GABI GARCIA

Gabi Garcia is one of the most dominant heavyweight competitors in the history of women's Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and arguably the most decorated women's competitor of all time across major organizations. Born in 1985 in Porto Alegre, Brazil and trained at Alliance under Fabio Gurgel, Garcia has accumulated 11 IBJJF World Championships, 5 ADCC World Championships, and numerous Pan-American and European Open titles across her competitive career.

Garcia's competitive style is built on the heavyweight top-game template that Alliance has refined for decades: pressure passing, suffocating top control, mount dominance, and patient submission hunting. Her physical advantages at the super-heavyweight level (typically competing 95kg+) made her almost impossible to sweep or submit by competitors at her weight class, and her technical sophistication separated her from purely physical heavyweights who lack the grappling depth to maintain dominance through extended matches.

Garcia's competitive dominance through the 2000s and 2010s effectively defined the women's super-heavyweight division — the IBJJF and ADCC competitive landscape at her weight class was structurally about who would compete for second place behind her. She has also transitioned partially to MMA and exhibition grappling matches in the 2020s, though her primary competitive identity remains tied to sport BJJ. As of 2026 Garcia continues to compete sporadically and remains widely considered one of the top three women's BJJ competitors of all time alongside Beatriz Mesquita and Ana Carolina Vieira.