - IBJJF - International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation". IBJJF.com.
  2. "Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2000 - Results - IBJJF - International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation". IBJJF.com.
  3. "World Jiu-Jitsu Championship 1997 - Results - CBJJ - Confederação Brasileira de Jiu-Jitsu". CBJJ.com.
  4. "World Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2003 - Results - IBJJF - International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation". IBJJF.com.
  5. "Alexandre Soca". BJJHeroes.com.
  6. "Master and Seniors World Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2013 Final Results" (PDF). ibjjfdb.com.
  7. "World Master IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2014 Final Results" (PDF). ibjjfdb.com.
  8. "6 Medals for SocaBJJ at 2015 World Master BJJ Championship". socabjj.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-25. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
  9. "Alexandre Soca Freitas Shows Smooth Moves For 4th World Masters Title". www.flograppling.com.
  10. "See the results for the 2018 World Master IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship grappling event on FloGrappling.com". www.flograppling.com.
  11. "Alexandre Soca on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved October 24, 2018.


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