Leandro Ataides

Leandro Ataides
Born (1986-09-04) September 4, 1986
Brazil
Nationality Brazilian
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Division Middleweight
Style Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Stance Orthodox
Fighting out of Singapore
Team Evolve MMA
Rank black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Mixed martial arts record
Total 9
Wins 7
By knockout 4
By submission 2
By decision 1
Losses 2
By knockout 2
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Leandro Ataides
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
BJJ
2005 Copa De Mundo
2005 Rio de Janeiro -88.3 kg [1]

Leandro Ataides (born September 4, 1986) is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner who holds a black belt and is best known for winning gold in the medium heavyweight division at the 2005 Copa de Mundo in Rio de Janeiro. He has also won numerous BJJ tournaments at a national, regional and international level and is a mixed martial artist who has fought three times for Shooto in Brazil and is currently signed with ONE Fighting Championship.[2][3]

Mixed martial arts career

Ataides is undefeated in professional MMA. he made his debut in 2008 and fought five times in Brazil over the course of the next four years, winning all five fights. In July, 2013 he joined the fight team at Evolve MMA in Singapore[4] and signed with ONE FC.

ONE Fighting Championship

On November 1, 2013 it was announced that Ataides would be fighting at ONE Fighting Championship: Warrior Spirit in Kuala Lumpur on November 15 against French veteran Bryan Rafiq.[5]

Ataides won the fight by TKO in the opening round, becoming the first fighter to ever stop the Frenchman.[6]

Ataides faced Tatsuya Mizuno at ONE Fight Championship: Rise of Heroes, finishing him via TKO in under a minute of the first round.

Mixed martial arts record

Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 7-2 Aleksei Butorin KO (kicks) ONE Championship: Odyssey of Champions September 27, 2015 2 3:18 Jakarta, Indonesia
Loss 7-1 Igor Svirid TKO (punches) ONE Fighting Championship: Battle of the Lions November 7, 2014 1 0:17 Kallang, Singapore For the inaugural ONE Middleweight Championship
Win 7-0 Tatsuya Mizuno TKO (punches) ONE Fighting Championship: Rise of Heroes May 2, 2014 1 0:47 Pasay City, Philippines
Win 6-0 Bryan Rafiq KO (punches) ONE Fighting Championship: Warrior Spirit November 15, 2013 1 4:19 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Win 5-0 Thiago Libra Submission (keylock) Shooto - Brazil 35 October 20, 2012 1 1:13 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Win 4-0 Alexandre Leao Submission (rear-naked choke) Spartan MMA - Spartan MMA 2012 April 28, 2012 1 NA Maranhao, Brazil
Win 3-0 Ricardo Silva TKO (knee injury) Shooto - Brazil 28 March 10, 2012 2 0:21 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Win 2-0 Paulo Nogueira TKO (punches) FA - Fatality Arena 2 September 11, 2010 3 NA Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Win 1-0 Victor Reis Decision (unanimous) XLPEF - XL Pepper's Explosion Fight September 26, 2008 3 5:00 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

References

  1. http://www.tatame.com.br/confira-o-tabelao-da-copa-do-mundo/
  2. sg.sports.yahoo.com/ (2013-11-13). "Leandro Ataides Has His Sights Set On The One FC Middleweight World Championship Title". sg.sports.yahoo.com/. Retrieved 2013-11-20.
  3. themmacorner.com/ (2013-11-13). "ONE FC's Leandro Ataides Relying on Word of Mouth". themmacorner.com//. Retrieved 2013-11-20.
  4. combat-asia.com/ (2013-07-27). "Undefeated Brazilian Middleweight Leandro Ataides Joins the Evolve MMA Fight Team". combat-asia.com/. Retrieved 2013-11-20.
  5. themmacorner.com/ (2013-11-01). "ONE FC 12 GETS THREE NEW BOUTS; UNDERCARD STREAMS LIVE ON SHERDOG.COM". sherdog.com//. Retrieved 2013-11-20.
  6. themmacorner.com/ (2013-11-15). "YUSUP SAADULAEV OUTDUELS PREVIOUSLY UNBEATEN ADRIANO MORAES IN ONE FC 12 HEADLINER". sherdog.com/. Retrieved 2013-11-20.
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