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Mario
Sperry
Mario "The Zen Machine" Sperry is
considered one of the greatest Brazilian fighters of all time.
An accomplished master of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, he first broke
on the sport Jiu-Jitsu scene back in the early eighties. He
dominated every belt division as he rose through the ranks
to Black Belt. A prodigy of the legendary Carlson Gracie,
Mario was handed his black belt at the 1995 World Championships
of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu were he entered and won the heavyweight
black belt division defeating many of the sports greatest
legends. Copying a Tiger Woods of Jiu-Jitsu story, Mario won
again in 1996, 1997, 1998 becoming one of the most successful
fighters in Sport Jiu-Jitsu history to date. In late 1998,
Mario Sperry became the first fighter in history to make a
Gracie submit in a mach when he defeated legendary World Champion
Royler Gracie in Brazil. As a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu fighter,
Mario has made his mark in all forms of grappling. He is well
known for his accomplishments in Submission Grappling for
becoming the first World Submission Grappling Champion, a
title he held for three consecutive years. As a Vale-Tudo
fighter, Mario Sperry's accomplishments are known around the
globe, from Australia to America. He has fought on pay per
view and is a featured fighter on the Japanese no holds barred
fighting event, "Coliseum".
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Pedro
Carvalho
Pedro Carvalho was born 18 April, 1969 in
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. He began training in the martial arts
when he was 14 years of age in response to the numerous physical
confrontations which occur in almost every part of Rio. He
first tried Tae Kwon Do, but he felt that it was difficult
to use its techniques to defeat larger opponents, especially
those who were also trained in Tae Kwon Do. Strength played
too big a role in the arts effectiveness for his needs so
he searched for an art were he would be trained how not to
get hit, how to control the opponent, and how to finish him
without doing more damage than was necessary. Additionally,
this art needed to be applicable to an opponent regardless
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