Gustavo Delmondes Bessa

• 1x National Silver Medalist Gi 2025 (Middle - 2nd)
• 1x National Champion No-Gi 2025 (Middle - 1st)
• 1x National Bronze Medalist No-Gi 2025 (Open Class - 3rd)
• 1x National Champion Gi 2024 (Middle - 1st)
• 1x National Bronze Medalist Gi 2024 (Middle - 3rd)
• 1x National Master Bronze Medalist Gi 2024 (Middle - 3rd)
• 1x National Bronze Medalist Gi 2024 (Open Class - 3rd)
• 1x Pan Champion No-Gi 2024 (Middle - 1st)
• 1x National Champion No-Gi 2024 (Middle - 1st)
• 1x National Bronze Medalist No-Gi 2024 (Open Class - 3rd)
• 1x National Bronze Medalist Gi 2023 (Middle - 3rd)
• 1x World Bronze Medalist No-Gi 2023 (Middle - 3rd)
• 1x European Silver Medalist No-Gi 2023 (Middle - 2nd)
• 1x Pan Bronze Medalist No-Gi 2023 (Middle - 3rd)
• 1x Brasileiro Bronze Medalist Gi 2023 (Middle - 3rd)

Professor Gustavo Bessa leads Brazilian Top Team Happy Valley, having taken over the former gym in 2017 and formalized its affiliation with the Brazilian Top Team organization under his own professor, Diego Gamonal, who awarded him his black belt. A retired professional MMA fighter, Bessa was ranked the number one amateur in the Pacific Northwest before turning pro, finishing with a 9-0 amateur and 3-3 professional record, and afterwards developed the academy's MMA HIIT program. His competition results include silver in the absolute division and bronze in his weight class at the IBJJF Pan Americans (Masters 1), silver at the IBJJF European Masters and multiple medals at IBJJF American Nationals and Opens. Bessa combines his fighting background with expertise in child development to shape the academy's programs and has assembled a team of coaches focused on self-defense, competition training and healthy lifestyles.