Marcos Oliveira
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Marcos Oliveira is a professional 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...

 from Brazil
Brazil
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. He competes in the heavyweight
Heavyweight (MMA)
The heavyweight division in mixed martial arts generally groups fighters between .Although many ambiguities exist within the lower weight classes regarding division naming and weight limits, the Heavyweight division is, for the most part, uniform...

 division.

MMA career

Marcos Oliveira start training judo at age 2.5 years old and become black belt at 18 years old brazilan national champion ,3x state champion, junior brazilian national team , brazilian jiu jitsu black belt , brazilian national champion , pan american champion south american champion ,3x us national champion ,naga world champion , arnold classic world cha was invited to compete in the Abu Dhabi Fighting Championship
Abu Dhabi Fighting Championship
is a mixed martial arts event initiated in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The promotion was initiated and organized by , a leading event management company in the region....

 Open Weight Grand Prix. Oliveira defeated Johan Romming in the first round at ADFC: Round 1
ADFC: Round 1
ADFC: Round 1 was a mixed martial arts event organized by on May 14, 2010 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The event included first round fights in the Abu Dhabi Fighting Championship tournament...

 on May 14, 2010. He then defeated Neil Wain in the second round at ADFC: Round 2
ADFC: Round 2
ADFC: Round 2 was a mixed martial arts event organized the on October 22, 2010 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre in Abu Dhabi, UAE....

 on October 22, 2010 to reach the "one million dirhams (US$272,260.72)" final. Oliveira went to Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

 to improve his striking before the final fight. However, he lost to Shamil Abdurahimov
Shamil Abdurahimov
Shamil Abdurahimov is an Russian heavyweight mixed martial artist. with a 12-1 record. He holds notable victories over UFC veterans Jeff Monson and Sokoudjou...

 at ADFC: Round 3
ADFC: Round 3
ADFC: Round 3 was a mixed martial arts event organized the on March 11, 201 at the Abu Dhabi International Tennis Complex in Abu Dhabi, UAE....

 on March 11, 2011.

Mixed martial arts record

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| Shamil Abdurahimov
Shamil Abdurahimov
Shamil Abdurahimov is an Russian heavyweight mixed martial artist. with a 12-1 record. He holds notable victories over UFC veterans Jeff Monson and Sokoudjou...


| TKO (punches)
| ADFC: Round 3
ADFC: Round 3
ADFC: Round 3 was a mixed martial arts event organized the on March 11, 201 at the Abu Dhabi International Tennis Complex in Abu Dhabi, UAE....


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|Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western...


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|Win
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| Neil Wain
| Decision (unanimous)
| ADFC: Round 2
ADFC: Round 2
ADFC: Round 2 was a mixed martial arts event organized the on October 22, 2010 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre in Abu Dhabi, UAE....


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|Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western...


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|Win
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| Johan Romming
| KO (punch)
| ADFC: Round 1
ADFC: Round 1
ADFC: Round 1 was a mixed martial arts event organized by on May 14, 2010 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The event included first round fights in the Abu Dhabi Fighting Championship tournament...


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|Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western...


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|Win
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| Kevin Jordan
| Decision (unanimous)
| FFP - Untamed 22
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|Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
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|Win
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| Sean Thompson
| TKO (punches)
| NACC - North American Combat Challenge
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|Key West, Florida
Key West, Florida
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, United States
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|Loss
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| Josh Haynes
Josh Haynes
Joshua Lee Haynes is an American mixed martial artist. He fights out of Las Vegas, Nevada with Xtreme Couture where he is also a coach. His MMA record is 17 wins, 11 losses. He was also a contestant on the third season of The Ultimate Fighter reality television show, training under Tito Ortiz...


| Submission (guillotine choke)
| XFC - Dome Of Destruction 1
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|Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma, Washington
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, United States
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|Loss
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| Warren Kikaba
| Decision (unanimous)
| FCC 16 - Freestyle Combat Challenge 16
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|Racine, Wisconsin
Racine, Wisconsin
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, United States
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|Win
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| Anthony Barbier
| N/A
| BONO 15 - Battle of New Orleans 15
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|Metairie, Louisiana
Metairie, Louisiana
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, United States
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