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Vale Tudo Relics: The UFC Debuts in Brazil The South American country has played host to more Ultimate Fighting Championship events than any other nation on the planet outside the United...
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Pictures: UFC 17.5 The Ultimate Fighting Championship's first trip to the birthplace of vale tudo, UFC 17.5 or "Ultimate Brazil," took place on Oct. 16, 1998 in...
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IVC 2: The Birth of Wanderlei Silva In the wake of Wanderlei Silva's selection to the UFC Hall of Fame, Marcelo Alonso shares some exclusive photos and anecdotes from the...
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Pictures - IVC 2 A 21-year-old Wanderlei Silva burst onto the scene at the IVC 2 one-night tournament on Sept. 15, 1997.
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U-Japan: The Night That Severn, Frye, Kimo and Wallid Ran Roughshod over Tokyo In November 1996, nearly a year before Pride Fighting Championships, an upstart Japanese promotion put on an ambitious card stacked with some of the world's best fighters. Marcelo Alonso shares...
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Pictures - U-Japan On Nov. 17, 1996, an ambitious promoter put on a blockbuster show that could have become Japan's answer to the UFC—if not for one small problem.
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UVF 6: ‘Carlao’ Barreto Answers Randleman’s Challenge In March of 1997, Kevin Randleman achieved the seemingly impossible: uniting all the rival fight schools of Rio de Janeiro in a quest to kick his ass.
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UFC 15: The Consecration of Mark Kerr and Randy Couture in a Circus Tent A little over twenty-six years ago, Ultimate Fighting Championship put on one of its most important events—under a circus tent that seated 500...
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Pictures - UFC 15 On Oct. 17, 1997, onetime wrestling rivals Mark Kerr and Randy Couture made a big impression on the new sport of mixed martial arts—in a...
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UVF 4: Mark Coleman and Kevin Randleman Consecrate Wrestling in the Land of Jiu-Jitsu Marcelo Alonso shares exclusive photos and anecdotes from the fabled 1996 tournament in Rio de Janeiro where Mark Coleman introduced his...
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Pictures - UVF 4 In October 1996, Mark Coleman, fresh off winning back-to-back UFC tournaments, brought his pupil, Kevin Randleman, to Brazil for Universal Vale Tudo...
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Vale Tudo Relics: Grappling with Greatness Sherdog correspondent Marcelo Alonso travels through time and relives the historic 2000 Abu Dhabi Combat Club Submission Fighting World Championship.
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Chute Boxe vs. BTT: The Nine Chapters of The Greatest Rivalry in MMA History Marcelo Alonso presents the story of MMA's greatest team rivalry, as told by the legendary fighters and coaches who were there.
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Renzo Gracie vs. Wallid Ismail: The Beginning of Jiu-Jitsu’s Greatest Rivalry Thirty years ago, representatives of two of Brazilian jiu-jitsu's greatest schools sparked a rivalry that has only grown over the years.
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Rickson Gracie vs. Byron Amona: A Tale of Jiu-Jitsu, Surfing and Acai One seemingly nondescript street fight over a surfboard ended up popularizing a fruit and changing the landscape of jiu-jitsu forever.
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Vale Tudo Legend, Carlson Gracie Rival Wilson ‘Passarito’ Dead at 94 Brazilian Vale Tudo icon Wilson “Passarito” Oliveira died on Sunday at the age of 94.
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Meca 4: The Show That Took Anderson Silva out of McDonald’s Twenty-two years ago at Meca 4, a skinny, smiling part-time fighter scored the knockout that launched his journey from burger slinger to MMA icon.
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Pentagon Combat: The Riot that Got MMA Banned in Rio and Inspired ADCC Marcelo Alonso shares memories and exclusive photos from the 1997 style-versus-style showdown that ended in disaster, but also helped birth...
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IVC 10 & 11: Wanderlei Silva Bids Farewell to Brazil on the Night of the Bloodiest Tournament in MMA History Marcelo Alonso shares some exclusive photos and backstage tales from a pivotal night in the history of Brazilian vale-tudo and early MMA.
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Kauan Gracie Reveals Photos of Ms. Belinha: The Woman That Changed Martial Arts History Photographs of one of the more important but unknown progenitors of the Gracie legacy have been unearthed.
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IVC 8/9: The Night Rafael Cordeiro and Wanderlei Silva Showed the Power of Chute Boxe Marcelo Alonso shares exclusive photos and anecdotes from the legendary 1999 vale tudo doubleheader that helped launch the careers of Wanderlei...
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‘Ice Cold’ in the Tropical Heat: Igor Vovchanchyn at WVC 5 In winter 1998, Igor Vovchanchyn left sub-zero Moscow and won three fights in one night in a 113-degree nightclub in Recife, Brazil. He emerged with the ...
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UFC 37.5: Belfort vs. Liddell, the First UFC on Brazilian Network TV Marcelo Alonso shares exclusive photos and stories from the historic UFC 37.5, the first Ultimate Fighting Championship event ever to air live...
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WEF 8: The MMA World Meets ‘Pele,’ ‘Minotauro’ and Hughes Marcelo Alonso shares photos and anecdotes from the 2000 event that introduced the stars of a new generation in MMA, including Renato Sobral, Matt Hughes, Jose Landi-Jons and...
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Pride 'Final Conflict 2005': Shogun's Coronation and the Historic Fedor Emelianenko vs. 'Cro Cop' Fight Marcelo Alonso shares some behind-the-scenes anecdotes and photos from Pride Final Conflict 2005, one of the greatest events in MMA history.


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