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Dante Leon

Dante Leon is a Canadian grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt from Harrow, Ontario. Based in Toledo, Ohio, he competes for Pedigo Submission Fighting and owns Adamas Jiu-Jitsu, which has grown to three locations in the Toledo, Ohio area. He received his black belt in June 2017 from Vitor Oliveira and Júlio César Pereira.

Dante grew up playing hockey and boxing and started jiu-jitsu at 12, crossing the border to train in Detroit. He moved to Toledo in 2015 to train full time and opened Adamas Jiu-Jitsu in 2019.

At black belt he has won six medals in six appearances at the IBJJF No-Gi World Championship, including gold at middleweight in 2019 and at lightweight in 2022. He has also won the No-Gi Pans three times, most recently at super-heavyweight in 2023. He holds two ADCC bronze medals: at under 77 kg in 2022 and in the 2024 absolute division, open to all weights, where he beat Micael Galvão and Giancarlo Bodoni.

A former WNO lightweight champion, Dante reached the final of the WNO open weight grand prix in 2025 and took heavyweight bronze at that year's No-Gi Worlds. In ONE Championship he has beaten Bruno Pucci, Tommy Langaker and Kenta Iwamoto, and in 2025 he challenged Tye Ruotolo for the welterweight submission grappling world title. In 2026 he held the No. 1 spot in FloGrappling's men's no-gi pound-for-pound rankings.

Main Achievements:

  •  IBJJF No-Gi World Championship (2025, 2018, 2017) – Bronze (3x) (Black Belt, Adult; Heavyweight in 2025, Middleweight in 2018 and 2017)
  • WNO Open Weight Grand Prix (2025) – Runner-up
  • ADCC World Championship (2024, 2022) – Bronze (2x) (Absolute in 2024, -77 kg in 2022)
  • IBJJF Pan No-Gi Championship (2023, 2018, 2017) – Gold (3x) (Black Belt, Adult; Super-heavyweight in 2023, Middleweight in 2018 and 2017)
  • WNO Lightweight Championship (2023) – Champion
  • IBJJF No-Gi World Championship (2022, 2019) – Gold (2x) (Black Belt, Adult; Lightweight in 2022, Middleweight in 2019)
  • IBJJF No-Gi World Championship (2021) – Silver (Black Belt, Adult, Middleweight)
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