Gesias Cavalcante (born July 6, 1983) is a Brazilian professional
mixed martial artist
Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorp ...
currently competing in the
Lightweight
Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing.
Boxing
Professional boxing
The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) weight class in the sport of boxing.
Notable lightweight boxe ...
division. He was the 2006 and 2007
K-1 HERO Middleweight Champion, and has also fought for
Strikeforce
Strike Force may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Games
* ''Strike Force'' (video game), a 1991 arcade game
*'' Commandos: Strike Force'', a 2006 video game
*'' Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce'', a 2009 video game
*''Marvel Strike Force'', ...
,
DREAM
A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. Humans spend about two hours dreaming per night, and each dream lasts around 5 to 20 minutes, althou ...
,
Shooto
Shooto is a combat sport and mixed martial arts organization that is governed by the ''Shooto Association'' and the ''International Shooto Commission''. Shooto was originally formed in 1985, first as a particular fighting system and then in 198 ...
,
World Series of Fighting
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) is an American mixed martial arts league founded by Venture capital, venture capitalist Donn Davis in 2017 and launched in 2018, following the acquisition and restructuring of the former World Series of Fight ...
, and
Cage Rage
Cage Rage Championships, also known as Cage Rage, was a United Kingdom-based, mixed martial arts promotion that premiered on 7 September 2002 in London. Cage Rage went into liquidation and is now no longer trading. Cage Rage had been owned and ma ...
. Cavalcante also participated in the
Dynamite!! USA
''SoftBank presents Dynamite!! USA'' was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event co-promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG), the promoters of K-1 kickboxing events and Hero's MMA events, and EliteXC. The event was held on Saturday, June 2, ...
event.
MMA career
While Cavalcante is primarily an
MMA
Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on strike (attack), striking, grappling and ground f ...
fighter, he made his
K-1 debut fighting against
Masato
Masato (written: , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Masato (kickboxer) (born 1979), Japanese former welterweight kickboxer, won K-1 WORLD MAX kickboxing tournament in 2003, 2008
* Masato ...
in the
2007 World Max tournament, losing via decision.
On September 17, 2007, Cavalcante won the
K-1 HERO'S' 2007 Middleweight (70 kg) tournament by defeating
Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ; pt, jiu-jitsu brasileiro ) is a self-defence martial art and combat sport based on grappling, ground fighting (ne-waza) and submission holds. BJJ focuses on the skill of taking an opponent to the ground, control ...
specialist
Vítor Ribeiro
Vítor de Souza Ribeiro (born February 24, 1979 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a retired professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Lightweight division. A professional competitor since 2001, he has formerly compet ...
by
TKO in the first round and
Andre Amade by submission via
armbar
An armlock in grappling is a single or double joint lock that hyperextends, hyperflexes or hyperrotates the elbow joint or shoulder joint. An armlock that hyper-extends the arm is known as an armbar, and it includes the traditional armbar, pr ...
in the finals.
Cavalcante had agreed to fight former
PRIDE Fighting Championship
PRIDE Fighting Championships (Pride or Pride FC, founded as KRS-Pride) was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion company. Its inaugural event was held at the Tokyo Dome on October 11, 1997. Pride held more than sixty mixed martial arts even ...
Lightweight standout
Shinya Aoki
is a Japanese mixed martial artist, professional wrestler and grappler currently competing in ONE Championship's and Rizin Fighting Federation's Welterweight division. He also competes in DDT Pro-Wrestling where he is a former three-time DDT Ex ...
at
Yarennoka!
''Yarennoka!'' () was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event that took place on December 31, 2007 at the Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo, Japan. The event was promoted by the Yarennoka! Executive Committee, composed of former Pride Fighting Championships e ...
but withdrew from the fight due to a knee ligament injury. The match was rescheduled for March 15, 2008 at
Dream 1
''Dream 1: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 1st Round'' was the inaugural event of the mixed martial arts promotion, Dream. It took place on Saturday, on March 15, 2008 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City, Japan.
The event featured the firs ...
to kick off the new DREAM promotion at the
Saitama Super Arena
is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Chūō-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It opened preliminarily on May 5, 2000, and then was officially opened on September 1 of the same year. Its maximum spectator capacity is 36,500, making i ...
.
Early in the first round, the referee stopped the action when Cavalcante apparently landed illegal elbow strikes to the back of Aoki's neck. The ringside doctor announced that Aoki was unable to continue due to the injury and Cavalcante apologized for the incident. The fight resulted in a no contest. Elbow strikes to the neck and spine area are illegal under DREAM rules. Aoki was later found to have sustained concussion of the cervical vertebra.
They had their rematch on April 29, 2008 at
Dream 2
''Dream 2: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 1st Round'' was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Dream. It took place on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City, Japan.
The event hosted the opening round of the promoti ...
. Cavalcante was defeated by Aoki by unanimous decision. However, he sustained a severely bruised rib and tore cartilage in his costal area during the match.
Cavalcante's next fight was set to be against
Joachim Hansen at
Dynamite!! 2008
''Dynamite!! 2008'' was the annual kickboxing and mixed martial arts event held by K-1 & DREAM on New Year's Eve, Wednesday, December 31, 2008, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. It featured eleven DREAM mixed martial arts rules fights ...
on December 31, 2008, but the bout was canceled the day of the event due to Hansen not passing pre-fight medicals and subsequently being hospitalized for a "head injury".
Strikeforce
Cavalcante signed a 4-fight deal with Strikeforce in June 2010. He made his debut against former
Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Josh Thomson
Joshua Joseph Thomson (born September 21, 1977) is an American mixed martial arts podcaster, commentator, analyst and former mixed martial artist. A professional competitor since 2001, Thomson has competed in Bellator MMA, PRIDE, Strikeforce, U ...
, losing by a controversial unanimous decision.
Cavalcante's next fight was against lightweight prospect
Justin Wilcox at
Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum. The fight ended in a no contest after Cavalcante poked Wilcox's eye.
Cavalcante fought
Bobby Green
Bobby Green (born September 9, 1986) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Lightweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2008, Green is the former King ...
on July 30, 2011 at
Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson. He won the fight via split decision.
On the 19th of May 2012, he lost a split decision to
Isaac Vallie-Flagg
Isaac Vallie-Flagg (born April 8, 1978) is an American mixed martial artist, who formerly competed in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2003, he has also formerly competed in Strikefor ...
at
Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier and was subsequently released from Strikeforce.
On June 30, 2012, Cavalcante was knocked out for the first time in his seven-year career by
Luis Palomino
Luis Vicente Palomino (born October 9, 1980) is a Peruvian-American mixed martial artist and bare-knuckle fighter who is the current Lightweight and Welterweight champion for Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, making him the first “double c ...
at CFA 07 in
Coral Gables, Florida
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Coral Gables is known globally as home to the ...
.
Kickboxing
He competed at the ''
Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2012'' in Tokyo, Japan on November 17, 2012. The Shoot Boxing World Tournament, or "S-Cup", is an eight-man, 70 kg/154 lb standing vale tudo tournament that combines striking, throws and submissions held by the
Shoot Boxing Association once every two years. Cavalcante was drawn against
Hiroki Shishido
Hiroki Shishido ( Japanese: 宍戸大樹; born March 16, 1977) is a Japanese welterweight shoot boxer, fighting out of Cesar Gym, Asakusa. He is a former 2004 S-cup world tournament finalist and WMC Intercontinental Super Welterweight champion.
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at the quarter-final stage and lost by majority decision.
He signed with the
Glory kickboxing promotion in August 2013. Cavalcante was set to face
Steve Moxon at ''
Glory 11: Chicago - Heavyweight World Championship Tournament'' in
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Hoffman Estates is a village in Illinois, United States. The village is located primarily in Cook County, with a small section in Kane County. It is a suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 52,530.
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, US on October 12, 2013 but withdrew due to a lingering hand injury and was replaced by Reece McAllister.
World Series of Fighting
Cavalcante faced off against UFC veteran TJ O'Brien at
WSOF 1: Arlovski vs. Cole. He won by submission due to an Achilles lock only 63 seconds into the fight.
JZ next fought undefeated
Justin Gaethje
Justin Ray Gaethje (; born November 14, 1988) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Lightweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is a former Interim UFC Lightweight Champion. As o ...
at WSOF 2. Cavalcante suffered a deep cut on the hairline due to a knee from Gaethje that forced the referee to stop the fight at 2:27 of the opening round.
In his third fight for the promotion, Cavalcante took on Strikeforce and 14 time UFC veteran
Tyson Griffin
Tyson Lee Griffin (born April 20, 1984) is a retired American mixed martial artist who competed in the lightweight division. He competed for the UFC, Strikeforce, the RFA, and the World Series of Fighting.
Background
Griffin was a standout w ...
at
WSOF 4. After a back and forth fight, early in the third round Cavalcante took down an exhausted Griffin and proceeded to land a barrage of undefended punches from the back mount thus winning the fight via TKO.
Cavalcante was scheduled to rematch Justin Gaethje for the inaugural WSOF Lightweight Championship at WSOF 8 on January 18, 2014 in
Hollywood, Florida
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but pulled out due to an undisclosed injury.
Cavalcante faced
Melvin Guillard
Melvin Paul Guillard, Jr. (born March 30, 1983) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Middleweight division. Guillard most notably competed in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Bellator MMA a ...
on July 5, 2014 at
WSOF 11. He lost the fight via TKO in the second round.
Hawn came out of retirement to face
Rick Hawn
Rick Hawn (born September 15, 1976) is a former Olympic judoka and professional mixed martial artist. A professional MMA fighter from 2009 - 2015, Hawn most notably competed for Bellator MMA, where he won the Bellator Season 6 Lightweight Tourn ...
on October 21, 2022 at Combat FC 2. He won the bout via guillotine choke in the second round.
Championships and accomplishments
*
K-1 HERO's
Hero's was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion operated by Fighting and Entertainment Group, the parent entity behind kickboxing organization K-1. Grown from and branched off of K-1's earlier experiments in MMA, including the ''K-1 Romanex' ...
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K-1 HERO's 2006 Middleweight Grand Prix Championship
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K-1 HERO's 2007 Middleweight Grand Prix Championship
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Shooto
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**Shooto Americas Welterweight Championship (1 Time, First, Last)
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Titan Fighting Championship
Titan Fighting Championship (Titan FC) is an American mixed martial arts promotion based out of Pompano Beach, Florida. Their shows were originally run in and near Kansas City and have since expanded to include venues all over North America and e ...
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Titan FC Lightweight Championship (1 Time)
Kickboxing record
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Hiroki Shishido
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Tokyo, Japan
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Tokyo, Japan
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Rick Hawn
Rick Hawn (born September 15, 1976) is a former Olympic judoka and professional mixed martial artist. A professional MMA fighter from 2009 - 2015, Hawn most notably competed for Bellator MMA, where he won the Bellator Season 6 Lightweight Tourn ...
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Dalian
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Melvin Guillard
Melvin Paul Guillard, Jr. (born March 30, 1983) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Middleweight division. Guillard most notably competed in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Bellator MMA a ...
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WSOF 11
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Tyson Griffin
Tyson Lee Griffin (born April 20, 1984) is a retired American mixed martial artist who competed in the lightweight division. He competed for the UFC, Strikeforce, the RFA, and the World Series of Fighting.
Background
Griffin was a standout w ...
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WSOF 4
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Ontario, California
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Justin Gaethje
Justin Ray Gaethje (; born November 14, 1988) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Lightweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is a former Interim UFC Lightweight Champion. As o ...
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WSOF 2
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Luis Palomino
Luis Vicente Palomino (born October 9, 1980) is a Peruvian-American mixed martial artist and bare-knuckle fighter who is the current Lightweight and Welterweight champion for Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, making him the first “double c ...
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Coral Gables, Florida
Coral Gables, officially City of Coral Gables, is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The city is located southwest of Downtown Miami. As of the 2020 U.S. census, it had a population of 49,248.
Coral Gables is known globally as home to the ...
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Isaac Vallie-Flagg
Isaac Vallie-Flagg (born April 8, 1978) is an American mixed martial artist, who formerly competed in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2003, he has also formerly competed in Strikefor ...
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Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier
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Bobby Green
Bobby Green (born September 9, 1986) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Lightweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2008, Green is the former King ...
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Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson
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Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum
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Josh Thomson
Joshua Joseph Thomson (born September 21, 1977) is an American mixed martial arts podcaster, commentator, analyst and former mixed martial artist. A professional competitor since 2001, Thomson has competed in Bellator MMA, PRIDE, Strikeforce, U ...
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Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Noons II
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Katsunori Kikuno
is a Japanese mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist. He was the former List of Deep champions#Lightweight, DEEP Lightweight Champion.
Background
Kikuno started his martial arts training with judo when he was in high school, and was able to t ...
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Dream 15
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Tatsuya Kawajiri
is a Japanese mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight division. He is a former Shooto Lightweight Champion, and has also competed in the UFC, PRIDE, DREAM, Strikeforce, ONE FC, and Rizin Fighting Federation. Kawajiri also partici ...
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Yokohama, Japan
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Shinya Aoki
is a Japanese mixed martial artist, professional wrestler and grappler currently competing in ONE Championship's and Rizin Fighting Federation's Welterweight division. He also competes in DDT Pro-Wrestling where he is a former three-time DDT Ex ...
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Shinya Aoki
is a Japanese mixed martial artist, professional wrestler and grappler currently competing in ONE Championship's and Rizin Fighting Federation's Welterweight division. He also competes in DDT Pro-Wrestling where he is a former three-time DDT Ex ...
, NC (illegal elbows)
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Dream 1: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 First Round
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, align=center, 3:46
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Saitama,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
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, Win
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Andre Amade
, Submission (armbar)
, rowspan=2, Hero's 10
, rowspan=2,
, align=center, 1
, align=center, 4:48
, rowspan=2,
Yokohama
is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of To ...
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Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
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, Win
, align=center, 13–1–1
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Vítor Ribeiro
Vítor de Souza Ribeiro (born February 24, 1979 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a retired professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Lightweight division. A professional competitor since 2001, he has formerly compet ...
, TKO (punches)
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, align=center, 0:35
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, Win
, align=center, 12–1–1
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Nam Phan
Nhat Nam Si Phan (born March 13, 1983), better known as Nam Phan, is an American retired mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist and professional boxer. A professional in mixed martial arts since 2001, Phan has also competed for the Ultimate Fig ...
, TKO (punches)
,
Dynamite!! USA
''SoftBank presents Dynamite!! USA'' was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event co-promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG), the promoters of K-1 kickboxing events and Hero's MMA events, and EliteXC. The event was held on Saturday, June 2, ...
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, align=center, 1
, align=center, 0:26
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Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...
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United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
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, Win
, align=center, 11–1–1
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Caol Uno
(born May 8, 1975) is a Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler. He is the Co-Champion of the UFC 41 Lightweight Tournament and a former Shooto Lightweight Champion. As one of the early Ultimate Fighting Championship's el ...
, Decision (majority)
, rowspan=2, Hero's 7
, rowspan=2,
, align=center, 2
, align=center, 5:00
, rowspan=2,
Yokohama
is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of To ...
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Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
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, -
, Win
, align=center, 10–1–1
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Rani Yahya
Rani Ahmad Yahya (born September 12, 1984) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and BJJ practitioner. He won the 66 kg division of the prestigious ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship in April 2007. He currently fights in t ...
, Submission (guillotine choke)
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, align=center, 0:39
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, -
, Win
, align=center, 9–1–1
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Hiroyuki Takaya
Hiroyuki Takaya ( Japanese: 高谷裕之, ''Takaya Hiroyuki'', born June 10, 1977) is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently competing in the Featherweight division. A professional competitor since 2003, Takaya has fought in the WEC, Strikefo ...
, KO (flying knee)
, Hero's 6
,
, align=center, 1
, align=center, 0:30
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Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
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Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
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, Win
, align=center, 8–1–1
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Hidetaka Monma
Hidetaka Monma () (October 23, 1973), is a Japanese mixed martial artist who last competed in 2014. A professional since 2001, he competed for Pancrase, DREAM, DEEP, RINGS, and K-1 HERO'S.
Background
Monma began training in jujutsu at age of 13 ...
, TKO (punches)
, Hero's 5
,
, align=center, 1
, align=center, 2:08
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Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
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Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
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, Win
, align=center, 7–1–1
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Michihiro Omigawa
is a retrired Japanese mixed martial artist, judoka and submission grappler, who mainly competed in the Featherweight division. A professional competitor since 2005, Omigawa competed in the UFC, PRIDE, Cage Rage, World Victory Road, D ...
, KO (punches)
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Cage Rage 14
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, align=center, 1
, align=center, 0:49
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London, England
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major s ...
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United Kingdom
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, Draw
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Ryan Schultz
Ryan James Schultz (born July 4, 1977) is an American mixed martial artist who last competed in 2013. A professional since 2003, he has competed in the WEC, IFL, and Japan's World Victory Road. He was the last International Fight League Lightwe ...
, Draw
, SF 11: Rumble at the Rose Garden
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, align=center, 3
, align=center, 5:00
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Portland, Oregon
Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co ...
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United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
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, -
, Win
, align=center, 6–1
, Henry Matamoros
, Decision (unanimous)
, HOOKnSHOOT: The Return
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, align=center, 3
, align=center, 5:00
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Evansville, Indiana
Evansville is a city in, and the county seat of, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. The population was 118,414 at the 2020 census, making it the state's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, the largest city in ...
,
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
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Won Shooto Americas Welterweight Championship
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, Win
, align=center, 5–1
, Cengiz Dana
, Submission (guillotine choke)
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Cage Warriors 9: Xtreme Xmas
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, align=center, 3
, align=center, 4:55
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Sheffield, England
Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and ...
,
United Kingdom
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, -
, Win
, align=center, 4–1
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Bart Palaszewski
, Submission (guillotine choke)
, IHC 8: Ethereal
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, align=center, 1
, align=center, 1:03
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Hammond, Indiana
Hammond ( ) is a city in Lake County, Indiana. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area, and the only city in Indiana to border Chicago. First settled in the mid-19th century, it is one of the oldest cities of northern Lake County. As of the ...
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United States
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, Win
, align=center, 3–1
, Sebastian Korschilgen
, Submission (kimura)
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Shooto
Shooto is a combat sport and mixed martial arts organization that is governed by the ''Shooto Association'' and the ''International Shooto Commission''. Shooto was originally formed in 1985, first as a particular fighting system and then in 198 ...
: Switzerland 2
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, align=center, N/A
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Zurich,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
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, Loss
, align=center, 2–1
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Joachim Hansen
, Decision (majority)
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Shooto: 7/16 in Korakuen Hall
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, align=center, 3
, align=center, 5:00
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Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
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, -
, Win
, align=center, 2–0
, Brad Mohler
, Submission (achilles lock)
, HOOKnSHOOT: Live
,
, align=center, 1
, align=center, 1:32
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Evansville, Indiana
Evansville is a city in, and the county seat of, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. The population was 118,414 at the 2020 census, making it the state's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, the largest city in ...
,
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
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, -
, Win
, align=center, 1–0
, Justin Wiesniewski
, Submission (guillotine choke)
, AFC 7
,
, align=center, 1
, align=center, 1:53
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale () is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the county seat of and largest city in Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the 2020 census, making it the tenth ...
,
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
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See also
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List of male mixed martial artists
This is a list of notable professional male mixed martial arts fighters in alphabetical order.
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* Shamil Abdurakhimov - ( M-1, UFC)
* Daichi Abe - (UFC, Pancrase)
* Hiroyuki Abe - (Shooto, KOTC, Cage Rage, DEEP, Pride)
* Papy Ab ...
References
External links
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American Top Team
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Living people
Brazilian male mixed martial artists
Brazilian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Brazilian catch wrestlers
Lightweight mixed martial artists
Mixed martial artists utilizing Luta Livre
Mixed martial artists utilizing catch wrestling
Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Brazilian male kickboxers
Middleweight kickboxers
Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
1983 births
People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu