December 18, 2022 10: 00 am ET
Brazilian jiu-jitsu star Orlando Sanchez has passedaway.
Friday, many buddies and companies connected to Sanchez revealed his death on social media and paid their aspects. No cause of death hasactually been formally revealed. Sanchez was 40.
Sanchez’s longtime fitnesscenter, Gracie Barra, validated the news in an Instagram post Friday:
“The news of the passing of Professor Orlando Sanchez exceptionally distresses us. Thank you for being a excellent buddy and one of our biggest professionalathletes. You leave a tradition of strength, compassion, and commitment through your efforts as a rival, teacher, school owner, and local leader. Thank you for sharing your understanding with others and dispersing the Jiu-Jitsu tradition worldwide. Rest in peace, Professor Orlando Sanchez. We will constantly keepinmind you. The Gracie Barra group wants convenience in the heart of his household and buddies.”
Sanchez was an ADCC champ and won the +99kg champion in2015 He likewise won a IBJJF world champion as a blue belt.
As much a special character off the mats as he was a intense rival on them, Sanchez was nicknamed “Big-O” and “The Cuban Tree Stump.”
Sanchez is madeitthrough by his otherhalf and 3 kids.
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