“The nickname "Peixotinho" was given by Riller Gracie in a case of mixed identity. In 1975 Otavio was a blue belt and helped coach the beginners class at Rolls Gracie's academy, there he met Riller Gracie (son of Geysa Gracie - Carlos Gracie's daughter) who was a white belt at the time. When they met, Riller started calling Otavio as "Peixotinho" (little fish), once Otavio asked Riller why he was calling him that, the Gracie replied: "aren't you from the Peixoto burg? (neighbourhood in Copacabana), Otavio replied "no", Riller then asked, "ok, but don't you study at the Peixoto College (a school in Gávea, another famous neighbourhood in the south side of Rio de Janeiro), and Otavio replied no again. Everyone laughed and Riller said "well you look like a Peixotinho then". The name stook and stayed with Otavio from their on.”
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