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Chad "Robo" Robichaux is an American

United States

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Professional

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mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

(MMA) fighter and former United States Marine. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

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Background

Robichaux is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting...

(BJJ) black belt and has been a martial artist since the age of 5. After a life of martial arts and practicing BJJ since 1996, he was promoted in Brazil

Brazil

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to the rank of black belt and is a direct black belt of the legendary Master Carlos Gracie Jr. and Multiple Time World Champion, Professor David Vieira Da Silva

David Vieira

David Vieira is an undefeated professional Mixed Martial Artist and a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu .-Biography:David was seventeen when he started practicing Jiu-Jitsu...

. He is also a black belt in Traditional Jiu-Jitsu, and a Combative Fighting System black belt.

He is trained by Gracie Barra

Gracie Barra

Gracie Barra is one of the largest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu associations, with over 400 black belts and 150 schools or affiliates worldwide. It is headed by Carlos Gracie, Jr., son of Carlos Gracie the first Gracie to ever learn Jiu-Jitsu from Japanese emigrant to Brazil Otávio Mitsuyo Maeda.- History...

professors Marcelo De Souza and Vinicius Magalhaes

Vinicius Magalhães

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, 33-1 Pro Boxer Lewis Wood, and Muay Thai

Muay Thai

Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...

specialist Daniel Kim. Some of his students and key training partners include BJJ black belt Alex Gotay, WEC

World Extreme Cagefighting

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and DREAM

DREAM (mixed martial arts)

Dream is a mixed martial arts organization promoted by former PRIDE FC executives and K-1 promoter Fighting and Entertainment Group. DREAM replaced FEG's previous-run mixed martial arts fight series, Hero's. The series retains many of the stylistic flourishes and personnel from Pride FC...

veteran Todd Moore, and wrestling coach Jody Trantham.

MMA career

Robichaux made his professional MMA debut in December 1999 against Robert Ard where he won by an armbar quickly in round 1.

Strikeforce

Robichaux made his Strikeforce

Strikeforce

Strikeforce is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts and kickboxing organization based in San Jose, California. It is headed by CEO Scott Coker and owned by Zuffa, LLC...

on August 21, 2010 at Strikeforce: Houston where he fought Bellator

Bellator Fighting Championships

veteran Humberto DeLeon in a catchweight bout. He won the fight by split decision later saying that his weight was too light and just weeks before the fight he was in a head on collision with a drunk driver.

Bellator Fighting Championships

Robichaux made his Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

debut on April 16, 2011 at Bellator 41 where he fought Bellator Bantamweight Champion, Zach Makovsky

Zach Makovsky

Zachory Paul "Zach" Makovsky is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the bantamweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Makovsky has most notably fought in Elite Xtreme Combat and Bellator Fighting Championships where he is the Bellator Bantamweight Champion.-Early...

in a non-title fight. Robichaux lost the very entertaining fight by TKO in round 3.

Personal Life

Chad has a Master of Business Administration

Master of Business Administration

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from New York Tech and is a combat veteran who served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a Special Operations Force Reconnaissance Marine

United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance

The Force Reconnaissance Companies , are one of the United States Marine Corps's special operations "capable" forces that provide essential elements of military intelligence to the command element of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force ; supporting the landing or joint task force commanders, and...

. Chad is married with 3 children and currently is the Head Coach and Owner of Gracie Barra

Gracie Barra

The Woodlands, Texas.

Mixed Martial Arts

North American Grappling Association
North American Grappling Association
North American Grappling Association is an organization started in 1995 that holds Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournaments in North America and Europe. NAGA is the largest submission grappling association in North America with over 46,600 participants world-wide. Including some of the top jiu-jitsu...
- 2008 NAGA No-Gi Champion
Legacy Fighting Championships
- Legacy FC Bantamwieght Champion
Reality Combat
- Reality Combat Superfight Champion

Personal Accomplishments

Master of Business Administration
Master of Business Administration
The Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...

from New York Tech
Medal of Valor
Medal of Valor
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recipient
Served the United States
United States
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for over a decade in the U.S. Marine Corps, Special Operations Force Reconnaissance Marine
United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance
The Force Reconnaissance Companies , are one of the United States Marine Corps's special operations "capable" forces that provide essential elements of military intelligence to the command element of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force ; supporting the landing or joint task force commanders, and...

and Federal Agent
Government agent
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Mixed martial arts record

Houston, Texas

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Zach Makovsky

Yuma, Arizona

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Houston, Texas

Houston, Texas

Shreveport, Louisiana

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New Orleans, Louisiana

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Louisiana

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Metairie, Louisiana

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Houma, Louisiana

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Houma, Louisiana

Slidell, Louisiana

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