Glover Teixeira - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Glover Teixeira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

who currently competes in the light heavyweight

Light Heavyweight (MMA)

The light heavyweight division in mixed martial arts generally refers to competitors weighing between 186 and 205 lb . It sits between the lighter middleweight division, and the heavyweight division....

division.

Mixed martial arts career

Teixeira trained in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting...

under Luigi Mondelli and Hawaiian Kempo. Teixeira currently trains and instructs at The Pit with instructor John Hackleman and former Ultimate Fighting Championship

Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...

light heavyweight champion Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell

Chuck Liddell

Charles David "Chuck" Liddell is a retired American mixed martial artist and former Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion. Liddell has an extensive striking background in Kempo, Koei-Kan karate and kickboxing, as well as a grappling background in collegiate wrestling.As of his...

.

His background includes a variety of grappling

Grappling

Grappling refers to techniques, maneuvers, and counters applied to an opponent in order to gain a physical advantage, such as improving relative position, escaping, submitting, or injury to the opponent. Grappling is a general term that covers techniques used in many disciplines, styles and martial...

and MMA

Mixed martial arts

tournaments: Grappler's Quest, NAGA, Sport Fight (where he was the light heavyweight champion). Under submission wrestling

Submission wrestling

Submission wrestling or Combat wrestling in Japan, is a formula of competition and a general term describing the aspect of martial arts and combat sports that focus on clinch and ground fighting with the aim of obtaining a submission using submission holds...

rules, he grappled well known fighters Jeff Monson

Jeff Monson

Jeffrey William Monson is an American mixed martial artist from Olympia, Washington. He is a 2 time winner of the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship, and a No Gi Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Champion. He currently holds the Heavyweight titles in the International Sport Karate Association...

and Brandon Vera

Brandon Vera

Brandon Michael Vera is an American mixed martial artist. He competes as a light heavyweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the winner of the WEC 13 Heavyweight Tournament and currently resides in San Diego, California. He holds notable victories over Frank Mir, Assuerio Silva,...

. He won the 2009 Brazilian ADCC trials in the under 99 kg division and in the 2011 Brazilian ADCC trials he took the second place.

In his most notable MMA

Mixed martial arts

victory to date, Teixeira defeated future PRIDE standout Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou

Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou

Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou Nkamhoua , sometimes billed simply as Sokoudjou, is a Cameroonian mixed martial artist and judoka, and the former KSW Light Heavyweight Champion, who came to prominence in Japan's PRIDE Fighting Championships. He has since had mixed success with stints in the UFC, WEC,...

by TKO on October 12, 2006 at WEC 24

WEC 24

WEC 24: Halloween Fury 5: Full Force was a mixed martial arts event held on October 12, 2006. WEC 24s main event was a championship fight for the WEC Lightweight Title between champion Hermes Franca and challenger Nate Diaz....

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Teixeira was featured in the second season opening episode of the MMA reality television

Reality television

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series TapouT
TapouT (TV series)
TapouT is an American reality television series that focuses on the world of mixed martial arts. The series premiered on Versus on June 3, 2007 before moving to its regular Wednesday night timeslot beginning June 6...

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Mixed martial arts record

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Ricco Rodriguez

Ricco Rodriguez is an American mixed martial artist and former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion. He has also competed in Pride Fighting Championship, EliteXC, International Fight League, BAMMA, World Extreme Cagefighting and King of the Cage.-Early life:Rodriguez grew up in the...

|Submission (punches)
|MMAAD: MMA Against Dengue
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|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Marvin Eastman

Marvin Lee Eastman is an American mixed martial artist with a background in collegiate wrestling and Muay Thai. He is currently the light heavyweight champion of the Elite Fighting Championship and the IFO champion...

|KO (punch)
|Shooto

Shooto

Shooto is a mixed martial arts organization that is governed by the Shooto Association and the International Shooto Commission. Shooto was originally formed in 1985, as an organization and as a particular fighting system derived from shoot wrestling. Practitioners are referred to as shooters,...

Brasil Fight for BOPE
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Antonio Mendes

Antonio Mendes is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He competes in the Light Heavyweight division.Mendes was scheduled to participate in the light-heavyweight tournament at KSW XIII, meeting Wojciech Orłowski in the first tournament round...

|Submission (rear-naked choke)
|Shooto

Shooto

Brazil 24
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|Brasilia, Brazil
| Won Shooto South America 220-pound Championship
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Marcio Cruz

Márcio Cruz

Márcio "Pé de Pano" Cruz is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist. In BJJ, he is a third degree black belt under Carlos Gracie Jr....

|TKO (punches)
|Clube da Luta
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|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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|Win
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Simão Melo
|KO (punches)
|Shooto

Shooto

Brazil 23
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|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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|Win
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Daniel Tabera

Daniel Tabera is a Spanish mixed martial artist who competes in the light heavyweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2002, Tabera has competed all over Europe - and sporadically in North America - in the likes of M-1 Global, Bellator Fighting Championships and KSW.-Early...

|Decision (unanimous)
|Bitetti Combat 8 - 100 Years of Corinthians
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|São Paulo, Brazil
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|Win
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Marko Peselj
| TKO (punches)
| Impact FC 2

Impact FC 2

Impact FC 2 - The Uprising: Sydney was a mixed martial arts event held by Impact Fighting Championships on 18 July 2010 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Sydney, Australia.-Background:Big John McCarthy was the referee for the series....

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|Sydney, New South Wales
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|Win
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Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

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Brazilian Federal District

The Federal District is set apart for Brasília, the capital of Brazil. Located in a region called Planalto Central, or Central Plateau, the Federal District is divided in 29 administrative regions. Brasilia - place where the three branches of the Federal Government are located - is the main...

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Leonardo Lucio Nascimento

Leonardo Lucio Nascimento is an Argentinian professional mixed martial artist who has fought for Brazilian fighting promotion Storm Samurai. Lucio holds notable wins over Ultimate Fighting Championship contender Roan Carneiro and Chute Boxe Academy prospect Hélio Dipp...

Rio de Janeiro

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Lemoore, California

Lemoore is a city in Kings County, California, United States. Lemoore is located west-southwest of Hanford, at an elevation of 230 feet . It is part of the Hanford–Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Lemoore, California

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou

| KO (punches)
| WEC 24

WEC 24

Lemoore, California

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Carlton Jones
| TKO
| WEC 20

WEC 20

WEC 20: Cinco de Mayhem was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting that took place on May 5, 2006 at Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, California. WEC 20s main event was a heavyweight bout between Brian Olsen and Mike Kyle....

Lemoore, California

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Ed Herman

Ed Herman (fighter)

Edward Benson Herman is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship in their middleweight division and holds notable wins over Kyle Noke, Brian Ebersole, David Loiseau, Dave Menne, Scott Smith, Nick Thompson and Joe Doerksen...

Gresham, Oregon

- Demographics :As of the census of 2000, there were 90,205 people, 33,327 households, and 22,695 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,071.6 people per square mile . There were 35,309 housing units at an average density of 1,593.8 per square mile...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Gresham, Oregon

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Matt Horwich

Matthew Peter Horwich is a journeyman American mixed martial artist. Previously fighting for the Portland Wolfpack of the International Fight League where he held the middleweight championship in 2007, BAMMA and in the UFC, he holds notable wins over past and present UFC fighters Jake Rosholt,...

Gresham, Oregon

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Eric Swartz
| TKO (Punches and Elbows)
| WEC 3: All or Nothing

WEC 3

WEC 3: All or Nothing was a mixed martial arts event held on June 7th, 2002 at The Palace Indian Gaming Center in Lemoore, California. WEC 3s main event was a fight between Aaron Brink and Zane Frazier.- Results :...

Lemoore, California

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

Submission grappling record

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Gabriel Vella || Points || ADCC Brasil trails (Over 99KG)|| 2011|| || ||
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Armando Sapo || Submission || ADCC Brasil trails (Over 99KG)|| 2011|| || ||
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Salvador Minnit || Submission || ADCC Brasil trails (Over 99KG)|| 2011|| || ||
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Jorge Bezerra || Points || ADCC Brasil trails (Over 99KG)|| 2011|| || ||
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Vinny Magalhães

Vinicius Magalhães , is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He was a participant in The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir. He is the current M-1 Global Light Heavyweight Champion.-Grappling career:...

||Submission (Armbar)|| ADCC Barcelona (Under 99 KG)|| 2009|| || ||
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Gerardi Rinaldi || Points || ADCC Barcelona (Under 99 KG)|| 2009|| || ||
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Dean Lister

Dean Richard Lister is an American mixed martial artist and a former King of the Cage champion. He currently fights at the Middleweight division after moving down from the Light Heavyweight class...

|| Points || ADCC Barcelona (Under 99 KG)|| 2009|| || ||
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Vesa Vuori || Points || ADCC Barcelona (Under 99 KG)|| 2009|| || ||
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Leonardo Chocolate || Submission (Rear naked choke) || ADCC Brasil trails (Under 99KG)|| 2009|| || ||
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Renato Ferreira || Points || ADCC Brasil trails (Under 99KG)|| 2009|| || ||
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External links

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