Fernando "Tererê" Augusto
| Fernando Augusto da Silva | |
|---|---|
| Born | Fernando Augusto da Silva November 15, 1979 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Other names | Tererê |
| Residence | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 181 lb (82 kg; 12.9 st) |
| Division | Middleweight |
| Style | Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Fighting out of | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Team | Fernando Tererê Jiu Jitsu |
| Rank | 3rd degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Brazil
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| Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | ||
| World Championship | ||
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2000 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | -82kg |
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2001 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | -82kg |
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2003 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | -82kg |
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2004 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | +100kg |
| Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | ||
| Pan American Championship | ||
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2004 California, USA | -82kg |
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2004 California, USA | Absolute |
| Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | ||
| Brazilian National Championship | ||
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2001 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | -82kg |
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2001 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Absolute |
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2003 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | -82kg |
Fernando Augusto da Silva (born November 15, 1979) is a former Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor, mixed martial arts fighter, and submission grappler. He is a black belt under professor Alexandre Paiva of Team Alliance. Tererê is a two-time World Champion in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (2000 and 2003) in black belt division. He has also won a number of other Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitions, including Pan-American Championship, South-American Championship, Copa do Mundo and Brazilian National Championship.
Tererê is known as one of the most influential competitors of all-time, as well as the most entertaining, because of his aggressive and highly active style.
Born in the slums of Cantagalo, Rio de Janeiro, Tererê began his fighting career by training capoeira, dealing drugs, and running away from the police. His Brazilian jiu-jitsu career began at the age of 14 when professor Otavio Couto invited him to try Brazilian jiu-jitsu at his recently opened gym in Leblon, Rio de Janeiro. Professor Couto had met Tererê and his friends parking cars at McDonalds on Rua de Amoedo, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro. At the gym, Couto and other teachers, Alexandre Paiva and Roberto Traven, were impressed by Tererê's passion and desire to learn and began to teach him the techniques and principles of jiu-jitsu.
The first big victory for him was when in 1994 he won the Brazilian Championship. In 1997 he won the World Championship (Mundials) as a blue belt. In 1998 Professor Couto awarded Tererê with a purple belt, who later that year won the open weight division in the Mundials.
A year later Fernando received a brown belt from professor Paiva and won the Mundials in his weight division (under 181 lbs), beating 2000 champion and future UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn in the semi-final.
Some time after the competition professor Fabio Gurgel invited Tererê to São Paulo to train with him. Before leaving, Tererê received his black belt from professor Paiva. Next year in the Mundials Tererê won his weight class, first time as a black belt. By that time he had won the title in every belt class available. He went to win the title again in 2003.
Despite being fairly light weight (weighing around 165 lbs) Tererê competed the 2004 Championships in ultra-heavy class (over 221 lbs) finishing second, only losing to Fabrício Werdum in the final by points.
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