Manuel Ribamar Filho leads Gabriel Arges 3 to 2 across 5 recorded meetings, all at 82kg. These two crossed paths over a six year window, from the 2016 World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship through the 2022 Pan IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship, meeting in the gi four times and in no-gi once. Every one of the 5 was decided without a submission, which tells you plenty about how evenly matched they were and how tight the exchanges got.

The methods spread across the board: points twice, a decision, a disqualification, and one match settled by a single advantage at the 2016 World Championship. Ribamar took that early Abu Dhabi Grand Slam meeting by DQ and the semi-final at World Series of Grappling 2 by decision, then closed the series with a points win in the 2022 no-gi bracket. Arges answered with the advantage win in 2016 and a points win at the 2019 King of Mats Abu Dhabi semi-final.

Stylistically they are both point-and-position competitors more than finishers when they face each other, though their broader records differ. Arges sits at 57 wins and 25 losses for a 70% win rate with a 28% submission rate on his wins, favoring the Kneebar. Ribamar carries 103 wins and 50 losses for a 67% win rate with a 21% submission rate, leaning on the Armbar. Neither of those go-to finishes showed up in the 5 they shared.