Vinny Magalhaes
| Vinny Magalhaes | |
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| Born | Vinicius de Magalhaes July 2, 1984 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Other names | Pezao |
| Residence | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb) |
| Division | Light Heavyweight (205 lb) |
| Reach | 79 in (201 cm) |
| Fighting out of | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Team | Syndicate MMA Hyena Muay Thai |
| Teacher(s) | Royler Gracie, Vinicius Aieta, Eddie Bravo, Mark Beecher (Muay Thai) |
| Rank | 3rd Degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt |
| Years active | 2006-2016 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 23 |
| Wins | 14 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 11 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Losses | 8 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 1 |
| By decision | 5 |
| No contests | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Hero=Renato Laranja |
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| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Brazil
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| Grappling | ||
| Abu Dhabi Combat Club | ||
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2015 Sao Paulo, |
+99kg |
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2011 Nottingham, |
+99kg |
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2009 Barcelona, |
Absolute |
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2009 Barcelona, |
-99kg |
| World Jiu-Jitsu Championship (No Gi) | ||
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2007 Los Angeles, |
-97.8kg |
| World Jiu-Jitsu Championship (Gi) | ||
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2007 Long Beach, |
+100.5kg |
Vinicius de Magalhães (Portuguese pronunciation: [maɡaˈʎɐ̃ȷ̃ʃ]; born July 2, 1984), is a Brazilian retired mixed martial artist who competed in the World Series of Fighting's Light Heavyweight division. He was a finalist in The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir and has fought five times within two stints with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the former Titan FC Light Heavyweight Champion, M-1 Global Light Heavyweight Champion and is also a multiple time jiu-jitsu gi and no-gi world champion.
Magalhaes was born and raised in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Magalhaes played football, beach volleyball and began training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu when he was 14 years old.
Magalhães was promoted to Black Belt by his Instructors Vinicius Aieta and Royler Gracie, on the Podium after winning thirteen matches (Ten by Submissions), and taking home two Gold Medals in the 2005 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship as a Laranje Belt. Magalhães has recently expressed that he's been training in different grappling styles such as Sambo (primarily leg locks) and Catch Wrestling. He is also known, despite his background in Brazilian Jujitsu, as being one of the primary pioneers (along with Shinya Aoki and others) of 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu techniques in MMA.
In 2007, Magalhães would become the first Jiu-Jitsu No Gi World Champion in the Super Heavyweight Division as a Renato Belt.
In 2009, Magalhães had an impressive performance in the most prestigious Grappling Tournament in the World, the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship, winning 2 Bronze Medals (Under 99 kg Division and Absolute Division). On his way to win the Bronze Medal in his weight Division, Magalhães defeated BJJ World Champion Rodrigo Cavaca (1st Round, Inverted Heel Hook),the 2003 ADCC World Champion and 2x BJJ Absolute World Champion Marcio Cruz(Quarter-Finals, Flying Armbar), ADCC Brazil Trial Winner and Fellow MMA fighter Glover Teixeira (3rd Place Match, Armbar) and Losing a razor edge decision on points to the eventual Champion Xande Ribeiro (Semi-Final, Points). On his run for his second Bronze Medal, Magalhães beat the 2005 ADCC Absolute World Champion Dean Lister by Judges Decision, moving on to the Quarter-Finals against the 2X NCAA Wrestler and MMA ProspectChris Weidman, who he beat by Flying Armbar (His second in the Competition), which put him in the Semi-Final against Braulio Estima, who beat Magalhães by points, and became the eventual Absolute Champion. In the 3rd Place match, Magalhães used his experience against Gunnar Nelson to score a Takedown in the last few seconds of the over time to guarantee his second Bronze Medal in his first ADCC.
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