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, incorpo ...

currently competing in the

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division. He was the 2006 and 2007 K-1 HERO Middleweight Champion, and has also fought for

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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 ...

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

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. Cavalcante also participated in the

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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

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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

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by TKO in the first round and Andre Amade by submission via

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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

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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

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. 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

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. 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

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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

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, 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

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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

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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

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at CFA 07 in

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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

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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

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at '' Glory 11: Chicago - Heavyweight World Championship Tournament'' in

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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

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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

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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

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but pulled out due to an undisclosed injury. Cavalcante faced

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on July 5, 2014 at

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. He lost the fight via TKO in the second round. Hawn came out of retirement to face

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on October 21, 2022 at Combat FC 2. He won the bout via guillotine choke in the second round.

Championships and accomplishments

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** K-1 HERO's 2006 Middleweight Grand Prix Championship ** K-1 HERO's 2007 Middleweight Grand Prix Championship *

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** Titan FC Lightweight Championship (1 Time)

Kickboxing record

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