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Murilo Bustamante (Murīrobusutamante; 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 mixed martial artist

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...

. He is one of the founders of the Brazilian Top Team
Brazilian Top Team
The Brazilian Top Team is a mixed martial arts academy specializing in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and boxing.The academy was established in April 2000 by Murilo Bustamante, Ricardo Libório, Mário Sperry and Luis Roberto Duarte, former-members of the Carlson Gracie Academy, to develop and create new...

and is the current leader. He holds notable victories over Dave Menne

Dave Menne

David Jeremy Menne is an American mixed martial artist who has fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Rumble on the Rock. He was the first ever UFC Middleweight Champion and is known for his fight against Phil Baroni in which he got knocked out and tried to fall to the ground, only to...

, Matt Lindland

Matt Lindland

Matthew James Lindland is an American mixed martial artist, Olympic wrestler and politician. He won the Oregon Republican Party's nomination for the Oregon House of Representatives, District 52 seat on May 20, 2008....

and Ikuhisa Minowa

Ikuhisa Minowa

is a Japanese mixed martial artist and pro wrestler currently competing in Dream as . He was a long time veteran of Pride Fighting Championships and Pancrase and has also competed in other mixed martial arts promotions such as K-1 HERO'S, Cage Rage, UFC, and DEEP. At 5'9" he is notable for taking...

Biography

Murilo Bustamante is a black belt under the renowned Carlson Gracie

Carlson Gracie

Carlson Gracie, Sr. was a practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He was the eldest son of Carlos Gracie, founder of the system with his uncle Hélio Gracie, and learned the art from his uncle and his father. He was a member of the legendary Gracie family.- Biography :Carlson Gracie would later split...

. He has won numerous world titles in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, which includes the World Championships of Jiu-Jitsu. His impressive MMA resume includes wins over Jerry Bohlander

Jerry Bohlander

Jerry Bohlander is an American former mixed martial artist. He is most notable for his UFC appearances and was a former UFC champion, winning the first lightweight tournament at UFC 12. He was a member of the legendary fight team the Lion's Den alongside other notable fighters such as Ken...

of the Lion's Den

Lion's Den (mixed martial arts)

The Lion's Den is a mixed martial arts team and training facility that was based out of Susanville, California and San Diego, California but has recently moved its headquarters to Reno, Nevada. The team was founded in the early 1990s by UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock, and was the most dominant...

, Ikuhisa Minowa

Ikuhisa Minowa

, Ryuta Sakurai (twice), Dave Menne

Dave Menne

(which won him the UFC middleweight championship) and undefeated top ranked Middleweight Matt Lindland

Matt Lindland

Instructor lineage

Mitsuyo "Count Koma" Maeda

Mitsuyo Maeda

,a Brazilian naturalized as Otávio Maeda,was a Japanese judōka and prizefighter in no holds barred competitions. He was also known as Count Combat or Conde Koma in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese, a nickname he picked up in Spain in 1908...

→ Carlos Gracie, Sr.

Carlos Gracie

Carlos Gracie was the first Gracie to learn Judo from Otávio Mitsuyo Maeda. Based on this judo training, Carlos and his brothers founded the martial art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu...

→ Carlson Gracie

Carlson Gracie

→ Murilo Bustamante

Sports accomplishments

Murilo's grappling accomplishments include Championships at the World Class level, as well as appearances at the ADCC World Submission Wrestling Championships. In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting...

, he has won The Mundials World Championships in 1999 and has won the Brazilian National Championship 4 times.

In ADCC, he competed at the 88–98 kg in both 1999 and 2000, and the Absolute tournament in 1999. He managed a record of 3–2 with his loses coming by way of points over submission.

He was the reigning and undisputed UFC middleweight

Middleweight

Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...

champion after defeating Dave Menne

Dave Menne

at UFC 35

UFC 35

UFC 35: Throwdown was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut on January 11, 2002...

. He made one title defense, defeating Matt Lindland

Matt Lindland

, before leaving the UFC due to financial reasons and signing with PRIDE in 2003.

He was a finalist of the PRIDE 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...

Tournament 2005 on December 31. After two impressive victories via an armbar and a TKO, defeating Ikuhisa Minowa

Ikuhisa Minowa

and Masanori Suda respectively, Bustamante entered the finals against Dan Henderson

Dan Henderson

Daniel Jeffery Henderson, is an American mixed martial artist and former Olympic wrestler, who competes as a middleweight and light heavyweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion and was the last Welterweight and Middleweight champion...

. In the finals Busta dropped an extremely close split decision to the two-time Pride

Pride

Pride is an inwardly directed emotion that carries two common meanings. With a negative connotation, pride refers to an inflated sense of one's personal status or accomplishments, often used synonymously with hubris...

champion.

Murilo dedicates his time to teach Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Submission Grappling and MMA

Mixed martial arts

to his students for all levels at Brazilian Top Team training camps, as well as seminars all over the world.

Murilo was scheduled to fight at Superior Challenge 6

Superior Challenge 6

Superior Challenge 6: Lions Den was a mixed martial arts event held in Hovet, Stockholm. The greatest MMA event of Norse and one of Europe's finest.-Background:...

and would have faced Tor Troeng.

Bustamante was scheduled to face Yuya Shirai

Yuya Shirai

Yuya Shirai is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He has fought for Deep, BAMMA, M-1 Global, Pancrase, DREAM and is currently the undisputed DEEP Welterweight Champion.-Mixed martial arts career:...

at Clube da Luta on July 20, 2011 but had to pull out of the fight due to an unspecified injury.

Grappling credentials

ADCC World Submission Wrestling Championships

ADCC 2000
88–98 kg: 1st round

ADCC 1999
88–98 kg: Semi finals. (Note: Murilo defeated Ricardo Almeida by points, but was unable to continue the tournament.)
Absolute: Quarter finals.

Record of opponents:

Won: , Dexter Casey (sub), Ivan Salverry (pts), Ricardo Almeida (pts),

Lost: Mike Van Arsdale (pts), Ricco Rodriguez (pts)

CBJJ World Championships

1999
Black Belt Pesado: 1st Place

1998
Black Belt Pesado: 3rd Place
Black Belt Absolute: 3rd Place

1996
Black Belt Pesado: 2nd Place

Mixed martial arts record

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Jesse Taylor

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|TKO (retirement)
|Impact FC 2

Impact FC 2

Impact FC 2 - The Uprising: Sydney was a mixed martial arts event held by Impact Fighting Championships on 18 July 2010 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Sydney, Australia.-Background:Big John McCarthy was the referee for the series....

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| Sydney, Australia
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Makoto Takimoto

is a Japanese judoka. He won a gold medal at the -81 kg category of the 2000 Summer Olympics.He is from Iwai, Ibaraki. He began judo at the age of 6. After graduation from Nihon University, he belonged to the Japan Racing Association. Takimoto made his MMA debut on 31 December 2004 against...

|Decision (split)
|Yarennoka!

Yarennoka!

Yarennoka! was a mixed martial arts event that took place on December 31, 2007 at the Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo, Japan. The event was promoted by the Yarrenoka! Executive Committee, composed of former Pride Fighting Championships executives, and held in association with Fighting and...

2007
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|Saitama

Saitama, Saitama

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, Japan

Japan

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Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Japan

Japan

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Dong Sik Yoon
| Decision (unanimous)
| Pride Bushido 13

PRIDE Bushido 13

Pride Bushido 13 also known as Pride Bushido Survival Finals was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships.-Background:This event consisted of the semifinal and final rounds of the Bushido Welterweight Grand Prix....

Yokohama

is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...

, Japan

Japan

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Amar Suloev

Amar Suloev is a Russian-Yazidi-Armenian mixed martial artist with a record of 24–7–0. He is a kickboxer/wrestler who has last fought Jacek Buczko at M-1 Challenge, where he won by a TKO...

Saitama, Saitama

, Japan

Japan

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Dan Henderson

| Decision (split)
| Pride Shockwave 2005

PRIDE Shockwave 2005

Pride Shockwave 2005 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on December 31, 2005. In Japan, the event was called "Otoko Matsuri 2005 – Itadaki"...

Saitama, Saitama

, Japan

Japan

| PRIDE Welterweight Grand Prix Finals
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| Win
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Ikuhisa Minowa

| TKO (strikes)
| Pride Bushido 9

PRIDE Bushido 9

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Tokyo

, Japan

Japan

| PRIDE Welterweight Grand Prix Semi-Final Bout
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| Win
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Masanori Suda
| Submission (armbar)
| Pride Bushido 9

PRIDE Bushido 9

Tokyo

, Japan

Japan

| PRIDE Welterweight Grand Prix Opening Round Bout
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| Win
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Ryuta Sakurai
| Decision (unanimous)
| 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...

Yokohama

, Japan

Japan

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|align=center| 9–4–1
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Kazuhiro Nakamura

Kazuhiro Nakamura is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently competing as a middleweight in DREAM. His primary style is judo, in which he holds a 3rd dan black belt under Hidehiko Yoshida...

| Decision (unanimous)
| Pride Final Conflict 2004

PRIDE Final Conflict 2004

Pride Final Conflict 2004 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. This event held the final round of the 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix Tournament...

Saitama, Saitama

, Japan

Japan

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|align=center| 9–3–1
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Dan Henderson

| TKO (punches)
| Pride Final Conflict 2003

PRIDE Final Conflict 2003

Pride Final Conflict 2003 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on November 9, 2003 and had over 67,450 people in the audience. This event was host to the semi-finals and finals of the 2003 Pride Middleweight Grand...

Tokyo

, Japan

Japan

Quinton Jackson

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| Decision (split)
| Pride Total Elimination 2003

PRIDE Total Elimination 2003

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Saitama, Saitama

, Japan

Japan

| Took fight on 5 days notice, filling in for injured teammate Ricardo Arona

Ricardo Arona

Ricardo Arona is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and PRIDE FC Middleweight Grand Prix finalist. He has competed in PRIDE Fighting Championships and RINGS in his mixed martial arts career, and is a member of Brazilian Top Team.-Abu Dhabi and RINGS:...

. PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal
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| Win
|align=center| 9–1–1
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Matt Lindland

| Submission (guillotine choke)
| UFC 37

UFC 37

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Bossier City, Louisiana

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, US
| Defended UFC Middleweight Championship. Vacates title after signing with PRIDE http://www.ocregister.com/sports/ufc-def-title-1751549-round-heavyweight
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| Win
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Dave Menne

| TKO (punches)
| UFC 35

UFC 35

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Uncasville, Connecticut

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, US
| Won UFC Middleweight Championship
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| Loss
|align=center| 7–1–1
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Chuck Liddell

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| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC 33

UFC 33

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Las Vegas, Nevada

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, US
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| Win
|align=center| 7–0–1
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Sanae Kikuta

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| Decision (unanimous)
| Pancrase

Pancrase

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Tokyo

, Japan

Japan

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| Win
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Yoji Anjo

, is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. He was born in Suginami, Japan on December 31, 1969.-Professional wrestling career:...

| Submission (arm triangle choke)
| UFC 25

UFC 25

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Tokyo

, Japan

Japan

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| Win
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Jerry Bohlander

Brazil

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| Draw
|align=center| 4–0–1
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Tom Erikson

Tom Erikson is an American wrestling coach and former mixed martial artist. Erikson is an assistant wrestling coach at Purdue University, where he has been coaching since 1997. He has also had fights in K-1 under K-1 kickboxing rules...

Birmingham, Alabama

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, US
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| Win
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Birmingham, Alabama

, US
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| Win
|align=center| 3–0
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Chris Haseman

Chris Haseman is a former Australian mixed martial artist. He is currently competing in the Light Heavyweight division.He lost his fight at Spartan Reality Fight 9 against Bill Mahood in 2004, retiring afterwards...

Birmingham, Alabama

, US
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| Win
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Brazil

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|align=center| 1–0
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Brazil

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External links

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