Cezar Ferreira
| Cezar Ferreira | |
|---|---|
| Born | Cezar Jesus Ferreira February 15, 1985 Ibitinga, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Other names | Mutante |
| Residence | Coral Springs, Florida, United States |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 184 lb (83 kg; 13.1 st) |
| Division | Middleweight |
| Reach | 78.0 in (198 cm) |
| Style | Capoeira, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, Kickboxing , Boxing, Wrestling, |
| Fighting out of | Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Team |
Jaco Hybrid Training Center (Blackzilians) Extreme Couture |
| Rank | 3rd degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Master in Capoeira |
| Years active | 2007-present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 17 |
| Wins | 11 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| By submission | 3 |
| By decision | 5 |
| Losses | 6 |
| By knockout | 4 |
| By decision | 2 |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Cezar Jesus Ferreira (born February 15, 1985), better known in his home country Brazil as Cezar Mutante, is a mixed martial artist who competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Ferreira has fought in Brazil and in the United States. He is the inaugural winner of Globo's The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil.
Ferreira grew up wrestling and practicing Brazilian jiu-jitsu throughout his childhood and adolescence. Viewing tapes of UFC Hall of Famer Royce Gracie fighting caused his interest in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and MMA to grow. However, after having a rough home life and having to leave at seventeen years old, Mutante found Vitor Belfort who took him in as his own son, helping to raise him and take care of him. Belfort began training Ferreira in MMA at his gym.
On April 29, 2007, Ferreira made his professional debut in a one-night middleweight tournament for Xtreme Fighting Championships in Brazil. He fought Andre Severo, winning via TKO at 1:29 of round one. In the next round of the tournament, Ferreira suffered his first defeat, losing to Antônio Braga Neto via decision. Ferreira took a long leave of absences from fighting after his wife got pregnant.
Three years after his debut, Ferreira returned to active competition, fighting on the Bitetti Combat 6 card against Felipe Arinelli. Ferreira won the fight after choking Arinelli unconscious with a D'arce choke in the second round. Only a few months later Ferreira, again, fought for Bitetti Combat, fighting on their seventh event. He defeated Cassiano Ricardo Castanho de Freitas via TKO (doctor stoppage) in the second round.
Ferreira then traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada, United States to train with Vitor at Xtreme Couture. He was placed on the Ring of Fire 40 card in Broomfield, Colorado on April 16, 2011. Ferreira defeated Chaun Sims via knockout only 17 seconds into round one. Ferreira took his second professional defeat at Superior Cage Combat 2 in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 20, 2011, losing to Elvis Mutapcic via one-punch knockout.
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