Second round match in the 77KG division of the ADCC 2000 World Championship between the BJJ Legend, Jean Jacques Machado of the famous, Machado brothers, against UFC Fighter and Team Lions Den member Mikey Burnett.

Jean Jacques Machado is a legendary Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) competitor and instructor. Regarded as one of Carlos Gracie Junior‘s top students in the 1980’s, a status cemented with his wins over several important grapplers of his generation, including grappling and mixed martial arts (MMA) superstar Wallid Ismail at the Copa Atlantica tournament in Brazil. Jean Jacques Machado continued his good form after he moved to the United States to open his own academy, winning years later the Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC). The Machado brothers started training with their cousin Carlos Gracie Junior during a period when Jr. worked as an assistant instructor at Rolls Gracie‘s academy (an academy shared with Carlson Gracie). After Rolls’ death, “Carlinhos” moved the team to the Barra da Tijuca neighborhood, where he formed Gracie Barra, giving a coaching opportunity to Jean Jacques, who became team’s main instructor (though supervised by Carlos). There Machado coached many men who would later become legends of the sport themselves, men such as Helio ‘Soneca’, ‘Soca‘, ‘Gordo‘ and many others.

Soon after Jean Jacques was promoted to black belt by Carlos Gracie Junior, he moved to the United States of America, following his older brother Rigan Machado‘s footsteps. Rigan had opened a small BJJ academy in California and Jean Jacques came to the USA with the intent of helping his brother grow the gym.

In America Jean Jacques and his brothers created a new trend by giving adequate instruction to the “Gringos” (Americans). In Brazil showing foreigners Gracie jiu-jitsu techniques were still seen as a taboo and something that was frowned upon by the majority of jiu-jitsu professors. The Machados received a lot of bad credit in Brazil for training people such as Mark Kerr and Ricco Rodriguez before competitions where they were facing Brazilians. They also taught Enson and Egan Inoe (who later went to Nova Uniao) and movie stars like Chuck Norris and Steven Segal.

When Jean Jacques Machado first arrived at the USA there weren’t any competitions in the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu scene for black belts. To keep his competitive flame on, and because Jean wanted to try something new, he ventured in Sport Sambo (or Sombo) where he won a few State Championships and the Pan American Championship in 1993. Before reaching success at the ADCC, Jean Jaques also tried his luck in MMA, against the then-undefeated Frank Trigg. He lost a hard-fought battle on the 3rd Round due to a cut (knee as he was shooting in for a single leg).

Aside from being one of the best BJJ coaches in the world and a legend of the ADCC organization, Jean Jaques Machado and his brothers were also part of over 20 episodes of Chuck Norris’s Walker Texas Ranger and had their own film called ‘Bad Boys from Brazil’.

Michael Wayne Burnett (born April 12, 1974) is a former American mixed martial artist who was a member of the fight team the Lion's Den. Burnett lost a controversial decision to Pat Miletich in a UFC title fight for the UFC Welterweight Championship at UFC Ultimate Brazil crowning Miletich the first-ever holder of the UFC Welterweight belt. Burnett made his professional MMA debut on April 20, 1996, competing at the third and final Oklahoma Free Fight Federation tournament in Tulsa. Burnett defeated Todd Justice and Tony Hays only to eventually lose to Kevin Nix in the final round of the tournament. Shortly after this, Burnett began to train with Ken Shamrock's Lion's Den in Susanville, California. Burnett's next fight would not take place until the following year at the inaugural World Pankration Championships where Burnett submitted Mike Hipp with a heel hook. Burnett's success attracted the attention of the UFC, who invited Burnett to fight in their organization. Burnett made his victorious UFC debut at UFC 16, stopping Eugenio Tadeu with strikes in the first round. This fight was nominated by the UFC to appear on the UFC's Ultimate 100 Greatest Fights. Burnett's performance earned him a title shot against Pat Miletich to determine the first-ever UFC Welterweight Champion. Burnett lost a controversial decision to Miletich at UFC Ultimate Brazil. Burnett returned at UFC 18 where he won a unanimous decision over Olympic silver medalist Townsend Saunders.

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