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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 of size
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