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Marcelo Alonso’s MMA Roots Series
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Vale Tudo Relics: The Career Arc of Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Justino The Brazilian icon will take on Larissa Pacheco for the Professional Fighters League women’s featherweight super fight championship in the PFL...
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Pictures: The Career Arc of Cris Cyborg Marcelo Alonso shares some exclusive photos from the early career of one of the most dominant fighters in history, Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino.
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A Conversation with Luiz Azeredo Chute Boxe's top lightweight of the Pride Fighting Championships era clashed with all-time greats including Anderson Silva and Takanori Gomi. As an early mentor to Diego Lima, head of a Chute Boxe academy that...
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Sep 23, 2024
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Pride 4: Three Generations of Legends on One Historic Card Marcelo Alonso shares photos and stories from Pride 4 on Oct. 11, 1998, where the top fighters in the world at the time collided with some of...
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Marcelo Alonso
Jul 17, 2024
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Pictures - Pride 4 Marcelo Alonso was on hand on Oct. 11, 1998 at the Tokyo Dome to witness the historic Pride 4.
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Jul 17, 2024
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Vale Tudo Relics: The Career Arc of Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua The former Pride Fighting Championships grand prix winner and onetime Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight titleholder enjoyed an...
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Marcelo Alonso
Jul 08, 2024
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Headbutts, Soccer Kicks, Groin Strikes, Oh My: Sergio Batarelli and the Legendary IVC in this Sherdog exclusive, the founder of the legendary International Vale Tudo Championship talked about the IVC's original 15-event run, and...
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Marcelo Alonso
Jul 03, 2024
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Vale Tudo Relics: The UFC Debuts in Brazil The South American country has played host to more Ultimate Fighting Championship events than any other nation on the planet outside the United...
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Marcelo Alonso
Apr 22, 2024
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Pictures: UFC 17.5 The Ultimate Fighting Championship's first trip to the birthplace of vale tudo, UFC 17.5 or "Ultimate Brazil," took place on Oct. 16, 1998 in...
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Apr 22, 2024
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IVC 2: The Birth of Wanderlei Silva In the wake of Wanderlei Silva's selection to the UFC Hall of Fame, Marcelo Alonso shares some exclusive photos and anecdotes from the...
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Marcelo Alonso
Feb 26, 2024
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Pictures - IVC 2 A 21-year-old Wanderlei Silva burst onto the scene at the IVC 2 one-night tournament on Sept. 15, 1997.
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Marcelo Alonso
Feb 26, 2024
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U-Japan: The Night That Severn, Frye, Kimo and Wallid Ran Roughshod over Tokyo In November 1996, nearly a year before Pride Fighting Championships, an upstart Japanese promotion put on an ambitious card stacked with some of the world's best fighters. Marcelo Alonso shares...
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Marcelo Alonso
Feb 12, 2024
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Pictures - U-Japan On Nov. 17, 1996, an ambitious promoter put on a blockbuster show that could have become Japan's answer to the UFC—if not for one small problem.
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Marcelo Alonso
Feb 12, 2024
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UVF 6: ‘Carlao’ Barreto Answers Randleman’s Challenge In March of 1997, Kevin Randleman achieved the seemingly impossible: uniting all the rival fight schools of Rio de Janeiro in a quest to kick his ass.
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Marcelo Alonso
Feb 04, 2024
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UFC 15: The Consecration of Mark Kerr and Randy Couture in a Circus Tent A little over twenty-six years ago, Ultimate Fighting Championship put on one of its most important events—under a circus tent that seated 500...
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Marcelo Alonso
Jan 29, 2024
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Pictures - UFC 15 On Oct. 17, 1997, onetime wrestling rivals Mark Kerr and Randy Couture made a big impression on the new sport of mixed martial arts—in a...
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Marcelo Alonso
Jan 28, 2024
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UVF 4: Mark Coleman and Kevin Randleman Consecrate Wrestling in the Land of Jiu-Jitsu Marcelo Alonso shares exclusive photos and anecdotes from the fabled 1996 tournament in Rio de Janeiro where Mark Coleman introduced his...
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Marcelo Alonso
Dec 11, 2023
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Pictures - UVF 4 In October 1996, Mark Coleman, fresh off winning back-to-back UFC tournaments, brought his pupil, Kevin Randleman, to Brazil for Universal Vale Tudo...
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Marcelo Alonso
Dec 11, 2023
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Vale Tudo Relics: Grappling with Greatness Sherdog correspondent Marcelo Alonso travels through time and relives the historic 2000 Abu Dhabi Combat Club Submission Fighting World Championship.
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Oct 16, 2023
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Chute Boxe vs. BTT: The Nine Chapters of The Greatest Rivalry in MMA History Marcelo Alonso presents the story of MMA's greatest team rivalry, as told by the legendary fighters and coaches who were there.
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Marcelo Alonso
Jun 08, 2023
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Renzo Gracie vs. Wallid Ismail: The Beginning of Jiu-Jitsu’s Greatest Rivalry Thirty years ago, representatives of two of Brazilian jiu-jitsu's greatest schools sparked a rivalry that has only grown over the years.
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Marcelo Alonso
Mar 14, 2023
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Rickson Gracie vs. Byron Amona: A Tale of Jiu-Jitsu, Surfing and Acai One seemingly nondescript street fight over a surfboard ended up popularizing a fruit and changing the landscape of jiu-jitsu forever.
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Marcelo Alonso
Feb 20, 2023
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Vale Tudo Legend, Carlson Gracie Rival Wilson ‘Passarito’ Dead at 94 Brazilian Vale Tudo icon Wilson “Passarito” Oliveira died on Sunday at the age of 94.
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Marcelo Alonso
Jan 30, 2023
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Meca 4: The Show That Took Anderson Silva out of McDonald’s Twenty-two years ago at Meca 4, a skinny, smiling part-time fighter scored the knockout that launched his journey from burger slinger to MMA icon.
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Jan 07, 2023
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Pentagon Combat: The Riot that Got MMA Banned in Rio and Inspired ADCC Marcelo Alonso shares memories and exclusive photos from the 1997 style-versus-style showdown that ended in disaster, but also helped birth...
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Marcelo Alonso
Oct 10, 2022


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