Rivalry · 6 recorded meetings

Igor Schneider vs Otavio Nalati

Head-to-head record

Igor

Otavio

Igor

Otavio

2016 → 2021, oldest first

Did you know?

Schneider leads the head to head 5 to 0 across 5 recorded meetings, with no draws.
All 5 meetings went to the judges or the scoreboard, with 4 decided on points and 1 by decision. Neither man was finished.
Three of their five meetings happened in a single year, 2016, before they met again in 2018 and 2021.
Every recorded meeting between them was fought in the gi.
They share several common opponents, including Victor Honorio, who holds a 0-5 record on Schneider's side and 0-3 on Nalati's.

The rivalry

Igor Schneider and Otavio Nalati have met 5 times on record, and Schneider has won all 5. This is a lopsided rivalry on paper, but the matches themselves tell a more specific story. Four of the five came in bracket play at the semi-final or quarter-final stage, and every meeting was contested in the gi.

None of these went to a finish. Four were decided on points and one by decision, so Schneider was consistently ahead on the scoreboard rather than closing the deal. That fits the wider picture: Schneider carries a 62% win rate across 104 recorded matches, while Nalati sits at 22% across 46. Their finishing tendencies differ too, with Nalati showing a 50% submission rate among his wins against Schneider's 20%.

The earliest three meetings all landed in 2016, at the 2016 Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championship, the 2016 Sau Paulo BJJ Pro, and the 2016 IBJJF South American Championships. They crossed again at the ACB JJ World Open Championship in 2018 and once more at Big Deal PRO #3 in 2021, so the rivalry stretched across roughly five years of bracket collisions.