Glaube Feitosa

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Glaube Feitosa
BornGlaube Araújo Feitosa
(1973-04-09) April 9, 1973 (age 51)
Mauricio "Baboo" Da Silva
Years active12 (1998–2010)
Kickboxing record
Total35
Wins17
By knockout11
Losses17
By knockout6
Draws1
Last updated on: September 26, 2009

Glaube Araújo Feitosa

K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 finalist. He has gone the distance with some of the top fighters in his time, such as Peter Aerts, Remy Bonjasky, Semmy Schilt and Errol Zimmerman.[2] An accomplished karate fighter, he was known for his use of the "question mark kick," utilizing the technique in several knockout victories in his career. Feitosa also holds wins over Cheick Kongo, Alistair Overeem, Ruslan Karaev, and Paul Slowinski
.

Biography and career

A native of Brazil, Feitosa began training in Kyokushin karate from a young age, and fought in several world championship tournaments. While living in Tokyo, Japan he fought and trained in the IKO1 Kyokushin - Team Ichigeki at the Ichigeki Plaza.

On April 30, 2005, Feitosa won the

K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas tournament with a unanimous decision over Dewey Cooper and two knockouts over Carter Williams and Gary Goodridge. At the eliminations he lost by decision to Semmy Schilt
.

As a reserve fighter Glaube beat Goodridge by unanimous decision and advanced to the semi-finals after Peter Aerts had to pull out due to a rib fracture, where he knocked out Musashi with a flying knee to get to the finals where he rematched Semmy Schilt. Glaube lost the fight by a first-round KO after a knee to the head.

As a WGP runner up he fought at the 2006 eliminations, beating Paul Slowinski by unanimous decision. He knocked out Ruslan Karaev in the first round and advanced to the semi-finals, losing by TKO in the second round to Peter Aerts.

On September 29, 2007 Feitosa met

K-1 World GP 2007 Final held on December 8, 2007 at the Yokohama Arena
, Japan.

Feitosa met two-time defending champion Semmy Schilt. Glaube lost a unanimous decision to Semmy for the third time.

After knocking out Alex Roberts in March 2008, Glaube fought for the new Heavyweight title against Badr Hari at the

K-1 World GP 2008 in Fukuoka
. Glaube was knocked out in the first round.

At the

K-1 World GP 2008 Final 16 Glaube fought the 2008 Amsterdam Champion, Errol Zimmerman
. Glaube lost a unanimous decision after being battered by the heavy hands of his opponent over three rounds.

In 2009 Glaube knocked out

. Zimmerman won by decision. Glaube has most recently been recruited by Maurico Shogun Rua to help him prepare for his upcoming fight with Lyoto Machida.

Titles

  • K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 - Final 8
  • K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 - Final 8
  • K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 - Final 8
  • K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 - Final 8 (3rd place)
  • K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 - Final 8 (2nd place)
  • 2005 K-1 World Grand Prix runner-up
  • 2005 K-1 World Grand Prix in Las Vegas Champion
  • 2005 MVP in Kyokushin Karate World Cup in Paris
  • 2003 No.4 in 8th Kyokushin World Open Tournament Championship
  • 1999 No.4 in 7th Kyokushin World Open Tournament Championship
  • 1997 2nd Place in All World Karate-do Championship-Heavyweight
  • 1997 America's Cup Karate-do Champion
  • 1997 All South American Karate-do Champion
  • 1997 All Brazil Karate-do Champion
  • 1996 All Brazil Karate-do Champion
  • 1995 No.8 in 6th Kyokushin World Open Tournament Championship

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record
17 Wins (11 (T)KO's, 6 Decisions), 17 Losses, 1 Draw
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record
2009-09-26 Loss Curaçao Errol Zimmerman
K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final 16
Seoul, Korea
Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 17-17-1
2009-03-28 Win Japan Junichi Sawayashiki
K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Yokohama
Yokohama, Japan
KO (left Straight Punch) 2 0:48 17-16-1
2008-09-27 Loss Curaçao Errol Zimmerman K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Seoul Final 16
Seoul, Korea
Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 16-16-1
2008-06-29 Loss Morocco Badr Hari
K-1 World GP 2008 in Fukuoka
Fukuoka, Japan
KO (right hook) 1 2:26 16-15-1
Fight was for K-1 Heavyweight (-100kg) title.
2008-04-13 Win United States Alex Roberts
K-1 World GP 2008 in Yokohama
Yokohama, Japan
KO (left high kick) 2 1:58 16-14-1
2007-12-08 Loss Netherlands Semmy Schilt K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 Final
Tokyo, Japan
Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 15-14-1
2007-09-29 Win Germany Chalid Arrab
K-1 World GP 2007 in Seoul Final 16
Seoul, Korea
Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 15-13-1
2007-04-28 Loss Netherlands Remy Bonjasky
K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii
Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 14-13-1
2006-12-02 Loss Netherlands Peter Aerts
K-1 World Grand Prix 2006
, Semi-final
Tokyo, Japan
TKO (Referee stoppage) 2 1:02 14-12-1
2006-12-02 Win Russia Ruslan Karaev
K-1 World Grand Prix 2006
Quarter-final
Tokyo, Japan
KO (left High kick) 1 1:11 14-11-1
2006-09-30 Win Poland Paul Slowinski
K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Osaka opening round
Osaka, Japan
Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 13-11-1
2006-07-30 Win Japan Musashi
K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Sapporo
Sapporo, Japan
Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 12-11-1
2005-11-19 Loss Netherlands Semmy Schilt
K-1 World Grand Prix 2005
Final
Tokyo, Japan
KO (Knee strike) 1 0:48 11-11-1
Fight was for K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 title.
2005-11-19 Win Japan Musashi
K-1 World Grand Prix 2005
Semi-final
Tokyo, Japan
KO (Jumping knee) 2 1:05 11-10-1
2005-11-19 Win Trinidad and Tobago Gary Goodridge
K-1 World Grand Prix 2005
Reserve Fight
Tokyo, Japan
Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 10-10-1
2005-09-23 Loss Netherlands Semmy Schilt
K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Osaka – final elimination
Osaka, Japan
Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 9-10-1
2005-04-30 Win Trinidad and Tobago Gary Goodridge
K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas
Final
Las Vegas, Nevada
KO (left High kick) 1 2:40 9-9-1
Wins K-1 World GP 2005 in Las Vegas title.
2005-04-30 Win United States Carter Williams
K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas
Semi-final
Las Vegas, Nevada
TKO (Ref stop/three knockdowns) 2 2:56 8-9-1
2005-04-30 Win United States Dewey Cooper
K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas
Quarter-final
Las Vegas, Nevada
Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 7-9-1
2005-03-19 Win France Cheick Kongo Ichigeki Paris 2005
Paris, France
Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 6-9-1
2004-09-25 Loss Netherlands Ernesto Hoost
K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 final elimination
Osaka, Japan
Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 5-9-1
2004-07-17 Win New Zealand Toa
K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Seoul
Seoul, Korea
KO (left high kick) 1 1:49 5-8-1
2004-05-30 Win Netherlands Alistair Overeem
Kyokushin vs K-1 2004 All Out Battle
Tokyo, Japan
KO (left Hook) 1 2:13 4-8-1
2003-02-22 Win Czech Republic Pavel Majer Ichigeki 2003 Japan Japan KO 3 3-8-1
2002-10-05 Loss Netherlands Peter Aerts
K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 final elimination
Osaka, Japan
Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 2-8-1
2002-07-14 Loss Sweden Martin Holm
K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Fukuoka
Fukuoka, Japan
KO (punch) 1 2:20 2-7-1
2002-03-03 Draw Japan Musashi
K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Nagoya
Nagoya, Japan
Decision draw 5 3:00 2-6-1
2001-10-08 Loss Canada Michael McDonald
K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Fukuoka
Fukuoka, Japan
Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 2-6
2001-03-17 Win Japan Tsuyoshi Nakasako
K-1 Gladiators 2001
Yokohama, Japan
KO (left high kick) 2 0:57 2-5
2000-10-09 Loss Croatia Mirko Cro Cop
K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Fukuoka
Fukuoka, Japan
Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 1-5
2000-08-05 Loss Canada Tomasz Kucharzewski
K-1 USA Championships 2000
semi final
Las Vegas, Nevada
TKO 1 2:03 1-4
2000-08-05 Win United States George Randolph
K-1 USA Championships 2000
quarter final
Las Vegas, Nevada
KO (punch) 1 1:07 1-3
2000-04-23 Loss Switzerland Andy Hug
K-1 The Millennium
Osaka, Japan
Decision (unanimous) 5 3:00 0-3
1998-09-27 Loss Japan Masaaki Satake
K-1 World Grand Prix '98 opening round
Osaka, Japan
Decision (Majority) 5 3:00 0-2
1998-07-18 Loss South Africa Mike Bernardo
K-1 Dream '98
Nagoya, Japan
TKO 1 1:42 0-1
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

References

  1. ^ NSAC report of K-1 USA Championships 2000 Archived 2014-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Interview with Glaube Feitosa". www.tatame.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-22.

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