20 Facts About Paulo Miyao

Paulo Henrique Bordignon Miyao was born on May 11,1991 and is a Brazilian BJJ black belt with a notable competitive record.

In 2012, Paulo Miyao won his first black belt tournament while still a brown belt at the ADCC tryouts in Natal, Brazil.

Paulo Miyao was invited to a submission-only, no-gi, super-fight match against UFC veteran Jon Fitch at the 2013 World Jiu-Jitsu Expo.

Paulo Miyao competed against Geo Martinez at Who's Number One on October 2,2020, and lost a split decision.

Paulo Miyao returned to competition against Lucas Pinheiro in the main event of Fight 2 Win 173 on June 11,2021, winning a unanimous decision.

Paulo Miyao then fought in the main event of Polaris 18 on November 17,2021, against Ashley Williams, losing a split decision.

Paulo Miyao returned to competition in 2022 when he was invited to compete in a superfight against Alexandre Vieira at BJJ Stars 9 on October 21,2022.

Paulo Miyao submitted Vieira with a heelhook early in the match.

Paulo Miyao competed at the IBJJF Master World Championship on September 2,2023, where he won a silver medal in the master 1 light-featherweight division.

Paulo Miyao competed against Pablo Mantovani at Pit Submission Series 8 on October 11,2024.

Paulo Miyao competed against Junior Righetti in the main event of ADXC 7 on November 17,2024.

Paulo Miyao decided to slow down his competitive career in 2021 and pour more timing into coaching other competitors instead.

Paulo Miyao then became the head coach for Dream Art Jiu-Jitsu in July, 2022.

Paulo Miyao tested positive for clomiphene, a Specified Substance in the class of Hormone and Metabolic Modulators on the WADA Prohibited List and prohibited at all times under the World Anti-Doping Code and the USADA Protocol, which applied to the 2016 IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship.

Paulo Miyao had challenged the validity of the test via an arbitrator, leading to an extensive process that could have negated the positive result.

The crux of Paulo Miyao's argument was centered on the fact that the IBJJF has two waiver forms as part of the registration for Worlds, one in English and another in Portuguese.

Paulo Miyao's claim was that as a non-native English speaker who used the Portuguese waiver, he was not aware of the anti-doping rules and therefore not subject to USADA jurisdiction.

The USADA doping sanction has resulted in Paulo Miyao being suspended from WADA Code Signatory events for a period of two years, with the period of ineligibility beginning on September 29,2016.

Paulo Miyao forfeited his gold medal from the IBJJF 2016 World Championships.

Paulo Miyao was eligible to compete in WADA Code Signatory events effective September 2018.