Francesco Fonte
Francesco Fonte Name verified
Black belt 1st degree Verified
20 year(s) and 1 month(s) of training
October 12, 1976 (age 47)
Next Level MMA / Fonte Jiu Jitsu Verified
Coach and co-owner of Next Level MMA Hanau (DE), near Frankfurt am Main.
#octaviocoutobjj
Attending upcoming events
| Winter Camp 2024 Jan 2, 2024 Wagrain, Austria (18 confirmed participant(s)) |
| USA Camp 2024 May 27, 2024 Main, United States of America (9 confirmed participant(s)) |
Coach(es)
| Wim Deputter Wim Deputter BJJ / Brasa Belgium - Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy Leuven, Belgium Black belt 2nd degree |
| Priit Mihkelson Estum Jiu-Jitsu Tallinn, Estonia Black belt 3rd degree |
Students (8)
Denis
Sascha
Maurice
Awraam
Marvin
Zafer
Anna-Isabella
Rado
Promoted by Francesco Fonte
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Trained for 5 years
Trained for 10 years
Trained for 15 years
Trained for 20 years
Won 5 gold medals
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Won 25 gold medals
10 competition matches
50 competition matches
100 competition matches
500 forum posts
1,000 forum posts
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Promotion history
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| Octavio Couto | Next Level MMA Hanau | 2 year(s) 4 month(s) 14 day(s) | ||
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| Octavio Couto “Ratinho” | Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Fonte Jiu Jitsu | 3 year(s) 4 month(s) 21 day(s) | ||
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| Din Thomas | Frankfurt am Main, Germany, MMA Spirit | 3 year(s) 7 month(s) 3 day(s) | ||
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| Darius Saniee | Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Alliance Frankfurt | 3 year(s) 11 month(s) 7 day(s) | ||
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| Federico Tisi | Rome, Italy, Tribe Jiu Jitsu | 3 year(s) 3 month(s) 21 day(s) | ||
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| - | Padova, Italy, a room and two friends | 3 year(s) 6 month(s) 19 day(s) | ||
| Oh the humble beginnings! One random class every now and then, and nobody to train with! 2003 is when I took my first BJJ class but I couldn't get some regular "training" with friends and no tatami until the year after. | ||||
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Votes received for current rank
BLACK BELT 4TH DEGREE (200 pts)
+200 pts
Gianfranco Delli Paoli | 2 year(s) ago
conosciuto attraverso dei video, molto stimato nel settore.
BLACK BELT 3RD DEGREE (175 pts)
BLACK BELT 2ND DEGREE (150 pts)
+150 pts
Andrea Moresca | 1 year(s) ago
Francesco is a very amazing teacher. He is a head coach of a great jiu-jitsu and mma team
+150 pts
Wim Deputter | 2 year(s) ago
Great coach, great Jiu Jitsu and one of the best people I had the pleasure to get to know in the last years!
+150 pts
Vince Choo | 2 year(s) ago
Legitimate, well documented ranks and highly accomplished practitioner
BLACK BELT 1ST DEGREE (125 pts)
+125 pts
Dylan Miller | 1 year(s) ago
I fought at his first tournament he put on when I still hungover in Germany! He is a legit Coach and all around great person!
+125 pts
Zafer Sönmez | 1 year(s) ago
met him on the mat when i got no clue what jiujitsu is..i cant describe how much i learned from him!!! thank you my Brother!!!
+125 pts
Jacopo Madaro | 1 year(s) ago
Francesco is One of the people that mostly influenced My Game. Faixa preta no tatame!
+125 pts
Charles Harriott | 2 year(s) ago
Solid guy met him through Globetrotters Camps. Enjoyed his classes and concepts.
+125 pts
Mario Puccioni | 2 year(s) ago
I know this martial artist since the early 2000, and I have been rolling with him since. Great persone, great teacher, full of knoledge and desire to spread it.
+125 pts
Edward Rückert | 2 year(s) ago
Met an rolled with him sometimes. Plus Couto. Very black belt 1st degree.
+125 pts
Dave Kiedaisch | 2 year(s) ago
Well documented profile, manually verified by beltchecker. Verified!
+125 pts
Jorgen Matsi | 2 year(s) ago
I've met him personally and whilst haven't rolled nor learned from him (looking forward to) I trust multiple people who have.
BLACK BELT (100 pts)
+100 pts
Benny Wynne | 4 month(s) ago
Did a couple of Francesco’s classes at Summer Camp 2023. Legit and also hilarious 😂
+100 pts
Tobias Löffler | 4 month(s) ago
met him a cupple of times at the camps. Super nice guy and 100% legit
+100 pts
Jack Clover | 2 year(s) ago
Rolled at BJJ Globetrotters camp. Congrats on the recent level up :)
+100 pts
Danilo Scarafile | 2 year(s) ago
Conosco Francesco, praticante serio e preparato su più discipline marziali..
+100 pts
Tum Energia | 2 year(s) ago
Francesco is one of my inspirations for our online videos and instructionals. Im honoured to interact with him and share ideas online. Francesco thanks for sharing your ideas with us and supporting the bjj community!
+100 pts
Ferdinand Heider | 2 year(s) ago
There are several people in our shared past and present that speak highly of Francesco's skill.
+100 pts
Daniel Brauchle | 2 year(s) ago
Personally known to me. Like Mario is to the world of plumbers, is he to Jiu-Jitsu. Great Italian Accent!
+100 pts
The Handsome General | 2 year(s) ago
One of the great minds on the German circuit. very underrated for reasons I do not understand!
BROWN BELT (50 pts)
+50 pts
Johannes Eckl | 1 year(s) ago
met francesco at an octavio couto seminar, he is well known in the scene and a very good grappler. definitely legit
+50 pts
Tatu Piispanen | 2 year(s) ago
Trusted by a lot of my friends. Also gotta vouch for a black belt under Octavio Couto “Ratinho”, one of my favorite instructors!
+50 pts
Lukasz Zielonka | 2 year(s) ago
Great teacher with incredible knowledge and scientific view on the sport.
+50 pts
Anthony Restuccia | 2 year(s) ago
I don't know Francesco, but there seems to be enough evidence to verify rank. :)
+50 pts
Philou | 2 year(s) ago
Congratulations for your first degree black belt ! nice and well documented by the videos and pics, brown belt from the well know Din Tomas and black belt from Ratinho, well experimented competitor and professor. Ok really legit!
PURPLE BELT (20 pts)
+20 pts
Ljubiša Radovanović | 1 year(s) ago
Beltchecker pioneer. Manually reviewed. 100% legit. Oss Professor
+20 pts
Jana Kremp | 1 year(s) ago
Great and smooth Jiu Jitsu! I was part of his sweeping class and now all my sweeps are better and it’s harder to sweep me! Thank you! :)
+20 pts
James Stagg | 1 year(s) ago
I have been destroyed by him many times! But I have had some nice flow rolls with him too!
+20 pts
Sascha Müller | 2 year(s) ago
YES, training and learning from him almost week by week at Next Level MMA in Hanau!
BLUE BELT (5 pts)
+5 pts
Laura Mallene | 4 month(s) ago
Black belt, but can't eat pineapple pizza with lasagna for some weird reason.
+5 pts
Riley Dedio | 1 year(s) ago
Met and rolled with (and learned from!) at several Globetrotters camp. Nobody sweeps like Francesco!
+5 pts
Daniel Beck | 2 year(s) ago
Francesco is Italian and he loves Jiu Jitsu. You can recognize these facts very soon when meeting him.
