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Vinicius "Draculino" Magalhães (born July 30, 1971) is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

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fourth degree black belt under Carlos Gracie, Jr.

Carlos Gracie, Jr.

Carlos "Carlinhos" Gracie, Jr. is a 7th degree Red and Black Belt URL accessed on June 7, 2009 in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu . He started the Gracie Barra Academy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and is head of the Gracie Barra, one of the largest and most successful worldwide Jiu-Jitsu associations...

and has been teaching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for over 18 years. He has instructed mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

and grappling champions. Draculino has produced such talent as Joaquim Ferreira

Joaquim Ferreira (fighter)

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, Romulo Barral, Alberto Crane

Alberto Crane

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, Marcelo Azevedo, Cristiano Titi, and Samuel Braga

Samuel Braga

Samuel Braga is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and six-time world champion. Samuel is a member of the Gracie Barra competition team and currently owns and runs an academy in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was awarded his black belt in 2005 by Vinicius "Draculino" Magalhães. He is a native of Belo...

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Draculino grew up with Ryan Gracie

Ryan Gracie

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, Ralph Gracie

Ralph Gracie

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, and Renzo Gracie

Renzo Gracie

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, taking classes under both Jean Jacques Machado

Jean Jacques Machado

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and Carlos Gracie, Jr.

Carlos Gracie, Jr.

at the original Gracie Barra Academy. He began competition early, earning championships from the blue belt upwards. In 2007, Draculino, Ryan Gracie, and Roberto Gordo founded Gracie Fusion MMA team. The unexpected death of Ryan put the fledgling team in question, but Draculino and Gordo kept the team active in tribute to Ryan's memory.

Competitive accomplishments

4x Pan American Champion (once in the master division)
Pan American No-Gi Champion in master division
2x Brazilian National Champion
2x Silver Medalist of World BJJ Championships
No-Gi International Master and Senior Champion
Abu-Dhabi Contender

Mixed martial arts record

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Fabio Mello
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External links

http://www.DraculinoBJJTraining.com
http://www.GracieBarraTx.com
http://www.youtube.com/DraculinoTeamTx
http://www.Bjj.org
http://www.JJBH.com

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