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Luiz Azeredo is a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian Welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

mixed martial artist, fighting out of the Chute Boxe Academy

Chute Boxe Academy

The Chute Boxe Academy opened as a Muay Thai academy in 1978 in Curitiba, Brazil. Head trainer Rudimar Fedrigo later expanded the program in 1991 to include Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and other aspects of modern mixed martial arts. By 1995, the Chute Boxe team was considered a prime training ground for...

, Curitiba, Brazil. He has fought in the PRIDE and Cage Rage

Cage Rage

Cage Rage Championships, also known as Cage Rage, was a United Kingdom-based, mixed martial arts promotion that premiered on 7 September 2002 in London. Cage Rage went bankrupt and is now no longer trading...

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Azeredo is notable for being one of only four men to ever defeat Anderson Silva

Anderson Silva

Anderson da Silva is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He is the current UFC Middleweight Champion and the promotion's longest reigning champion. With 14 consecutive wins, Silva holds the longest winning streak and title defense streak in UFC history...

, which he did by unanimous decision. He also holds a notable win over top welterweight Paul Daley

Paul Daley

Paul Daley is an English professional mixed martial artist who has fought for EliteXC, Cage Rage, Strikeforce, BAMMA, Maximum Fighting Championship, Cage Warriors, Shark Fights, Impact FC, Pancrase and the Ultimate Fighting Championship...

. He also holds wins over Pride veterans Luiz Firmino

Luiz Firmino

Luiz Firmino de Carvalho Júnior , commonly known as Luiz "Buscapé" Firmino, is an Brazilian Vale Tudo fighter and mixed martial artist, who fights at Lightweight...

, and Cristiano Marcello

Cristiano Marcello

Cristiano Marcello is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and the Chute Boxe BJJ head coach, his most notable win is over The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir alumni Dave Kaplan. Cristiano has fought for PRIDE Fighting Championship...

. also wins over Ultimate Fighting Championship

Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...

veterans Fabricio Camoes

Fabrício Camões

Fabrício "Morango" Camões is an Brazilian professional mixed martial artist. Camões holds notable wins over former Cage Rage lightweight champion Jean Silva and veteran Brazilian fighter Luciano Azevedo in the same night...

, and Rodrigo Ruas

Rodrigo Ruas

|-| Win|align=center| 4–5-1 | Marcus Vinicios| Submission | HCF - Crow's Nest| |align=center| 3|align=center| 0:52|Gatineau, Canada||-| Loss|align=center| 3-5-1 | Donnie Liles| Submission | IFL - Chicago|...

Mixed martial arts career

On November 22, 2008 he participated in Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2008, where he reached the semi finals and was defeated by defending champion Kenichi Ogata

Kenichi Ogata (shoot boxer)

Kenichi Ogata is a Japanese super welterweight shoot boxer, fighting out of Cesar Gym in Asakusa. His name "Kenichi" is pronounced as "Ken-ichi", not "Ke-ni-chi". He was the first Japanese national champion of shoot boxing at Super welterweight. He is the winner of S-cup in 2006 and the finalist...

Bellator

Azeredo made his Bellator debut at Bellator 33 winning against formerly undefeated, Edward Guedes. He won the fight after dominating all three rounds, as he got the unanimous decision win. It is being rumored that, with the win, Azeredo has been offered a spot in the Season 4 lightweight tournament.

Mixed martial arts record

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|Loss
|15-10
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Renê Nazare

Renê Nazare-Azevedo is a Brazilian professional mixed martial arts fighter. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships.-Background:...

| TKO (Injury)
| Bellator 39
|align='center' |2011-04-02
| 1
| 5:00
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|
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|Win
|15-9
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Edward Guedes
| Decision (Unanimous)
| Bellator 33
|align='center' |2010-10-21
| 3
| 5:00
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|-
|Win
|14-9
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Niko Puhakka

Niko Puhakka is a Finnish mixed martial artist, who competes in the lightweight division. He has fought around the world in a number of promotions including KSW and M-1 Global. He is known for having numerous neo-Nazi tattoos.-Career:...

| Decision (Unanimous)
| FF 28 - Fight Festival 28
|align='center' |2010-10-16
| 3
| 5:00
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|-
|Loss
|13-9
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Mikhail Malyutin
| Decision (Unanimous)
| ROC 31 - Ring of Combat 31
|align='center' |2010-9-24
| 3
| 5:00
|
|
|-
|Win
|13–8
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Brandon Adamson
| Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
| UCC 3 - Urban Conflict Championship Fights
|align='center' |2010-09-10
| 1
| 3:06
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|-
|Loss
|12–8
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Ronys Torres
| Submission (Kimura)
| JF 10 - Jungle Fight 10
|align='center' |2008-07-12
| 1
| 4:34
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|-
|Win
|12–7
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Milton Vieira

Milton Vieira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who has competed in PRIDE Fighting Championship, DEEP, Bitetti Combat, M-1 Global, and Shooto promotions. Vieira is also credited as the inventor of the anaconda choke...

| Decision
| The One - VIP Fighting
|2008-02-13
| 3
| N/A
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|-
|Loss
|11–7
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Tatsuya Kawajiri

Tatsuya Kawajiri is a Japanese mixed martial artist and a former Shooto welterweight champion, currently competing in Dream's lightweight division...

| Decision (Unanimous)
|Yarennoka – New Year's Eve 2007
|2007-12-31
| 2
| 5:00
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|Win
|11–6
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Paul Daley

|Decision (Unanimous)
|Cage Rage 19

Cage Rage 19

Cage Rage 19: Fearless was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on 9 December 2006 at Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London, England. The event was Cage Rage's first show at this venue, and it was televised on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.The heavyweight double main...

|2006-12-09
|3
|5:00
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|-
|Loss
|10–6
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Joachim Hansen
|KO (Knee)
|PRIDE Bushido 10

PRIDE Bushido 10

Pride Bushido 10 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan on April 2, 2006...

|2006-04-02
|1
|7:09
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|-
|Loss
|10-5
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Takanori Gomi

, is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Gomi is a former Shooto Welterweight Champion and was the last and only Pride Lightweight Champion. He is also a four-time All Japan Combat Wrestling champion. During his time in Pride he was considered...

|Decision (Unanimous)
|PRIDE Bushido 9

PRIDE Bushido 9

Pride Bushido 9 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. This event held the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds of the first ever Welterweight tournament and Lightweight tournament. It took place at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan on September 25, 2005. Under Bushido...

|2005-09-25
|2
|5:00
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|Win
|10–4
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Naoyuki Kotani

Naoyuki Kotani is a Japanese mixed martial artist, who competes in the lightweight division. He has fought in a number of different organizations including the Pride Fighting Championships and the Ultimate Fighting Championship....

|KO (Strikes)
|PRIDE Bushido 9

PRIDE Bushido 9

|2005-09-25
|1
|0:11
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|-
|Loss
|9–4
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Takanori Gomi

|KO (Punches)
|PRIDE Bushido 7

PRIDE Bushido 7

Pride Bushido 7 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Differ Ariake in Tokyo, Japan on May 22, 2005.- Charles Bennett vs Yoshiro Maeda:...

|2005-05-22
|1
|3:46
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|Win
|9–3
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Luiz Firmino

Luiz Firmino de Carvalho Júnior , commonly known as Luiz "Buscapé" Firmino, is an Brazilian Vale Tudo fighter and mixed martial artist, who fights at Lightweight...

|Decision (Split)
|PRIDE Bushido 6

PRIDE Bushido 6

Pride Bushido 6 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan on April 3, 2005...

|2005-04-03
|2
|5:00
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|-
|Win
|8–3
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Regiclaudio Macedo
|TKO (Punches)
|SS 5 - Storm Samurai 5
|2004-11-05
|2
|2:23
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|Win
|7–3
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Eduardo Simoes

Eduardo Simões

Eduardo Manuel Meliço Simões is a Portuguese defender. Simões is a central and left defender. He was raised in Benfica Lisboa's youth teams. Between 2001 and 2004 played in "B" team. In the season 2004/05 he is in first team on Portugalian grand. After that played in C.D. Olivais e Moscavide and...

|TKO (Punches and Stomp)
|SS 4 - Storm Samurai 4
|2004-08-07
|1
|1:36
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|Loss
|6–3
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Tony DeSouza
|Decision (Unanimous)
|Meca 11 - Meca World Vale Tudo 11
|2004-06-05
|3
|5:00
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|Win
|6–2
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Rodrigo Ruas

|TKO (Punches)
|BSF - Brazil Super Fight
|2003-09-19
|1
|1:26
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|-
|Win
|5–2
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Cristiano Marcello

|Submission (Knees)
|Meca 6 - Meca World Vale Tudo 6
|2002-01-31
|1
|8:30
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|-
|Win
|4–2
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Fabricio Camoes

Fabrício Camões

|TKO
|Meca - World Vale Tudo 3
|2000-11-14
|2
|1:36
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|-
|Loss
|3–2
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Hayato Sakurai

is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He was born in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. He has a professional MMA record of 35-11-2 as of April 5, 2009. Sakurai has been fighting in mixed martial arts since October 1996 and was at one time considered pound for pound one of the greatest fighters...

|Decision (Unanimous)
|Shooto - R.E.A.D. 8
|2000-08-04
|3
|5:00
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|Win
|3–1
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Anderson Silva

|Decision (Unanimous)
|Meca 1 - Meca World Vale Tudo 1
|2000-05-27
|2
|10:00
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|Loss
|2–1
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Antonio Antonio
|Decision
|Brazil Free Style - The Best Fighters
|1997-05-14
|1
|10:00
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|Win
|2-0
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Allen Clanton
|Submission (Strikes)
|Free Style - The Best Fighters
|1997-05-14
|1
|5:18
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|-
|Win
|1–0
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Alexandre Alexandre
|Submission(Strikes)
|Brazil Free Style - The Best Fighters
|1997-05-14
|1
|1:52
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