TAINAN DALPRA

Tainan Dalpra is the dominant lightweight and middleweight competitor of the early 2020s and the most successful product of the modern Atos Jiu-Jitsu competition program. Born in São Paulo in 2000 and trained under André Galvão at Atos in San Diego from a young age, Dalpra won his first IBJJF World title at black belt in 2021 at age 21 and went on to win the championship again in 2022 and 2024, establishing himself as the technical successor to Tainan's predecessors in the Atos lineage.

Dalpra's competitive style is a refined expression of the Mendes-era Atos passing system: the leg drag and knee cut as the dual primary passes, the berimbolo as the back-take entry from De La Riva, the bow-and-arrow choke as the gi finish, and a willingness to commit to high-percentage submissions rather than play for advantages and points. His matches against Lucas Lepri, Andy Murasaki, and other elite lightweights and middleweights have been characterized by aggressive forward pressure and high submission rates.

Alongside Mica Galvao, Dalpra represents the next generation of Atos competitive identity, and the rivalry between Atos and New Wave (Danaher's team) at the 2022 and 2024 ADCC tournaments has been substantially defined by Dalpra's performance in the IBJJF parallel system. As of 2026 Dalpra continues to compete at the elite level and is widely considered one of the top three lightweight or middleweight BJJ competitors in the world.