Ruas Vale Tudo
| Marco Ruas | |
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| Born | January 23, 1961 |
| Other names | The King of the Streets |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st) |
| Fighting out of | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Team | Ruas Vale Tudo |
| Rank |
7th Degree Black Belt in Luta Livre under Roberto Leitão Sr. 1st Degree Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Joe Moreira 1st Degree Black belt in Judo under Vinícius Ruas 1st Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo Mestre rank / Red and White Cord in Capoeira under Mestre Camisa (José Tadeu Carneiro Cardoso) Mestre rank in Muay Thai (Confederação Brasileira de Muay Thai) |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 15 |
| Wins | 9 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 8 |
| Losses | 4 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Draws | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Marco Antônio de Lima Ruas (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmaʁku ˈʁuɐs]; born January 23, 1961) is a retired mixed martial arts fighter and instructor. Ruas was the UFC 7 Tournament Champion, and also competed for PRIDE Fighting Championships and the IFL.
Ruas is the founder of Ruas Vale Tudo, a hybrid of Brazilian submission fighting and kickboxing. He also used to train in the art of capoeira with renowned Mestre Camisa in Rio de Janeiro at the Santa Luzia club, downtown Rio. He has instructed fighters such as Pedro Rizzo and Renato Sobral. He is also a black belt in Luta-Livre, who faced up a legendary quarrel against the brazilian jiu-jitsu fighters in the 80s and 90s. After the match against Pinduka, he started training in brazilian jiu-jitsu with Osvaldo Alves. Later he trained Joe Moreira before his fight against the Russian boxer Yuri Vaulin. Seeing his good skills in grappling, Moreira gave him a black belt in brazilian jiu-jitsu and caused a commotion among his fellow Brazilians. His instructors included Euclydes Hatem.
Ruas debuted in Ultimate Fighting Championship at the UFC 7 event. He firstly faced Larry Cureton, who outweighed him by 40 lbs, but Ruas submitted him with a heel hook after a methodical grapple. His next opponent was the judoka Remco Pardoel, who early tried a guillotine choke, but Ruas blocked it and grinded him with foot stomps. After a failed heel hook attempt, Ruas controlled Pardoel and attacked him with knees and punches on the ground, making him tap out. Ruas's final fight was against 6'8", 330 lb Paul Varelans, and he showed his muay thai skills by overwhelming Varlans with punch combos and repeated leg kicks. He also used again his characteristic foot stomps when Paul clinched him against the cage. At the end, Varelans could not take more kicks to his legs and fell to the ground, where Ruas pounded him until the referee stopped the fight, giving Ruas the victory of the tournament.
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