Luiz Firmino
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Luiz Firmino de Carvalho Júnior (born March 18, 1982), commonly known as Luiz "Buscapé" Firmino, is an Brazilian
Vale Tudo
fighter and mixed martial artist
, who fights at Lightweight
. He has spent the majority of his career in Japan
and has fought in Dream
, Pride FC and Shooto
.
in Recife
, Brazil
when he was 18 years old. The tournament was held in one night and was fought under Vale Tudo
-style rules. After defeating Reginaldo Santana and Sergei Bytchkov, he reached the final and faced Eli Soares. The fight lasted for thirty minutes with no breaks and Soares won by decision.
Buscapé then returned two years later at the M-1 Global
event MFC: Russia vs the World 3 in Saint Petersburg
, Russia
where he again beat Sergei Bytchkov, by technical knockout in the second round. At Russia vs the World 5 the following year, he defeated Musail Allaudinov via unanimous decision after one fifteen-minute round. After winning his next four bouts - three by submission - he was given a chance to compete in the Pride Fighting Championships.
He faced off against Hiroyuki Abe at his first Pride fight, Pride Bushido 4
in July 2004, and won by using an arm triangle choke in the first round. Firmino then returned against Masakazu Imanari
three months later at Pride Bushido 5
at won by unanimous decision. After this early success, he lost his next two bouts (against countryman Luiz Azeredo
and Tatsuya Kawajiri
) by decision in 2005. In November 2006, Firmono took on Nobuhiro Obiya at Pride Bushido 13
and won the fight by yet another unanimous decision.
Pride FC then shut down, however, and Buscapé soon signed with Dream
. He made his debut with the organization at its first event, Dream 1, in March 2008 where he submitted Kazuyuki Miyata
with a rear-naked choke seven minutes into the first round. At Dream 3 two months later, he was given the opportunity to avenge his earlier loss to Tatsuya Kawajiri. He was unable to do this, however, and was beaten on a unanimous decision. He then left Dream after this, and won his forst fight outside Japan in five years when he beat Ryan Healy in Miami, Florida
, US
at Shine Fights 2: ATT vs. The World in September 2009. He also returned to fight in his native Brazil for the first time in almost seven years when he faced Francisco Drinaldo at Bitetti Combat MMA 6, where he was submitted with a kneebar.
|Loss
|align=center| 13-5
|
Francisco Drinaldo
| Submission (kneebar)
| Bitetti Combat MMA 6
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|2:03
|Brasília
, Brazil
||
|-
|Win
|align=center| 13-4
|
Ryan Healy
| Decision (unanimous)
| Shine Fights 2: ATT vs. The World
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Miami, Florida
, United States
||
|-
|Loss
|align=center| 12-4
|
Tatsuya Kawajiri
| Decision (unanimous)
| Dream 3
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Saitama
, Japan
||DREAM Lightweight Grand Prix quarter-final.
|-
|Win
|align=center| 12-3
| Kazuyuki Miyata
| Submission (rear naked choke)
| Dream 1
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|7:37
|Saitama
, Japan
||DREAM Lightweight Grand Prix opening round.
|-
|Win
|align=center| 11-3
| Nobuhiro Obiya
| Decision (unanimous)
| Pride Bushido 13
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Yokohama
, Japan
||
|-
|Loss
|align=center| 10-3
| Tatsuya Kawajiri
| Decision (unanimous)
| Pride Bushido 8
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Nagoya, Japan
||
|-
|Loss
|align=center| 10-2
| Luiz Azeredo
| Decision (split)
| Pride Bushido 6
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Yokohama
, Japan
||
|-
|Win
|align=center| 10-1
| Masakazu Imanari
| Decision (unanimous)
| Pride Bushido 5
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Osaka
, Japan
||
|-
|Win
|align=center| 9-1
| Hiroyuki Abe
| Submission (arm triangle choke)
| Pride Bushido 4
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|2:56
|Nagoya, Japan
||
|-
|Win
|align=center| 8-1
|
Rafles la Rose
| Submission (armbar)
| Shooto: Switzerland 1
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|0:36
|Zürich
, Switzerland
||
|-
|Win
|align=center| 7-1
| Devanir Marques
| Submission (punches)
| Conquista Fight 1
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1:10
|Vitória da Conquista
, Brazil
||
|-
|Win
|align=center| 6-1
| Kohei Yasumi
| Decision (unanimous)
| Shooto
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Tokyo
, Japan
||
|-
|Win
|align=center| 5-1
| Tom Kirk
| Submission (armbar)
| Shooto: Midwest Fighting
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|3:38
|Hammond, Indiana
, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center| 4-1
|
Musail Allaudinov
| Decision (unanimous)
| M-1 Global
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|15:00
|Saint Petersburg
, Russia
||
|-
|Win
|align=center| 3-1
| Sergei Bytchkov
| TKO (punches)
| M-1 Global
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|2:38
|Saint Petersburg
, Russia
||
|-
|Loss
|align=center| 2-1
| Eli Soares
| Decision
| World Vale Tudo Championship
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|30:00
|Recife
, Brazil
||WVTC final.
|-
|Win
|align=center| 2-0
| Sergei Bytchkov
| Decision (unanimous)
| World Vale Tudo Championship
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|14:00
|Recife
, Brazil
||WVTC semi-final.
|-
|Win
|align=center| 1-0
| Reginaldo Santana
| Submission (no apparent reason)
| World Vale Tudo Championship
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|3:29
|Recife
, Brazil
||WVTC quarter-final.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
Vale Tudo
Vale tudo
Vale tudo are full-contact unarmed combat events, with a limited number of rules, that became popular in Brazil during the 20th century. Vale tudo has been considered a combat sport by some observers...
fighter and 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 fights at Lightweight
Lightweight (MMA)
The lightweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:* The UFC & Strikeforce lightweight division with upper limit at 155 lb...
. He has spent the majority of his career in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and has fought in Dream
DREAM (mixed martial arts)
Dream is a mixed martial arts organization promoted by former PRIDE FC executives and K-1 promoter Fighting and Entertainment Group. DREAM replaced FEG's previous-run mixed martial arts fight series, Hero's. The series retains many of the stylistic flourishes and personnel from Pride FC...
, Pride FC and 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,...
.
Biography
Firmino began his career at the tenth edition of the World Vale Tudo ChampionshipWorld Vale Tudo Championship
The World Vale Tudo Championship, or WVC, was a no holds barred-style MMA fighting promotion based in Brazil. The promotion was founded by Brazilian promoter Frederico Lapenda...
in Recife
Recife
Recife is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Brazil with 4,136,506 inhabitants, the largest metropolitan area of the North/Northeast Regions, the 5th-largest metropolitan influence area in Brazil, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco. The population of the city proper...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
when he was 18 years old. The tournament was held in one night and was fought under Vale Tudo
Vale tudo
Vale tudo are full-contact unarmed combat events, with a limited number of rules, that became popular in Brazil during the 20th century. Vale tudo has been considered a combat sport by some observers...
-style rules. After defeating Reginaldo Santana and Sergei Bytchkov, he reached the final and faced Eli Soares. The fight lasted for thirty minutes with no breaks and Soares won by decision.
Buscapé then returned two years later at the M-1 Global
M-1 Global
M-1 Global is the mixed martial arts promotion based in Russia - The Netherlands which organizes between 40 and 50 competitions per year...
event MFC: Russia vs the World 3 in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
where he again beat Sergei Bytchkov, by technical knockout in the second round. At Russia vs the World 5 the following year, he defeated Musail Allaudinov via unanimous decision after one fifteen-minute round. After winning his next four bouts - three by submission - he was given a chance to compete in the Pride Fighting Championships.
He faced off against Hiroyuki Abe at his first Pride fight, Pride Bushido 4
PRIDE Bushido 4
Pride Bushido 4 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan on July 19, 2004. The fight card was highlighted by three fights between the Brazilian Top Team and Team Japan.- Kyosuke Sasaki vs. Eiji...
in July 2004, and won by using an arm triangle choke in the first round. Firmino then returned against Masakazu Imanari
Masakazu Imanari
is a Japanese mixed martial artist best known for his leglocks. He fights out of Team Roken in Kanagawa, Japan. He currently has a professional MMA record of 24–9–2 with notable victories over Danny Batten, Jorge Gurgel, Mike Brown, Robbie Olivier, Jean Silva and Yoshiro Maeda. He is a veteran...
three months later at Pride Bushido 5
PRIDE Bushido 5
Pride Bushido 5 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Osaka Castle Hall in Osaka, Japan on October 14, 2004...
at won by unanimous decision. After this early success, he lost his next two bouts (against countryman Luiz Azeredo
Luiz Azeredo
Luiz Azeredo is a Brazilian Welterweight mixed martial artist, fighting out of the Chute Boxe Academy, Curitiba, Brazil. He has fought in the PRIDE and Cage Rage....
and Tatsuya Kawajiri
Tatsuya Kawajiri
Tatsuya Kawajiri is a Japanese mixed martial artist and a former Shooto welterweight champion, currently competing in Dream's lightweight division...
) by decision in 2005. In November 2006, Firmono took on Nobuhiro Obiya at Pride Bushido 13
PRIDE Bushido 13
Pride Bushido 13 also known as Pride Bushido Survival Finals was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships.-Background:This event consisted of the semifinal and final rounds of the Bushido Welterweight Grand Prix....
and won the fight by yet another unanimous decision.
Pride FC then shut down, however, and Buscapé soon signed with Dream
DREAM (mixed martial arts)
Dream is a mixed martial arts organization promoted by former PRIDE FC executives and K-1 promoter Fighting and Entertainment Group. DREAM replaced FEG's previous-run mixed martial arts fight series, Hero's. The series retains many of the stylistic flourishes and personnel from Pride FC...
. He made his debut with the organization at its first event, Dream 1, in March 2008 where he submitted Kazuyuki Miyata
Kazuyuki Miyata
Kazuyuki Miyata is a Japanese freestyle wrestler and mixed martial artist who currently fights for the MMA promotion Dream in the featherweight division.-Freestyle Wrestling:...
with a rear-naked choke seven minutes into the first round. At Dream 3 two months later, he was given the opportunity to avenge his earlier loss to Tatsuya Kawajiri. He was unable to do this, however, and was beaten on a unanimous decision. He then left Dream after this, and won his forst fight outside Japan in five years when he beat Ryan Healy in Miami, Florida
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
, US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
at Shine Fights 2: ATT vs. The World in September 2009. He also returned to fight in his native Brazil for the first time in almost seven years when he faced Francisco Drinaldo at Bitetti Combat MMA 6, where he was submitted with a kneebar.
Mixed martial arts record
|-|Loss
|align=center| 13-5
|
Francisco DrinaldoFrancisco Drinaldo
Francisco Drinaldo, better known as Massaranduba is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Drinaldo has mostly fought in Brazil's largest promotions....
| Submission (kneebar)
| Bitetti Combat MMA 6
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|2:03
|Brasília
Brasília
Brasília is the capital city of Brazil. The name is commonly spelled Brasilia in English. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central. It has a population of about 2,557,000 as of the 2008 IBGE estimate, making it the...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
||
|-
|Win
|align=center| 13-4
|
Ryan HealyRyan Healy
Ryan Healy is an American professional mixed martial artist who has competed for many promotions including Strikeforce, WEC, Shine Fights, and FCFF. He is also the twin brother of mixed-martial artist and Team Quest teammate Pat Healy....
| Decision (unanimous)
| Shine Fights 2: ATT vs. The World
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Miami, Florida
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
||
|-
|Loss
|align=center| 12-4
|
Tatsuya KawajiriTatsuya Kawajiri
Tatsuya Kawajiri is a Japanese mixed martial artist and a former Shooto welterweight champion, currently competing in Dream's lightweight division...
| Decision (unanimous)
| Dream 3
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Saitama
Saitama, Saitama
' is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture in Japan, situated in the south-east of the prefecture. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono and Iwatsuki. It is a city designated by government ordinance...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
||DREAM Lightweight Grand Prix quarter-final.
|-
|Win
|align=center| 12-3
|
Kazuyuki MiyataKazuyuki Miyata
Kazuyuki Miyata is a Japanese freestyle wrestler and mixed martial artist who currently fights for the MMA promotion Dream in the featherweight division.-Freestyle Wrestling:...
| Submission (rear naked choke)
| Dream 1
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|7:37
|Saitama
Saitama, Saitama
' is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture in Japan, situated in the south-east of the prefecture. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono and Iwatsuki. It is a city designated by government ordinance...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
||DREAM Lightweight Grand Prix opening round.
|-
|Win
|align=center| 11-3
|
Nobuhiro Obiya| Decision (unanimous)
| Pride Bushido 13
PRIDE Bushido 13
Pride Bushido 13 also known as Pride Bushido Survival Finals was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships.-Background:This event consisted of the semifinal and final rounds of the Bushido Welterweight Grand Prix....
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Yokohama
Yokohama
is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
||
|-
|Loss
|align=center| 10-3
|
Tatsuya KawajiriTatsuya Kawajiri
Tatsuya Kawajiri is a Japanese mixed martial artist and a former Shooto welterweight champion, currently competing in Dream's lightweight division...
| Decision (unanimous)
| Pride Bushido 8
PRIDE Bushido 8
Pride Bushido 8 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan on July 17, 2005...
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Nagoya, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
||
|-
|Loss
|align=center| 10-2
|
Luiz AzeredoLuiz Azeredo
Luiz Azeredo is a Brazilian Welterweight mixed martial artist, fighting out of the Chute Boxe Academy, Curitiba, Brazil. He has fought in the PRIDE and Cage Rage....
| Decision (split)
| Pride Bushido 6
PRIDE Bushido 6
Pride Bushido 6 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan on April 3, 2005...
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Yokohama
Yokohama
is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
||
|-
|Win
|align=center| 10-1
|
Masakazu ImanariMasakazu Imanari
is a Japanese mixed martial artist best known for his leglocks. He fights out of Team Roken in Kanagawa, Japan. He currently has a professional MMA record of 24–9–2 with notable victories over Danny Batten, Jorge Gurgel, Mike Brown, Robbie Olivier, Jean Silva and Yoshiro Maeda. He is a veteran...
| Decision (unanimous)
| Pride Bushido 5
PRIDE Bushido 5
Pride Bushido 5 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Osaka Castle Hall in Osaka, Japan on October 14, 2004...
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
||
|-
|Win
|align=center| 9-1
|
Hiroyuki AbeHiroyuki Abe
, also known as Abe Ani, is a Japanese former mixed martial artist, currently retired from fighting and teaching full time at his gym, Abe Ani Combat Club...
| Submission (arm triangle choke)
| Pride Bushido 4
PRIDE Bushido 4
Pride Bushido 4 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan on July 19, 2004. The fight card was highlighted by three fights between the Brazilian Top Team and Team Japan.- Kyosuke Sasaki vs. Eiji...
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|2:56
|Nagoya, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
||
|-
|Win
|align=center| 8-1
|
Rafles la Rose| Submission (armbar)
| Shooto: Switzerland 1
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|0:36
|Zürich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
||
|-
|Win
|align=center| 7-1
|
Devanir Marques| Submission (punches)
| Conquista Fight 1
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1:10
|Vitória da Conquista
Vitória da Conquista
Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, in English: Victory of Conquest, is a city in Bahia, Brazil which serves as a regional center for the smaller cities Barra do Choça, Planalto and Poções...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
||
|-
|Win
|align=center| 6-1
|
Kohei Yasumi| Decision (unanimous)
| 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,...
|
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|5:00
|Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
||
|-
|Win
|align=center| 5-1
|
Tom Kirk| Submission (armbar)
| Shooto: Midwest Fighting
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|3:38
|Hammond, Indiana
Hammond, Indiana
Hammond is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 80,830 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Hammond is located at ....
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
|
|-
|Win
|align=center| 4-1
|
Musail Allaudinov| Decision (unanimous)
| M-1 Global
M-1 Global
M-1 Global is the mixed martial arts promotion based in Russia - The Netherlands which organizes between 40 and 50 competitions per year...
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|15:00
|Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
||
|-
|Win
|align=center| 3-1
|
Sergei Bytchkov| TKO (punches)
| M-1 Global
M-1 Global
M-1 Global is the mixed martial arts promotion based in Russia - The Netherlands which organizes between 40 and 50 competitions per year...
|
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|2:38
|Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
||
|-
|Loss
|align=center| 2-1
|
Eli Soares| Decision
| World Vale Tudo Championship
World Vale Tudo Championship
The World Vale Tudo Championship, or WVC, was a no holds barred-style MMA fighting promotion based in Brazil. The promotion was founded by Brazilian promoter Frederico Lapenda...
|
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|30:00
|Recife
Recife
Recife is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Brazil with 4,136,506 inhabitants, the largest metropolitan area of the North/Northeast Regions, the 5th-largest metropolitan influence area in Brazil, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco. The population of the city proper...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
||WVTC final.
|-
|Win
|align=center| 2-0
|
Sergei Bytchkov| Decision (unanimous)
| World Vale Tudo Championship
World Vale Tudo Championship
The World Vale Tudo Championship, or WVC, was a no holds barred-style MMA fighting promotion based in Brazil. The promotion was founded by Brazilian promoter Frederico Lapenda...
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| style="text-align:center;"|14:00
|Recife
Recife
Recife is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Brazil with 4,136,506 inhabitants, the largest metropolitan area of the North/Northeast Regions, the 5th-largest metropolitan influence area in Brazil, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco. The population of the city proper...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
||WVTC semi-final.
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Reginaldo Santana| Submission (no apparent reason)
| World Vale Tudo Championship
World Vale Tudo Championship
The World Vale Tudo Championship, or WVC, was a no holds barred-style MMA fighting promotion based in Brazil. The promotion was founded by Brazilian promoter Frederico Lapenda...
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| style="text-align:center;"|3:29
|Recife
Recife
Recife is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Brazil with 4,136,506 inhabitants, the largest metropolitan area of the North/Northeast Regions, the 5th-largest metropolitan influence area in Brazil, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco. The population of the city proper...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
||WVTC quarter-final.