Felipe Carsalade Araujo Pena is a Brazilian Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and two-time ADCC world champion.
24 Facts About Felipe Pena
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Felipe Pena defeated Erberth Santos in the co-main event of BJJ Bet on September 6,2020 but injured his ankle in the process and was out of competition for the rest of the year.
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Felipe Pena was invited to compete in the BJJ Stars 5 heavyweight grand prix on February 5,2021.
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Felipe Pena defeated Luiz Panza, Erich Munis, and Gutemberg Pereira to win the title.
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Felipe Pena then competed in a superfight at BJJ Stars 6 on June 26,2021 and submitted Patrick Gaudio in the main event.
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Felipe Pena returned to the promotion for BJJ Stars 8 on April 30,2022 and defeated Henrique Ceconi.
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Felipe Pena defeated Josh Saunders and Max Gimenis before losing to Nick Rodriguez, and chose not to compete in the bronze medal match in order to save his energy for the absolute division.
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Felipe Pena defeated Roberto Jimenez in the opening round of the absolute division but lost on points to Tye Ruotolo in the second round.
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Felipe Pena faced Rodriguez again on February 25,2023 in the main event of a Who's Number One event, and won the rematch by unanimous decision.
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Felipe Pena was scheduled to compete against Craig Jones in the main event of UFC Fight Pass Invitational 4 on June 29,2023.
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Felipe Pena lost the match in overtime, by fastest escape.
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Felipe Pena was scheduled to compete against Haisam Rida at Who's Number One 19 on August 10,2023.
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Felipe Pena won the match by submission, with a rear-naked choke.
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Felipe Pena then competed against Nicholas Meregali in the co-main event of UFC Fight Pass Invitational 5 on December 9,2023.
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In 2021 Felipe Pena discussed making the transition to MMA and his goal to become a champion in that sport as well, although he has not had an official fight booked as yet.
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Felipe Pena is the only person to have twice defeated Gordon Ryan in competition, and the only person to have submitted him in black belt competition.
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Shortly after, it emerged that Felipe Pena had actually attempted to withdraw from the match due to the fact that his close friend and fellow BJJ practitioner Leandro Lo was shot and killed the night before.
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Felipe Pena asked the event organizers to set the match to a 30 minute time limit but Ryan, wanting to keep the original agreed upon ruleset, offered to postpone the match altogether to a later date.
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Felipe Pena then moved in order to conduct his training camp at ATOS alongside Andre Galvao and his team.
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Felipe Pena was invited to compete in the over 99kg division at the 2024 ADCC World Championship.
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Felipe Pena won all four matches to win gold in the over 99kg division.
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Felipe Pena competed in a superfight on the first day against Gordon Ryan, although he lost by decision.
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Felipe Pena competed against Declan Moody in the main event of Who's Number One 25 on December 4,2024.
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Felipe Pena has twice tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs, in 2015 and 2022.