Vinicius Bittencourt Almeida Magalhães (born July 30, 1971) is a
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu sixth degree black belt under
Carlos Gracie, Jr. and also at the same time a brown belt in Judo, and a Muay Thai expert. He has been teaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for over 18 years. He has instructed
mixed martial arts
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In the early 20th century, various inter-s ...
and grappling champions. Draculino has produced such talent as Joaquim Ferreira,
Romulo Barral
Romulo Barral (born May 3, 1982) is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitor and coach. He is a black belt under Vinicius "Draculino" Magalhães and competes for Gracie Barra, where he has won numerous championships. Romulo ...
,
Alberto Crane, Marcelo Azevedo, Cristiano Titi, and
Samuel Braga.
Draculino grew up 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 bro ...
,
Ralph Gracie
Ralph Gracie (born May 25, 1971) is a retired Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and jiu-jitsu black belt. A member of the famed Gracie family, he is the son of Robson Gracie and the brother of 11 Gracies, including Charles Gracie, Renz ...
, and
Renzo Gracie
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, taking classes under both
Jean Jacques Machado
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and
Carlos Gracie, Jr. at the original
Gracie Barra Academy. He began competition early, earning championships from the blue belt upwards. In 2007, Draculino, Ryan Gracie, and Roberto Gordo founded Gracie Fusion MMA team. The unexpected death of Ryan put the fledgling team in question, but Draculino and Gordo kept the team active in tribute to Ryan's memory.
Vinicius previously signed a two-fight contract with
Strikeforce
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, and won his debut fight via decision against Rocky Long. He never completed his contract, as Strikeforce ceased operations in 2013.
He is currently the Regional Director for Gracie Barra Texas.
Competitive accomplishments
* 4x Pan American Champion (once in the master division)
* Pan American No-Gi Champion in master division
* 2x Brazilian National Champion
* 2x Silver Medalist of World BJJ Championships
* No-Gi International Master and Senior Champion
* Abu-Dhabi Contender
He (along with Renzo Gracie) is also one of the innovators of the Spider guard and one of the first to use it successfully in competition. The spider guard is now a mainstay guard in BJJ with hundreds of sweeps, submissions and variation that come from it.
Instructor lineage
Mitsuyo Maeda
naturalized as Otávio Maeda (),Virgílio, p. 9 was a Japanese people, Japanese-born judo, ''judōka'' and prizefighter in no holds barred competitions. He was known as Count Combat or ''Conde Koma'' in Spanish and Portuguese, a nickname he pi ...
→
Carlos Gracie, Sr. →
Helio Gracie
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→
Carlos Gracie Jr.
Carlos "Carlinhos" Gracie Jr. (born January 17, 1956) is a Brazilian 8th-degree coral belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) practitioner, instructor, and coach. A member of the Gracie family, he is the son of Carlos Gracie, one of the founders of Br ...
→ Vinicius Magalhães
Mixed martial arts record
, -
, Win
, align=center, 2–1
, Rocky Long
, Decision (unanimous)
,
Strikeforce: Houston
,
, align=center, 3
, align=center, 3:00
,
Houston, Texas
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, United States
,
, -
, Loss
, align=center, 1–1
,
Fábio Mello
, TKO (cut)
, Storm Samurai 8
,
, align=center, 1
, align=center, N/A
,
Brasília
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, Brazil
,
, -
, Win
, align=center, 1–0
, Kleber Gaudino
, Submission (arm-triangle choke)
, Heat FC 2: Evolution
,
, align=center, 1
, align=center, 4:55
,
Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
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, Brazil
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Notes
External links
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* http://www.DraculinoBJJTraining.com
* http://www.GracieBarraTx.com
* https://www.youtube.com/DraculinoTeamTx
*http://www.Bjj.org
* http://www.draculino.com
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Living people
Brazilian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu
1971 births
Brazilian male mixed martial artists
Featherweight mixed martial artists
Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Martial artists from Rio de Janeiro (city)
People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu