Background History
Nickname |
Vai Cavalo | |
Record |
10 - 3 - 1 (Win - Loss - Draw) | |
Wins |
3 (T)KOs (30%) 1 Decisions (10%) 6 Submissions (60%) |
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Losses |
3 Decisions (100%) | |
Height |
6'4 (193cm) | |
Weight |
242 | |
Born |
July 30, 1977 | |
Team/Association |
Chute Boxe | |
Fighting style |
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
Biography
He was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil. As a child, he was very playful and restless. He lived alone in Brazil when he was 15. This experience helped him a lot to build his character. He started training Jiu Jitsu after recommendation of an ex-girl friend, reluctant, as he didn't believe in Martial Arts. In love with the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, he started training up to 8 hours a day after the first month with Marcio Corletta in the Porto Alegre Academy, Winner Behring. He is a close friend of Mario Reis since childhood and happened to start doing BJJ at the same time. After numerous trophies and titles in BJJ and submission wrestling he started with MMA career.Photos
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Fighters.com Heavyweight Rankings - April 3rd, 2008
Sure to appall, enrage, offend, and shake-up the MMA world, Fighters.com has released it's April heavyweight rankings.
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Fighter Stats
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| Win | TKO |
01/19/08 | 2 | 4:34 | ||
| Loss | Decision (Unanimous) |
04/21/07 | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Win | Submission (Choke) |
11/12/06 | 1 | |||
| Loss | Decision (Unanimous) |
07/01/06 | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Win | Submission (Kimura) |
05/05/06 | 2 | 3:43 | ||
| Win | Decision (Unanimous) |
02/26/06 | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Loss | Decision (Split) |
10/23/05 | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Win | Submission |
08/28/05 | 1 | 6:01 | ||
| Win | Submission (Choke) |
02/20/05 | 1 | 5:11 | ||
| Win | KO (Punch) |
05/15/04 | 2 | 1:28 | ||
| Win | TKO (Punches) |
09/13/03 | 3 | 2:11 | ||
| Win | Submission (Triangle Choke) |
03/22/03 | 1 | |||
| Draw | Draw |
09/22/02 | 3 | |||
| Win | Submission (Triangle Choke) |
06/16/02 | 1 | |||