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Began training Jiu-Jitsu in his hometown with professor Julio Porto at the end of 1998, but soon moved (still as a white belt) to Roberto “Risada” Atalla academy, where his current Master Ricardo Marques was an instructor. For one year, Gamonal lived in Petrópolis because of his studies, and ended up taking the purple belt there, with Master Adalberto de Souza (Buda). Back in Juiz de Fora, and back to his current team, Gamonal got the brown belt and the finally the black belt in 2006 by Master Ricardo Marques.

Gamonal began to train Jiu-Jitsu under the influence of his friends. He has always been involved in sports and martial arts, starting with 5 years of age in Judo, Taekwondo, Karate until he meets in Jiu-Jitsu, at 15 to 16 years old. In 2017, he reached the final of all IBJJF Open competitions (Dallas, Miami, Long Beach, Boston), as well as winning the Open at the Charlotte Open and closing the year with the consecutive two-times World No-Gi champion, in California. Professor Diego Gamonal has already fought with almost every major names in the sport, and his most recent fight was the World No-Gi final defeating world champion Tarsis Humphreys. Gamonal says that although he likes to do guard, he specializes in “Invisible Armbar”, which is available on DVD at this link. Professor Gamonal also fought professional MMA in 2007, and he had to train, in addition to BJJ, Muay-Thai, Boxing and Wrestling.