Career
Machado holds a victory over Ron Tripp, the only person to have defeated Rickson Gracie in competition. Rigan Machado currently teaches out of his Beverly Hills California Academy and is instructor to notable students Ashton Kutcher, Vin Diesel and Charlie Hunnam from Television Show Son"s of Anarchy. Rigan is one of five brothers of the Machado family.
He started to take training and competing more seriously at the age of 14.
This is the time where Rigan would start to train everyday on the mathematics He amassed a record of 365 wins and 2 losses in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition.
He also created a record by having 19 matches in one day and finishing all of them by submission. He remains unbeaten in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in more than 13 years of competition.
His training sessions were all very technical and intensive under the eye of his two instructors Rolls Gracie and Carlos Gracie Junior.
He is widely regarded as one of the top competitors in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu history.
Senior Mitsuyo "Count Koma" Maeda → Carlos Gracie Senior → Rolls Gracie & Carlos "Carlinhos" Gracie Junior.
Rigan Machado currently teaches at his school located in Beverly Hills, California.
Rigan is sponsored by a sporting goods brand called Sanabul and has an official Rigan Machado product line within the company.
He is also the commissioner of Jiu Jitsu World League.
