Who is Robert “Degle” Diggle:

A black belt under professor Brandon Bennet of the Renzo Gracie Academy and former Philosophy student. After graduating from the City University of New York Queens college instead of going to graduate school to attain his PhD in Philosophy as he originally planned he began pursuit of a professional grappling career as an instructor and competitor. While training full time in the blue basement of the Renzo Gracie Academy he became internationally recognized for his systematic and organized method of instruction. He has become one of the most sought after Jiu jitsu coaches in the world having taught in 20 countries on 3 different continents (North America, Asia & Europe).

A dual citizen of the United States of America and Italy, Robert has won numerous tournaments across three continents (North America, Europe, and Asia),with a total of 21 gold medals achieved in the Grappling Industries tournament series - the most ever won. He won the ADCC Sweden 66 kg tournament in May, 2022 with 4 heel hook wins and the ADCC Singapore 77 kg tournament on December 10, 2022 with 3 heel hooks wins. He earned a silver medal at the ADCC Thailand event held in Phuket on November 5, 2022 and a bronze medal at ADCC Serbia in Belgrade on June 18, 2022. In addition he has secured 8 expert division gold medals in the North American Grappling Association tournament series. He was the 77 kg. Cagliari, Italy based Honor Submission Challenge tournament winner with 3 lightning quick heel hook victories. He has competed on numerous Submission Only events across the globe including the Honor Submission Challenge, the RISE Invitational, Grapplefest, the Polaris Contenders, the Singapore Grappling Invitational and Fight2win.

Some of Robert's competitive and coaching accomplishments include:

◖Has taught Jiu jitsu in 30 countries:

1. United States of America
2. United Kingdom
3. Singapore
4. Taiwan
5. India
6. Malaysia
7. Thailand
8. France
9. Ireland
10. Poland
11. Germany
12. Italy
13. The Netherlands
14. Belgium
15. Mexico
16. Slovakia
17. Sweden
18. Switzerland
19. Serbia
20. South Korea
21. Indonesia
22. Hong Kong
23. Canada
24. Kazakhstan
25. Slovenia
26. Cambodia
27. Vietnam
28. China
29. Australia
30. Japan

◖ADCC Sweden 2022 66 kg gold medalist

◖ADCC Singapore 2022 & 2024 77 kg gold medalist

◖ADCC Bangkok, Thailand SEA open 2022 66 kg gold medalist

◖ADCC Bali, Indonesia 2023 70 kg gold medalist

◖ADCC Perth, Australia 2024 77 kg gold medalist

◖ADCC Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2024 77 kg gold medalist

◖ADCC Phuket, Thailand 2022 77 kg silver medalist

◖ADCC Serbia 2022 70 kg bronze medalist

◖ADCC Thailand Asian Championship 2024 77 kg bronze medalist

◖Jiu Jitsu Royale Seongnam, South Korea August 2024 77 & 88 kg gold medalist

◖Honor Submission Challenge 77 kg division winner with 3 heel hook finishes July 10, 2021 in Cagliari, Italy.

◖AFG Open October 12, 2024 Absolute Professional -75 KG champion

◖June 30, 2024 SGAA NOGI Championship 77 KG Gold medalist

◖November 02, 2024 SGAA NOGI Championship 74 & 77 KG Gold medalist
◖2X Siam cup professional NoGi under 73 kg gold medalist (December 2022 & July 2024)

◖3X RISE Invitational Superfight winner (all by submission). The most prestigious superfight event in the NY metro area.

◖Subversion superfight winner July 2024 (by decision) in Sydney, Australia (most prestigious superfight show in Asia & Oceania)

◖8X NAGA (North American Grappling Association) expert division winner:

• 1. May 12,2018 - NAGA Providence, Rhode Island
• 2. July 14,2018 - NAGA Connecticut
• 3. January 19,2019 - NAGA Long Island
• 4. January 26,2019 - NAGA Philadelphia
• 5. August 3,2019 - NAGA Wildwood, New Jersey
• 6. October 19,2019 - NAGA New England
• 7. December 14,2019 - NAGA Maryland
• 8. January 15, 2022 - NAGA Austin, Texas

◖21X Grappling Industries Advanced division winner and ranking as the #1 Pound for pound adult male NoGi grappler:

• 1. March 24,2018 - Grappling Industries Manhattan, New York.o
• 2. August 18, 2018 - Grappling Industries Manhattan, New York.
• 3. March 10,2019 – Grappling Industries Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• 4. June 1,2019 – Grappling Industries Paterson, New Jersey.
• 5. July 14,2019 – Grappling Industries Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• 6. September 21,2019 – Grappling Industries Fredericksburg, Maryland.
• 7. November 3,2019 – Grappling Industries Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• 8. February 9, 2020 – Grappling Industries Secaucus, New Jersey.
• 9. February 15, 2020 – Grappling Industries Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• 10. March 8, 2020 - Grappling Industries Saratoga Springs, New York.
• 11. March 14, 2020 - Grappling Industries Nashua, New Hampshire.
• 12 & 13. August 15, 2020 - Grappling Industries Austin, Texas (155 & 170 lb divisions)
• 14. August 22, 2020 - Grappling Industries Tampa, Florida.
• 15 & 16. September 12, 2020 - Grappling Industries Dallas, Texas (155 & 170 lb divisions).
• 17 & 18. September 20, 2020 - Grappling Industries Phoenix, Arizona (145 & 155 lb divisions).
• 19. October 16, 2021 - Grappling Industries Austin, Texas.
• 20. October 23, 2021 - Grappling Industries Boston, Massachusetts.
• 21. December 18, 2021 - Grappling Industries NJ.
  

◖2X IBJJF division winner

• 1. June 13, 2021 - IBJJF Atlanta open brown belt (162 lbs).
• 2. June 25, 2021 - IBJJF American Nationals Las Vegas brown belt (162 lbs.)

◖7x Newbreed grappling advanced division winner

• 1. June 2, 2018 - New Breed New Jersey
• 2. February 16, 2019 – New Breed Long Island
• 3 & 4. August 8, 2020 - New Breed Spartanburg, South Carolina (155 & 170 lb divisions).
• 5. August 28, 2021 - New Breed Baltimore, Maryland
• 6 & 7. January 20, 2024 - Newbreed Charlotte (158 & 168 lb divisions).

◖2X FUJI Expert division winner

1. July 23, 2018 - FUJI New Jersey (145 & 155 lb divisions).

◖Grapplefest superfight winner (by submission).

◖2X Fight2Win superfight winner.

◖3X Submission Mission Lightweight champion and Featherweight champion.

◖Finishers Sub-Only superfight victory (by submission in EBI OT).

◖Submission win at the Singapore Grappling Invitational by heel hook.

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