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Marcus Almeida
Marcus Vinícius Oliveira de Almeida, also known as Buchecha (born January 8, 1990 in Santos, São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner and black belt under Rodrigo Cavaca, who gave Almeida his nickname ''Buchecha'', which means ''cheek''. Almeida competes for the Checkmat team. A multiple-time jiu-jitsu world champion, Buchecha is a member of the IBJJF Hall of Fame. He is also a mixed martial artist currently competing in the Heavyweight division of ONE Championship. Background Almeida was born and grew up in Santos, São Paulo. His sister started training Brazilian jiu-jitsu when Marcus was 14 years old, forcing him to come along to the gym so their father Clayton could keep an eye on her. Subsequently, Marcus and Clayton started training jiu-jitsu also, leading both to become black belts and the latter winning IBJJF Masters World Championship. Mixed martial arts career ONE Championship Despite talking about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 States of Brazil, states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese language, Portuguese as an List of territorial entities where Portuguese is an official language, official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most Multiculturalism, multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass Immigration to Brazil, immigration from around the world; and the most populous Catholic Church by country, Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Nogi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship
The World No-Gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship is a no- gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) tournament hosted annually by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation held at California State University in Long Beach, California. The 2022 edition will be held in Anaheim, California from December 7 to December 11, 2022. History Since its creation in 2007, Caio Terra has won 10 No-Gi World Championships, the highest in IBJJF No-Gi competition history, and Michelle Nicolini, Luiza Monteiro and Gabrielle Garcia have each won 4 No-Gi World Championships, tying for the highest number of women's championships. Weight classes Men's Champions Women's Champions See also * International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation * World Jiu-Jitsu Championship * Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship * Pan Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship * European Open Championship * European Open Nogi Championship * Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championship * Brazilian Nationals Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winter Warriors
''Winter Warriors'', published in 1997, is a novel by British fantasy writer David Gemmell. It is the eighth entry in the Drenai series. It is also the second of three stories that feature in the anthology ''Drenai Tales Volume Three''. The story is set several decades after Gemmell's earlier title, Quest for Lost Heroes and introduces an entirely new set of characters. Plot summary The Drenai army, led by Emperor Skanda, has conquered the hostile Ventrian empire. A man of great charm and even greater ambition, Skanda has unified the two historically hostile people by marrying the Ventrian emperor's daughter, Axiana, who is now pregnant. He has allied with his former enemies, including prince Malikada and his bodyguard and right-hand man, the master swordsman Antikas Karios. Convinced that he needs young men to furnish him with further victories, Skanda unites the Ventrian and Drenai forces and forcibly retires all of the older Drenai soldiers. These include Banelion, the Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anderson Silva (kickboxer)
Anderson Manoel da Silva (born 29 August 1986), better known as Anderson Braddock, is a Brazilian heavyweight kickboxer and mixed martial artist currently signed to ONE Championship. He has competed in the It's Showtime and K-1, SUPERKOMBAT and GLORY. Combat Press ranked him in the heavyweight top ten between September 2014 and April 2016. Biography and career Early career Silva began started his kickboxing career at Combat Sport gym in São Paulo, Brazil when he was around 12 or 13 years old. His fighters middle name "Braddock" comes from Col. James Braddock, from the movie Missing In Action. In 2007 Braddock was called up by Peter Aerts, as a sparring partner. Silva moved to Netherlands where he joined Thom Harinck's Chakuriki Gym and made his It's Showtime debut. Silva took part in the 2009 VIP Fight Night Heavyweight tournament. He defeated Danyo Ilunga by a second round TKO in the quarterfinals, Patrick Liedert by a second round TKO in the semifinals, and faced Hesdy G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revolution
In political science, a revolution ( Latin: ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due to perceived oppression (political, social, economic) or political incompetence. Revolutions have occurred throughout human history and vary widely in terms of methods, duration and motivating ideology. Their results include major changes in culture, economy, and socio-political institutions, usually in response to perceived overwhelming autocracy or plutocracy. Scholarly debates about what does and does not constitute a revolution center on several issues. Early studies of revolutions primarily analyzed events in European history from a psychological perspective, but more modern examinations include global events and incorporate perspectives from several social sciences, including sociology and political science. Several generat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 In ONE Championship
The year 2021 is the 11th year in the history of the ONE Championship, a mixed martial arts, kickboxing and Muay Thai promotion based in Singapore. ONE Championship 2021 Awards The following fighters won the ONE Championship year-end awards for 2021 * ONE Championship MMA Fighter of the Year 2021: Ok Rae Yoon * ONE Championship MMA Female Fighter of the Year 2021: Stamp Fairtex * ONE Championship MMA Fight for the Year: Dagi Arslanaliev vs. Timofey Nastyukhin * ONE Championship MMA Knockout of the Year 2021: Adriano Moraes against Demetrious Johnson ( ONE 132: ONE on TNT 1) * ONE Championship Submission of the Year 2021: Shinya Aoki against James Nakashima ( ONE 126: Unbreakable) * ONE Super Series Fighter of the Year 2021: Superbon Banchamek * ONE Super Series Fight of the Year 2021: Rodtang Jitmuangnon vs. Danial Williams ( ONE 132: ONE on TNT 1) * ONE Super Series Knockout of the Year 2021: Superbon Banchamek against Giorgio Petrosyan ( ONE 144: First Strike) * ONE Supe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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