Wallid Farid Ismail ( ar, وليد فريد إسماعيل, born February 23, 1968) is a Brazilian

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 ...

and promoter. Ismail holds a black belt in

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 ...

(BJJ) under Carlson Gracie, and is an IVC mixed martial arts world champion and BJJ Champion. Ismail is considered one of the first professional fighters in BJJ. Because of his specially dedicated training, as he had many sponsors and did not have to teach or have another job, unlike most of the other competitors in the country at the time. In mixed martial arts, Ismail also competed for the UFC, and

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, and most of wins in the sport came by way of submission. After his career, he became heavily involved in the business side of MMA. He is the founder and promoter of

Jungle Fight Jungle Fight is a Brazilian mixed martial arts and kickboxing promotion. It was created in 2003. The name is derived from its origin, the Amazonas state in Brazil. History Jungle Fight was founded by pioneering MMA fighter and long-time Bra ...

, Brazil's largest MMA promotion, and also manager of multiple fighters.

Background

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heritage, Ismail started training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu in 1980 in his home state of Amazonas in

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under Ary Almeida, and then, in 1984, he moved to

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, Brazil, and started training under his master, the late Carlson Gracie, who described Ismail as a "hairy and chubby guy," but had a desire to succeed, as he would be known for later in his career and stayed by the side of his master until the day Carlson died in 2006. Gracie had allowed Ismail to train with his camp even though Ismail had no money to afford the teaching." Wallid then started to compete in jiu-jitsu tournaments, becoming champion several times, and defeating four members of the famous

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in competition.

Victories over the Gracie family

Ismail was willing to face the Gracie family's main branch due to their enmity with their relative Carlson. Ismail had also expressed: "I always felt belittled for not being born with the Gracie name. Some of the Gracies never trained at all, but they got all this attention. Other people trained just as hard, but no one paid them the least bit of attention." After his first championship wins, Ismail had a famous duel with

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, whom he believed the Gracie family had trained specifically to beat him for three years. The Carlson Gracie apprentice defeated Ralph at the Copa Rio Sport Center, winning a referee decision. In 1993, Wallid scored another victory over a Gracie when he defeated

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, who would have been training for two years for revenge. Ismail then challenged the main members of the family, Rickson and

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, stating that he would fight them in any style anywhere. Only Royce accepted the challenge, though demanding special conditions for the fight, like having no point scoring and no time limit, thus making the fight only winnable by submission. With renowned Hélio Vigio as the referee, the bout took place on December 17, 1998, and was won by Ismail after four minutes and fifty three seconds, choking Gracie unconscious with the Relógio (also known as clock choke or ''koshi-jime'' in

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), a move that has been associated with Wallid ever since. The bout had a significant international repercussion due to Royce's previous career in

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,''Wallid Ismail Challenges Rickson, Ink Panther Deal'', Black Belt magazine, June 1999 to the point Keith Vargo from the '' Black Belt'' magazine stated, "One thing is certain: Royce Gracie is no longer the messiah of unarmed combat he once was."Keith Vargo, ''Royce Gracie is Only Human'', Black Belt magazine, April 1999 After the match, Ismail challenged Rickson again, but the latter was declared inactive in the sport. Royce's side tried then to negotiate a rematch, which was accepted, but according to Ismail, they withdrew from the proposition after several months. Rickson later criticized Ismail, calling him an "average fighter" and stating "I never felt like he's someone I have to respect as a fighter." Wallid was also famous for his personal enmity with

Ryan Gracie Ryan Gracie (August 13, 1974 – December 15, 2007) was a Brazilian mixed martial artist with a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He was a member of the Gracie family, and a grandson of Carlos Gracie. Career Ryan trained with his ...

. Ryan agreed to fight Wallid at mixed martial arts match at

World Extreme Cagefighting World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) was an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion founded in 2001. It was purchased by Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), in 2006. In its final incarnation, it was mad ...

in January 2000; however, Ryan dropped out of the event, and instead proposed fighting in April 2001, but he had to drop again after being arrested for fighting in a bar.

Feud with Edson Carvalho

In 1996, Wallid was involved in a violent incident with Edson Carvalho, a judo black belt and fellow Carlson Gracie trainee. The matter took place in

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's judo school, which both Ismail and Carvalho were attending at the time. After heated words among the two, a sparring turned into an all-out fight when Ismail and Carvalho attacked each other. Mehdi intervened to break up the brawl and expel them out of the academy, but the two fighters resumed fighting as soon as they were in the street. Seeing the situation, Mehdi opted for calling the police, but it arrived too late and didn't compromise to break up the violence, and meanwhile Wallid was brutally beaten down and left unconscious and profusely bleeding. After the incident was finally over, Ismail had to be attended by Mehdi himself and spent a week in an ICU, with 20 stitches in his head, both orbital bones broken and many other facial injuries. The incident had deep repercussions. Carvalho's coach, Antônio Lacerda a.k.a. Mestre da Morte, declared himself prideful of his trainee's act and actually paraded through the city with the bloody gi jacket of Ismail. Carlson Gracie, who was teaching in United States at the time, returned to Brazil and attacked Lacerda in a public meeting, challenging him to a fight, but nothing came from it. Ismail claims that Edson's brother Ricardo Carvalho intervened actively in the brawl and that it became a 2-on-1, but Mehdi himself dismissed this version and assured that the fight was fair.

Mixed martial arts

Early career at Vale Tudo

In 1991, Wallid Ismail, at the time a brown belt, caused controversy for publishing incendiary and provocative articles in newspaper ''

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'' where he declared

Luta Livre Luta Livre (, lit. ''freestyle fighting''), known in Brazil as Luta Livre Brasileira (lit. ''Brazilian freestyle fighting'') or Luta Livre Submission, and also Brazilian Submission Wrestling, is a Brazilian martial arts and combat sport created ...

—whose practitioners had a rivalry with jiu-jitsu—was nothing more than a cheap copy of BJJ and its fighters were inferior, challenging Luta Livre fighters for a fight. In response, a few days later a group of Luta Livre invaded the ''Copa Nastra'' jiu-jitsu tournament, which Ismail was competing, in order to fight him. The situation was descalated by Carlson Gracie who instead offered to the Luta Livre fighters to instead organize a public challenge between the two martial arts.

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, who became the promoter of the event, convinced

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, Brazil's largest media network, to broadcast the event live on television. He first pitched to the network as a pure

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event, but changed the rules to be a no-holds-barred

Vale Tudo Vale Tudo (; en, Everything Goes/Everything Allowed), also known No Holds Barred (NHB) in the United States, is an unarmed, full-contact combat sport with relatively few rules. It became popular in Brazil during the 20th century and would even ...

event. The event became known as ''Desafio - Jiu Jitsu vs Luta Livre'', Ismail was escalated to represent BJJ and fight Luta Livre representative

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. The match saw both fighters extensively exchanging strikes, Ismail used his aggressive jiu-jitsu to takedown Tadeu and apply an early form of

Ground-and-Pound 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 ...

, punishing him with

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and by throwing him outside the ring multiple times. After 16 minutes of fighting, Ismail threw him outside the ring one last time and the tired and injured Tadeu wasn't able to come back in, giving the victory to Ismail by TKO. He later went to compete at Universal Vale Tudo Fighting. He first fought Australian Dennis Kefalinos, winning in short time, and went to face Japanese

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Katsumi Usuda, hailing from Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi. Katsumi offered resistance to Wallid's attempts to pass guard, but he was eventually mounted and punched. The fight then turned controversial, as Usuda tapped out unceasingly only for the referee to ignore it and allow Ismail to choke him out. They met again in Japan, but Ismail won again. In 1998, he defeated

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by submission due to strikes, and then defeated Gary Myers via decision.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

In 1997, Ismail had his debut for

at the UFC 12 event, where he was paired with

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fighter

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. The fight would become infamous for its irregularities and disregard for the rules, as Takahashi seemed to be uninformed of the event's ruleset, continuously grabbing the fence in response to takedown attempts, while Ismail intentionally ignored them later on. When Wallid first tried to take Kazuo down, they hit the cage wall and stayed on it, grabbing the fence despite the referee's continuous warnings. Shortly after, Wallid went on to score multiple successful takedown attempts, though Kazuo went on to knock Wallid down with a right hand, which at first seemed to end the fight, but the Japanese wrestler stood waiting, believing his opponent would receive a 10 count like it was done in Pancrase; when he learned that the match would continue, he tried to kick Ismail, but it happened to be an illegal attack because he was wearing

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. Recovering the pace, Ismail

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d Kazuo, which was also legal, after which the Japanese wrestler asked for time to check it out, which was refused, as the UFC didn't include it in their rules unlike Pancrase. Takahashi had also to be informed of the end of the round, as he didn't know its duration. However, the most shocking event of the night came at its end: having been informed that groin attacks were legal, Takahashi slid his hand inside Ismail's trunks, tore away his protective cup and started striking his groin, which the Brazilian tried to counter by eye-gouging him again. Ismail lost the fight by unanimous decision. After the bout, Ismail criticized his opponent for holding the fence, though he also stated him being in bad shape as another reason for his defeat.

PRIDE

Ismail then signed with

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, making his debut at Pride 4 against Japanese fighter

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. Although he was the smaller fighter, Ismail controlled Shoji early, but later in the fight, Ismail became exhausted and Shoji finished him with strikes. Ismail later stated that

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from the trip to Japan was the cause for his exhaustion, not poor conditioning.Rodney Ley, ''Wallid Ismail Opens Fire! 'The Gracie Exterminator' Speaks About Royce, Ralph, Renzo and Rickson'', Black Belt Magazine, September 1999 Ismail returned at

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with a win by arm triangle over

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. His next fight in

was a decision loss in a technical ground fight to

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at Pride 19. Ismail won the last two fights of his career in 2002 in Japan.

Post fight career

In 2003, Ismail did several special appearances for

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promotion

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. Siding with

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and his faction of fighters opposed to NJPW, he was expected to debut as an active wrestler in August, teaming up with

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and his allies. However, for unknown reasons, this never came to fruition, and he eventually remained in a non-wrestling role. The same year, Ismail also proposed aggressively a rematch with

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under mixed martial arts rules, criticizing Gracie as a "fake fighter." Wallid also founded the

Jungle Fight Championship Jungle Fight is a Brazilian mixed martial arts and kickboxing promotion. It was created in 2003. The name is derived from its origin, the Amazonas state in Brazil. History Jungle Fight was founded by pioneering MMA fighter and long-time Bra ...

promotion in Brazil, and was often in the corner of

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and

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in their UFC fights. He became manager of multiple MMA fighters from Brazil, many which pass through Jungle Fight. He most notably manages UFC Flyweight Champion

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, strawweight

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and middleweight

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. He also acts as an interpreter for the fighters who can't speak english that he manages, although his translations have caused controversy as he has made innacurate translations or added his own thoughts and opinions on them. In a May 2021 interview with

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, Ismail said that UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya "has homosexual instincts and he should be studied by science". Adesanya had earlier caused controversy by simulating anal sex on a prone

, one of Ismail's fighters, after defeating Costa at

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in September 2020.Israel Adesanya ‘couldn’t give a f—k’ about Paulo Costa hump rumpus: ‘It was justified’
Jesse Holland, mmamania.com (October 12, 2020)

Mixed martial arts record

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, Decision (unanimous) , PRIDE 19 - Bad Blood , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 , Saitama, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 7–2 ,

, Technical Submission (arm triangle choke) ,

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, Decision , UFC 12 - Judgement Day , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 15:00 ,

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, TKO (injury) , Desafio - Jiu Jitsu vs. Luta Livre , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 16:18 , Grajaú, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ,

Submission grappling record (incomplete)

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References

External links

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