Just yesterday a very obscure Fernando Terere video surfaced of him competing in the year 2000!
Fernando Terere Augusto is without a doubt one of the most talented Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners to set foot on the mats. By the age of 20 years old, he became an IBJJF world champion at the black belt and completely dominated the sport for all of the early 2000s. Some of his accomplishments include notorious wins over legends of the sport like Marcelo Garcia, Matt Serra, and Fabio Nascimento.
There are hours of amazing footage of Fernando Terere online but yesterday a very obscure video of him surfaced. It was a match that had never been seen before in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. The video takes place in the year 2000, it features Fernando Terere facing Luis Amigo in the “Brasileiro Equipes 2000” tournament.
In this Fernando Terere video, we can see him in his prime starting with a fast-paced takedown using his opponent’s lapel. Luis Amigo does a great job of slowing down Fernando Terere and breaking down his posture within the closed guard.
When Luis Amigo starts to open his guard in order to look for a sweep or a submission and Fernando Terere jumps on the opportunity. He passes through Amigo’s guard like a hot knife through butter! One of the things that makes someone a master at any skill is his or her ability to make complicated things seem easy. In this video, Terere shows why he was and is still considered one of the best Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu warriors to ever do it. The way he passes guard twice in the blink of an eye and makes it look so simple shows how good he truly is.
Is Fernando Terere still capable of dominating this sport?
At 39 years of age, his last match was in 2019 against Delso Heleno in BJJ Stars. A match he lost by submission, however, his amazing comeback story battling through schizophrenia and drug addiction in 2005 to coming back and claiming 2nd place in the IBJJF European Open is like something out of a movie.
There is no doubt Fernando Terere Augusto has heart, and he has always been a Jiu-Jitsu phenom. Only time will tell how this legend will continue…
