Career
Andre Galvão is a 3rd degree black belt student under BJJ legend Fernando "Tererê" Augusto and now heads the Atos Jiu-Jitsu team in San Diego, California. lieutenant focuses on learning the transitional skills of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, submission wrestling, and Mobile Marketing Association through proper diet, calisthenics, and technical drills. Submission grappling
Galvão was a competitor in the 2009 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship in Barcelona, Spain where he placed second in the -88 kg class.
More recently, Galvao had a standout performance in 2011, first by winning the Ultimate Absolute New York City by defeating standouts Antonio Braga Neto, Vinny Magalhaes, and Rustam Cshiev.
At the 2011 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship Galvão captured gold in both the -88 kg and absolute weight classes defeating Rousimar Palhares and Pablo Popovitch, in each respective finals. Galvão defeated Braulio Estima by rear naked choke in their Superfight at the 2013 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship.
Galvão faced Chael Sonnen at Metamoris IV on August 9, 2014. On August 30 2015, he defeated Roberto Abreu via points (6-0) at the 2015 ADCC Superfight.
Mixed martial arts
Galvão made his mixed martial arts debut in 2008, and in 2009 he entered DREAM"s 2009 Welterweight Tournament.
Since completing the tournament, Galvão fought in Strikeforce. He earned a record of 2 wins and 1 loss in the promotion before retiring from the sport.