Luiz Carlos Dórea Barreto (born March 7, 1965) is a

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and

mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting combat sport, sport based on strike (attack), striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-s ...

trainer from Brazil and is also a retired boxer. He trained many boxers like Acelino Freitas, Éverton Lopes and Adriana Araújo and mixed martial artists like

Anderson Silva Anderson da Silva (; born 14 April 1975) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and professional boxer. He is a former UFC Middleweight Champion and holds the record for the longest title reign in UFC history at 2,457 days. This started in 2006 ...

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, Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira and Antônio Rogério Nogueira.

Boxing and MMA training career

Early training camp and founding of Champion academy

Dórea started as a trainer in 1988, after the decease of his boxing trainer. He decided to open a training camp on his garage, just for practicing. At 1990, he founded the academy Champion (''Academia Champion/Champion Team''). It began to grow over the years and quickly gained the fame of being the root to many of the greatest Brazilian boxers.

Trainer titles: Boxing and MMA world titles and olympic medal

Dórea was the trainer of Acelino Freitas (''Popó''). He earned a Pan American silver medal in 1995 in

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and won multiple titles in

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and WBA between 1999 and 2006. Dórea trains former UFC Middleweight Champion

since 2003. He trains also

. Dórea was the first trainer of Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (''Minotauro''), but in 1994 he left to the

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to practice and teach Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and was distant during the earning of his RINGS and

Pride FC 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 ...

titles. Dórea asked to Nogueira come back to train with him only after 2002. Nogueira later won the UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship. As a Nogueira's partner,

(''Cigano'') was also trained by Dórea for all of his UFC bouts, including his victory over Cain Velasquez for the Heavyweight championship and all title defenses. Dórea was also the boxing coach for Team dos Santos in '' The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos'', for Team Vitor in '' The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil'' and for Team Nogueira in '' The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2''. In the

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, Dórea was a Brazilian boxing coach for Athens 2004,

Beijing 2008 The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fr ...

and

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. Adriana Araújo, Dórea's student, earned a bronze medal in London 2012.

Other occupations

Dórea is a civil police investigator and was a city councillor candidate for the city of Salvador in the Brazilian 2012 elections.

Boxing record

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, Victoria,

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, align=left, For WBC International light welterweight title. , -align=center , Win , 6–0–1 , align=left, Alejandro Balsamo, , align=left, PTS , 10 , 1989-03-10 , align=left, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil , align=left, , -align=center , Win , 5–0–1 , align=left, Domingo Guzman Nunez, , align=left, TKO , 5 (12) , 1988-06-10 , align=left, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil , align=left, Retained WBC International welterweight title. , -align=center , Win , 4–0–1 , align=left, Tony Jones, , align=left, PTS , 12 , 1988-02-26 , align=left, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil , align=left, Won WBC International welterweight title. , -align=center , Win , 3–0–1 , align=left, Billy Wooten, , align=left, TKO , 3 (10) , 1987-12-11 , align=left, Brazil , align=left, , -align=center , Win , 2–0–1 , align=left, Alfredo Yvan Ayala, , align=left, PTS , 10 , 1987-10-08 , align=left, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil , align=left, , -align=center , Win , 1–0–1 , align=left, Jesse Maciel, , align=left, TKO , 10 (12) , 1987-08-14 , align=left, Brazil , align=left, , -align=center , Draw , 0–0–1 , align=left, Francisco Mesquita Pereira, , align=left, PTS , 6 , 1986-12-07 , align=left, Hotel Quatro Rodas, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil , align=left, , -align=center

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dorea, Luiz Carlos 1965 births Living people Sportspeople from Salvador, Bahia Martial artists from Bahia Olympic coaches Boxing trainers Mixed martial arts trainers Brazilian male boxers 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen