Fellipe Andrew Leaves Zenith, Joins Alliance

July 23, 2020

2019 Pans champion Fellipe Andrew has announced that he’ll be leaving Zenith to train with Alliance instead.

The ADCC veteran shared the news on social media, suggesting that there were no hard feelings between him and his now-former team and coach and that the change wasn’t sudden:

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Bom galera, como tudo na vida tem um ciclo… hoje se encerrou mais um em minha vida que foi a minha participação na equipe @zenithmatrizbrasil ! Queria dizer a todos que isso foi uma decisão minha e do @rodrigocavaca… já estávamos planejando isso. Meu respeito, amor e carinho pelo Cavaca continuam o mesmo, até porque eu não sei se um dia vou conseguir agradecer ou retribuir tudo que esse cara já fez por mim. Se hoje eu sou quem sou esse cara foi uma das grandes pessoas responsáveis da minha vida. . Eu recebi bastante mensagem hoje de pessoas perguntando oque tinha acontecido, pessoas dizendo que estão tristes… mas eu garanto pra vocês, nessa vida de Jiujitsu eu aprendi que amizade vai muito mais além do que qualquer bandeira ! . Apartir de hoje eu estarei representando a @alliancejjassociation , mas minha amizade continua a mesma ! Então vamos parar com qualquer coisa que pareça despedida, porque isso só é mais um novo começo na minha vida. . Obrigado @johnnysd @fabiogurgel @bbbyjjitsu por me acolherem e por essa grande recepção, espero somar com vocês do mesmo jeito que fiz minha vida toda desde quando comecei nesse esporte !

A post shared by FELLIPE ANDREW (@fellipeandrew) on Jul 21, 2020 at 9:57pm PDT

“Well guys, as everything in life has a cycle … today another one ended in my life, which was my participation in the @zenithmatrizbrasil team!
I wanted to tell everyone that this was my and @rodrigocavaca’s decision … we were already planning this.
My respect, love, and affection for Cavaca remain the same, not least because I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to thank or repay everything that this guy has already done for me. If today I am who I am this guy was one of the great responsible people in my life.
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I received a lot of messages today from people asking what had happened, people saying they are sad … but I guarantee you, in this Jiujitsu life I learned that friendship goes much further than any flag!
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As of today I will be representing @alliancejjassociation, but my friendship remains the same!
So let’s stop anything that feels like good bye, because this is just another new beginning in my life.
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Thank you @johnnysd @fabiogurgel @bbbyjjitsu for welcoming me and for this great reception, I hope to add to you in the same way that I did my whole life since I started in this sport!”

The Alliance team also extended a welcome to the recent Fight 2 Win and 3rd Coast Grappling competitor on their social media.

Andrew and Rodrigo Cavaca’s friendship goes back years, with Andrew having moved to train at the Zenith Sao Paulo headquarters as a purple belt. He most recently made it to the finals at 3rd Coast Grappling: Kumite IV, losing the first place spot to Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu.