New Belts
December 19, 2011 -- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Congrats to all the students that got their new belt this past Saturday, and a especial congratulation to Rodrigo Calazans for achieving the Black Belt!!! Osss...

No Gi BJJ State Championship
September 17, 2011 -- Rio de janeiro

David had another amazing performance today at the NoGi Jiu-Jitsu State Championship in Rio; He finished in 1st place and took the gold medal home… DVBJJ Rio.

New DVBJJ USA School
August 29, 2011 -- Clearwater, FL

We are proud to have Benjamin Glossop open his new Tampa Combat school, located at McMullen Booth Rd. and Enterprise. Tampa Combat is the official David Vieira Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu USA school.

David Vieira Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Rio
May 15, 2011

New DVBJJ Rio Grand Opening will be Monday, May 30, 2011. Address: Rua Albano de Carvalho #48 - Recreio dos Bandeirantes, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 22795-380, Brazil.

ADCC South America
May 1, 2011 -- www.adccbrazil.com, Sao Paulo, Brazil

David had a great run at the ADCC South America Trials submitting all his opponents in about 2 min. per fight but lost by points at the finals to Claudio Calasans and got 2nd place.

Unified Jiu-Jitsu League
March 19, 2011 -- TATAME Mag., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

David was invited today for a SuperFight at the Unified Jiu-Jitsu League in Nova Iguaçu, RJ. After winning his SuperFight via submission David decided to go ahead and compete at his weight class and absolute division at the tournament, where he did a great job and was able to get Gold and Silver.

Delson Wins Again
September 4, 2010

Delson Heleno defeated Waachiim Spiritwolf by unanimous decision in the Art of Fighting 9 Apocalypse main event on Saturday at the Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville. Delson defended his WFO belt and now has an impressive seven-fight winning streak.

Wrestling State Championship
April 11, 2010 -- cbla.com.br, Rio, Brazil

As part of Davids MMA training he has been practicing Freestyle Wrestling for the past few months and decided to put his new found skills to the test at the Wrestling State Championship in Rio. David said that he had a great time today; and even though the rules are very different than what hes used to he was still able get 3rd place which qualified him for next weeks National Championship in Sao Paulo.

David Vieira Seminar in South Africa
March 30, 2010 -- www.gbcenturion.co.za, Centurion, SA

David will be going to South Africa at the end of this month to do a seminar and stay at the new Gracie Barra in Centurion, SA headed by Nicky Stapelberg.

AbuDhabi World Pro Jiu-Jitsu Cup
March 28, 2010 -- GracieMag.com, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

David Vieira got second place today at the AbuDhabi World Pro Jiu-Jitsu Cup Trials in Rio after doing an amazing job defeating 5 of the top Jiu-Jitsu fighters in Brazil, losing only to his friend and training partner Delson Heleno by 1 point at the finals.

Copa America Grappling Championship
March 13, 2010 -- www.cagc.us

Congrats to all of our guys that came this Saturday and competed at the Copa America Florida State, you all did a Great Job!!!

David Vieira Seminar in France
January 30, 2010 -- Seminar Pics

David will start the year with a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Gi and No Gi Seminar in France. David: Im very excited about this seminar but I also cant wait to get back, hopefully I should be back within the next couple of months. SEE YOU ALL SOON!!!

SWAT Team Seminar
Seminar Pics

Great day today as DVBJJ hosted another successful seminar to the Pinellas Park SWAT Team. The officers had a chance to learned some valuable lessons in hand to hand combat and specific submission techniques for law enforcement personal from 6x BJJ World Champ and UFC Veteran Marcio "Pe de Pano" Cruz.

Florida Grappling Championship
Tampa, FL

Congrats to all the Kids and Juniors that competed today at the 3rd FL Grappling Championship; You all did an amazing job!!!

Kids Yellow Belt (ages 7-9) 59lbs.
3rd Place - Iyad Ahmad
Kids Yellow Belt (ages 10-12) 124lbs.
1st Place - Mohammad Ahmad
Kids Orange Belt (ages 13-15) Open Class.
2nd Place - Serrad Ahmad
3rd Place - Mohammad Ahmad

Copa Alfa Barra Yudan
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

David Vieira competed today at the AlphaBarra Cup Jiu-Jitsu & Judo Tournament 15 years anniversary, sponsored by YUDAN Kimonos; Where some of the best Jiu-Jitsu and Judo fighters in Brazil competed. David got 1st place in his weight class submitting all his opponents. At the Absolute division semi-finals, David had a 10min fight against super hwy BJJ black belt multiple World Champ Francisco "Chiquinho" Fernandes, the match ended tied but the judges gave it to"Chiquinho" and David got 3rd place. GREAT JOB Professor!!!

AOF 6
artoffighting.tv

Congrats to Delson Heleno for wining the WFO welter weight belt and also to Dave Yost for his amazing performance.

2nd De La Riva Cup

Good Job Guys!!! Congrats to Gary, Mike and Guilherme for wining 2nd Place in their division at the De La Riva Cup today.

Shin Do Kumat TV Show @ DVBJJ
Pics --, Episode 11

The Season 2 of Shin Do Kumat? "Strykerz" weekly TV show is on SDK on BHSN - Tuesday at 10PM and Sunday at 11:30PM. Watch the premier talk show on Bright House Sports Network hosted by me Master Mehrdad Khan Moayedi along with other prominent media hosts and featured guests. MKM Knockout Promotions in partnership with BHSN TV will broadcast Shin Do Kumat? "Strykerz" for a 13 week episode highlighting a behind the scenes look at Shin Do Kumat? fighters and bouts. This show will then be syndicated by our media executives throughout multiple markets nationwide to over 90 million homes.

St Petersburg Coast Guard BJJ Seminar
Pics

We all had a great time today at the St Petersburg Coast Guard Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Presentation that was hosted by DVBBJ. Special thanks to U.S. Coast Guard Captain Timothy Close for the opportunity to show what BJJ is all about and to Marcio Cruz and Rodrigo Grenno for doing a great job.

Delson Pe de Chumbo Heleno SEMINAR
FORUM, $40.00 -- From 2pm To 4pm @ DVBJJ

Our next seminar will be hosted by Delson Pe de Chumbo Heleno on August 23rd. We are proud to welcome the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion and Capoeira Master to our gym for another exciting seminar. Pe de Chumbo is a very experienced MMA fighter who was the biggest star on Renzo Gracies team at the IFL. With 6 victories for the New York PitBulls he was considered one of the most exciting fighter at the IFL. Also, being one of the most respected Capoeira Masters in Brazil, Delson will be doing a Capoeira exhibition. ?

Art of Fighting 4
artoffighting.tv, Tampa, FL

Congrats to Marcio "Pe de Pano" Cruz for wing the WFO hwy belt and to Deve Yost for another amazing win.

Open Luta Livre Submission (LBLA)
Musashi Mag., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

David Vieira competed today at the LBLA (Copa Mestre Higino) a partnership between the Brazilian Luta Livre Association and the ADCC representatives in Rio. He competed above his weight class at the 195lbs division and got 1st place; and on the same day he also won a supper fight against Mauricio Reis. All the grappling submission winners will be ranked on the Luta Livre Brazilian Federation.

Florida State BJJ Championship
Tournament Pics., Kissimmee, FL

Congrats to Rodrigo for winning the gold medal and Shawn for winning the Silver medal in their division at the 10th Florida State BJJ Championship. The tournament is sanctioned by the Florida Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation and is the official state championship authorized by the IBJJF. Great job guys!

Kids Belt Promotion
Pictures

Congratulations to all the kids that got their new belt today. Keep up the good work.

Marcio Cruz Seminar
Seminar Pics

We are proud to have Marcio "Pe de Pano" Cruz back to have our first seminar for this year. Marcio Cruz will also host our Grand Opening for the school in the new location with his seminar, just like the last time. The seminar will be divided in one hour of Grappling (Marcio is a 6 times BJJ World Champion and ADCC World Champion) and one hour of MMA (Marcio is a UFC 55, UFC 57, UFC 59, UFC 66, IFL and Sengoku 3 veteran). This is going to be one the best seminars ever! Wouldn't miss it for the world!

Bellator Fighting Championship
bellator.com, Hollywood, FL

Stefanie Guimaraes did an amazing job tonight winning her 2nd professional MMA fight in the US at ?Bellator XII Season Finale via first round KO. Congrats!!!

Art of Fighting 3
artoffighting.tv, Sarasota, FL

Congrats to BJ Grees for his amazing performance at Art of Fighting yesterday. ?BJ Grees a BJJ Blue Belt from DVBJJ defeated Nyantu Bolo a BJJ Brown Belt from Team Wolf Pack in 1:20 in the 1st round via arm bar. Great Job!

MAYHEM Submission Fighting
mayhemsubfighting.com

Congratulations to the guys that competed this past Saturday at the MAYHEM Submission Fighting; and a special congrats to Marcio Cruz for wining his super fight against Jerre Norton (BJJ Black Belt under Eduardo de Lima) and also wining the No Gi absolute division.

GB Evolution Jiu-Jitsu Tournament
Tampa, FL

Congrats to all the guys that competed at the GB Evolution Jiu-Jitsu Tournament, You all did a Great Job, specially Sanjay Roberts that got 1st place in his division.

Nitro Submission Fighting
nitrosubfighting.com, Miami, FL

Congratulations to all the guys that competed at the NITRO Submission Fighting this past Sunday; and a special congrats to Rodrigo Greno for doing a great job at the absolute division.

ICF Breakout
intimidationcagefighting.com

Marcio "Pe de Pano" Cruz vs Dan The Sandman Christison, Both fighters have experience in the UFC Octagon, Cruz has a victory on his resume over UFC Heavyweight Frank Mir. The key to this fight was where would it take place. In the stand up, Dan clearly had the reach advantage but on the ground, it would be difficult to find anyone with an advantage over Cruz. The Sandman was able to avoid a few takedowns with impressive sprawls but in the end Cruz dictated the style of the fight and controlled it beginning to end with some brutal ground and pound resulting in a victory via Unanimous Decision. Great Job Marcio!

Capa America World Championship
www.cagc.us, Lakeland, FL

Congratulations to everyone that came out and competed this past Saturday at the Copa America World Championship, it was a great event. Special congrats to Stefanie Guimaraes for placing first on her division.

RFC 16
rfcmma.com

Stefanie Guimaraes will be fighting on the next RFC on February 27th against Revelina "Nana" Berto (2-0) at 140lbs. Stefanie has been training Muay Thai for several years and she is also a great grappler but Nana will definitely be Stefanies toughest challenge so far and it promises to be a great fight. Stefanie is also a sponsored fighter by the classic Hunter & Red Belt fight gear.

DAVID VIEIRA SEMINAR
Rennes Montgermont, France

Right after the European Jiu-Jitsu Championship David will be doing a seminar at Alessandro Oliveira BJJ (Gracie Barra) in France and at Daniel Weichel MMA (Dragon's Cave) in Germany. We all wish you the best!!!

EUROPEAN OPEN JIU-JITSU CHAMPIONSHIP
ibjjf.org, Lisboa, Portugal
David Vieira will be competing at the EUROPEAN OPEN JIU-JITSU CHAMPIONSHIP on February 1st in Portugal. We would like to thank B3 SPORT MANAGEMENT for fully sponsoring David on his trip to Europe.

NAGA World Cup
NAGA, Boca Raton, FL

I won first place at the Naga World Cup Intermediate No-Gi Featherweight Division (w/ armbar submission) and met Marcelo Garcia along the way!
I've done Naga competitions before with butterflies in my stomach but walking onto the mat after training at DVBJJ has strengthened my confidence!!
Thanks for all the support, teaching, teamwork, and lessons!! ?I owe it to David Vieria BJJ!! Thanks Guys!!
Gracie Barra Forever!!!!

Art of Fighting
artoffighting.tv, Sarasota, FL

Our guys did a great job again last night at Art of Fighting and fought like true warriors. The first one to fight representing our academy was Troy Gerhart and he had another amazing first round TKO victory, he is on a four first round TKO wining streak. The second one was our strength & conditioning coach Eric Haritakis against Jaime Yager on the co-main event. They had an exciting start but due to a cut above Erics eye on the first round the doctors decided to stop the fight. We are all very proud of you.

Mayhem Submission
mayhemsubfighting.com, Tampa, FL

Congrats to all the guys that competed today at the Mayhem Submission Tournament. We all had a great time specially when our coach Rodrigo Grenno submitting all his opponents on the absolute division and went to the finals against Edson Diniz; a BJJ World Champion Black Belt from ATT. The fight was amazing as both fighters gave all they got; but after a 22 minutes battle both fighters agreed on a draw and shared the money prize.

TATAME Magazine
www.sherdog.com/pictures/gallery, Rio de Janeiro

Before leaving to Las Vegas to just focus on his fight against Frank Mir at the UFC 92, Rodrigo Minotauro Nogueira got all his training partners togheter for one last training session, and TATAME was there to capture this exciting moment.

MFA - There Will Be Blood
mfamma.com, Miami, FL

THE FIGHTS WERE AMAZING!!! First Gino Tutera destroyed his opponent with ground & pound so bad that he had to be carried away from the cage straight into the hospital. On the co-main event Josh Franklin did a great job working on his game plan and started with a hard punch and kick that made Bob Lashly not want to play stand up with Josh anymore and took him down. But on the way down Josh got a head cut and the fight had to be stopped. Hopefully we will see a rematch down the road. GREAT JOB GUYS.

XFC 6 - Clash of the Continents
Fight Pics, Tampa, FL

Troy Gerhart (3-0) and Sky Moiseichik (Debut) did a great job this Friday at the XFC. ?They were both exciting fights and we cant wait to see our guys fighting again!!!

Grapplers Quest
www.grapplers.com

Shawn Miller did a great job at the 2008 Grapplers Quest Southeast Grappling Championships wining gold at the NO GI and Silver at the GI division. Congrats! ??

Mixed Fighting Alliance (Co-Main Event)
MFA.com

IT'S FINALLY CONFIRMED!!! Our own Joshua Franklin will be fighting WWE Champion Bobby Lashly on December 13th in Miami, FL at the MFA. This will be an exciting fight as both fighter will go into a war to win their debut fight.

Gracie Barra Evolution Tournament
Tampa, FL

Congratulations to Sean, Sky and Dave for wining at their GI and No GI division at the Gracie Barra Evolution Tournament.

Chad Robichaux Black Belt Promotion
www.chadrobo.tv, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

David Vieira gave Chad Robo his well deserved and overdue black belt today and welcomed him into the Gracie Barra Black Belt family not only as a friend but as a brother.

Chad "Robo" (born August 1975) is an undefeated Pro Mixed Martial Arts Fighter, who has been a martial artist since the age of 5. Chads rankings include a Brown Belt in Pedro Alberto Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under his primary instructor Eric William, a Gracie Barra / Carlos Gracie Jr. BJJ Black Belt from David Vieira (promoted in Brazil), a Black Belt in Traditional Jiu-Jitsu, and a Combative Fighting System Black Belt. Additionally, as a former U.S. Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor and a Federal Special Agent Training Officer, Chad has had developed a high level of skill in the instruction of hand to hand combat and self-defense. Furthermore, Chad has had the opportunity to be a part of the development and implementation of many training programs for real world armed and unarmed combat.

Of the mat Chad is married with 3 children. He is a Medal of Valor Recipient, has earned an MBA from New York Tech, and is a combat veteran who served in the US Marine Corps as a Special Operations Force Reconnaissance Marine.

NoGi Grappling Duel
TATAME MAG., University Gama Filho, Rio de Janeiro

David did an amazing job today when he competed at the NOGI Grappling Tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was a Supper Fight between David and Sydnei Camilo a BJJ Black Belt from Carlson Gracie and Casquinha Jiu-Jitsu Club. David submitted his opponent with a Triangle Choke in 13 seconds.

David Vieira Interview by ITG
Video Interview --

David was interviewed in Brazil on September 08 by ITG check out the video interview.

Cage Supremacy

Gino Tutera HWY (Debut) and Troy Gerhart 155lbs (1-0) did a great job at Cage Supremacy this Saturday.

WFC Grappling USA
www.wfcgrapplingusa.com

Congrats to all the guys that competed ?at the WFC Grappling Tournament yesterday. You all did an awesome job.

MMA Authority Magazine - WFC 6
mmapublications.com

Official Result:
David Vieira defeated Efrain Ruiz, 3 minutes 23 seconds of the first round via Rear Naked Choke.
Efrain is the most experienced instructor at FFA with over twenty years of training in the martial arts. With a black belt in kickboxing under legendary Joe Lewis and a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Ricardo Teixeira, he was for sure the toughest fight so far for David Vieira!!!

WFC VII
www.mmawfc.com, Atlantic City, NJ

Congratulations to Erick Reynolds and Scott Bills for their amazing victories this Friday at the WFC 7 "Lock Down" which it was an epic battle of North vs. South!!!

Official Results:
Winner: Scott Bills by Dec-Split, Round 3 @ 5:1
Winner: Eric Reynolds by TKO, Round 1 @ 1:1

98Rock Fest & WFC

We would like to thank Dave and BJ for doing a great job at the 98Rock Fest inside the WFC cage. A lot of people came out to watch our guys doing a NHB sparing section and they proved one more time that we have one of the best fight teams in Florida. Great Job!!!

Gracie Barra Evolution Tournament
Pics

Congratulations to all the guys that came out and competed this past Saturday at the Gracie Barra Evolution Tournament, everyone did a great job!!!

Fred WINS!!!

Congrats to Fred for wining his SuperFight against ATT BJJ Black Belt Ailton Barbosa at the Tropicana Field today.

98 Rock Interview
98Rock.com --

Fred went to the 98 Rock today to give an interview about his upcoming WFC Grappling SuperFight Before The Rays Game On Saturday.

Pan-Ams Jiu-Jitsu Championship

Congrats to Erin Moran for doing a great job at the Pan-Ams.

Wes Sims
Pics

We had a special visit again tonight at DVBJJ as Wes Sims made a surprise stop in the bay area. He is one of the coolest guys we ever had at the academy. We hope to see him again soon!

World Fighting Championship
WFC 6
One month after the RFC David will be taking his next challenge on ?the next WFC. Lets get ready for another exciting fight!!!

Mr. Ciro Moura DVBJJ 1st Black Belt

Mr. Ciro Moura is the newest addition to the Gracie Barra Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt Family. We were all very excited today when 68 years old Mr. Ciro Moura got his black belt from David Vieira.

Mr. Ciro is a live example of discipline and commitment to what he does, to this day he has been a strong and fearless competitor in BJJ tournaments. Mr. Ciro Moura was born in January 17, 1940 and at the age of 25 he started training Judo and Vale Tudo in Minas, Brazil. Being a law enforcement officer at the time the martial art became a very useful tool, and at the same time his passion. In 1967 he competed at the Pan-American of Judo in Canada, and after that at the World Championship of Judo in South Lake City, UT. After winning the South-American Judo Championship in Argentina he went back to Brazil and became a 5 time Judo State Champion.

In 1990 with a lot of support from his son (Jackson Moura who is a BJJ and Judo black belt) he started practicing Jiu-Jitsu and today Mr. Ciro has earned his well deserved BJJ black belt. In 1991 he won the Brazilian BJJ Championship and in 1999 he did the same at the Brazilian BJJ Championship, but this time he won in his weight class and in the absolute division. At the age of 60 years old he won Gold at the BJJ Pan-American and in 2002 he got Silver and Bronze at the BJJ Pan-American. Mr. Ciro Has over 42 years of experience in Judo, Vale Tudo and Self-Defense.

NAGA West Palm Beach
www.nagafighter.com

Congrats to all the guys that went to NAGA. DVBJJ Team did a great job again.

Dane: Gold
Gino: Gold
Andre: Silver & Bronze
Aaron: Silver
Jay: Silver

Randy Couture @ DVBJJ
Randy's Pics

YESTERDAY WAS A GREAT NIGHT! We had the honor of having the legend Randy Couture The Natural at our academy, where he spent a couple of hours training with his wife Kim Couture (She is set to compete in her first MMA event at Xtreme Couture Gym in Las Vegas, NV on February 23rd). Randy also took some pictures with the BJJ Team and grappled with David and Fred for over 15 min. each. David said that he is really an amazing wrestler and a great person. Special thanks to Ronnie (RonnieBoone.com) for providing the photography Randy Harris (TSN13.com) for bringing Randy Coture here.

MMA Authority Magazine - RFC XI
Pics

David had an amazing victory against Zack Barrios taking a win by tap out with a rear choke in Round 1 at 1:22.

RFC XI Revenge of the Warriors
www.rfcmma.com, Tampa, FL

David will be fighting on the next RFC on February 23rd at the USF Sun Dome in
Tampa, FL against Zack Barrios. He is a BJJ Brown Belt from Team Trauma.

Mario Sperry
Forum, -- SEMINAR -- 2:00pm @ DVBJJ

THE SEMINAR WAS ONE OF THE BEST THAT WE HAD SO FAR...

• John G.: "WOW, what a GREAT seminar!!! ?He is a great teacher. ?Thanks for bringing him out for us."
  
• Benjamin G.: "Definitely an amazing trainer. ?It was a real honor to share some mat time with "Uncle Mario". "
  
• David V.: "What a great guy! It was awesome to see him again and spend some time with one of greatest MMA coach of all time, see you soon Marioooo"

MMA WFC V
Cage Wars, Tampa, FL

What a great show! The fights were amazing and our boys Rafael and Matias were probably best fights of the night. ?Matias dominated on the fist round and came out on the second like thunder finishing the fight with a triangle/armbar. Rafael came out fearless with some powerful kicks and an awesome armbar finishing the fight in 50 seconds.

NAGA Event
www.nagafighter.com, Miami, FL

Congratulation to everybody that went to NAGA and competed this Saturday, all the fights were great and very exciting. A special congrats ?to Mike that got gold in Gi and No Gi and David Vieira that brought the NAGA Champions belt home, great job guys.

Official Results:
Mike 1st Gi 1st No Gi
Dave 1st Gi 3rd No Gi
Denis 3rd gi 3rd no gi
Marcia 3rd No Gi
Erin 3rd Gi
David Vieira 1st Gi

David Vieira Copa America Gi Champion
Copa America, Lakeland, FL

David won 1st place in the Gi absolute division, he had 4 fights and he submitted all (3 black belts and 1 brown belt), averaging 40 seconds per fight.

MMA Authority Magazine - WFC 4
www.mmapublications.com

David defeated Benjamin Jordan, 2 minutes 42 seconds of the first round via Triangle Choke.

NAGA Event
NAGA Team Results, Miami, FL

Congratulations to everybody that went to NAGA this Saturday. Every single fight was a war, out of 13 competitors 11 got medals. David said that he is very proud.

Official Results:
Mike: Gold (No Gi) Gold (Gi)
Rodrigo: Gold (No Gi) Gold (Gi)
John R.: Bronze (No Gi) Gold (No Gi)
Deniz: Bronze (No Gi) Gold (Gi)
Erin: Gold (No Gi)
Joe: Gold (Gi)
John G.: Silver (No Gi)
Nate: Silver (No Gi)
Anthony: Silver (No Gi)
Marcia: Silver (Gi)
Diego Silver (Gi)

MMAWFC IV Results!
Cage Wars Pics, Tampa, FL

Congratulations to Diego and David for their amazing victories this Friday at the WFC IV. They were both true warriors and fought with all their heart and strength, we cant wait to see them in action again. Keep up the work, you made us all proud.

Official Results:
Diego Lander by Submission Toe Hold; Round 2, 1:48 and David Vieira by Submission Triangle Choke; Round 1, 2:42

World Fighting Championship IV
Cage Wars, Tampa, FL

The next event, WFC IV: CAGE WARS, will be held July 13 at the Florida State Fairgrounds at Expo Hall and we will have two fighters on this card. The first ?fight will be Diego Lander at 145lb at bout 4 against James Wynn, this will be his third professional MMA fight. The second fight will be David Vieira at 175lbs at bout 10 against Benjamin Jordan and this fight is going to be the main event. David will also be feature at the MMA Authority magazine in August as the new welterweight upcoming fighter.The WFC has put a great card together, so let us all be there to support our fighters and watch a great show.

Davids Interview @ Chanel 8
News Chanel 8 (Interview)

David gave an interview today at a Spanish version of the News Chanel 8 where he talked about his training at Gracie Barra in Brazil and his upcoming fight at the WFC IV Cage Wars on Friday, July 13.

MMA Authority Magazine
MMA Authority Magazine

CHECK OUT! The August article of MMA Authority Magazine where David was featured as the New Upcoming Fighter.

Renato Sobral @ DVBJJ
Seminar Pics

We were proud to welcome the UFC veteran Babalu in our academy where he did a great job today. The seminar was a great success, Thanks to all of our guys that showed up and to all the local MMA schools that came and supported us. Babalu said that he loved the way that everybody treated him and that he will come back soon.

Urijah Faber @ DVBJJ
NBC News (Interview)

Sunday night on the NBC News Sports show they ran the feature from Friday's workout with Urijah Faber. They showed Urijah working out and a shot of David rolling with him. They also asked David a question and after he answered Daniel was there to translate on camera as to what he said.
Nice story and another nice plug in the news for DVBJJ

David Vieira Copa America No GI Champion
www.cagc.us, Lakeland, FL

May 12, 2007

David made us very proud today when competed in the Copa America No GI Absolute division and submitted all of his opponents. At the final David defeated ?280lbs Mario Big Hurt Rinaldi from ATT via rear naked chock. The fights were great and we cant wait to see him competing again.

Great Job David!

MMAWFC III
Turf Wars III Pics, Tampa, FL

World Fighting Championships (WFC), formed in 2006, is a Tampa-based company promoting Mixed Martial Arts competitions. Turf Wars III was the latest event, held at the A La Carte Event Pavilion on Saturday, April 7. Turf Wars III was the third event planned for 2007, said Tom Crowther, CEO. We understand the popularity of the sport and we know that the key to our success is great fighters and action packed fight cards. Turf Wars III delivered all those elements and more.

Matias Gentili has upheld what is becoming a winning combination of WFC with fighters from David Vieiras Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He won against Travis Tarzan Bartlett with a triangle-choke 1:44 into the first round.

David Vieira made his MMA debut in Bout 8 at Turf Wars III against Fred Salsaverda from Submission & Striking Academy. Davids victory by Triangle Choke at 1:48 in the 1st round had him bouncing off the ropes and lifting WFC partner Herb Dozier over his head.

Congrats to both fighters!

NAGA Event
Pics, Miami, FL

NAGA results!!

Menor and Muchacho won both of their divisions...Rafael won the gi division...Chip fought great and barely lost on points..and Sean, well he trained hard for 2 months, dropped 25 pounds, weighed in at 175, fought for 2 seconds and his oponent almost broke his leg. He grabbed Seans head and went to jump into the guard but jumped onto his leg instead...nice..

Congrats to All the guys from David Vieira BJJ Competition Team!

Chuck Liddell @ DVBJJ
Pics

We would like to thank Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell for coming by and spending some time with us and also a special thanks to Randy Harris for bringing him here. We all had a great time.

MMAWFC II
Turf Wars II Pics, Tampa, FL

We had three fighters on this card: Lander, Marcelo, & Raphael.

Congratulations to our fighters that were on this card: First up was Marcelo Gabral who made his Pro debut to a game fighter. The pace was very fast and Marcelo has some great takedowns, but he caught a knee to the nose and was unable to answer the bell for round 2.

Our second fighter was Diego Lander. This was Diego's second fight and he came out swinging, doing some major damage to his opponent early in the round after the fight went to the ground Diego had several attempts at armbars and a triangle that his opponent was able to power out of, but after a questionable stand-up by the Ref. Diego was able to hit a lighting fast armbar from the bottom for the win.

Our third fighter was Rapheal De Lima. This was Rapheal's Pro debut. This fight was also very fast paced with Rapheal taking the fight to his opponent with some outstanding strikes and a fantastic takedown. Raphael was able to finish his opponent via armbar from the bottom.

Congrats to all the fighters!

Marcio Cruz @ DVBJJ
2nd Seminar Pics

We were proud to welcome "Pe De Pano" back to the gym as he spent over a week training with us and sharing his unbelievable knowledge of BJJ Pe De Pano was listed in Gracie Magazine as the Greatest Gracie Jiu-Jitsu fighter of all time. He finished his stay by doing seminars both here and at Rob Kahn's academy.

MMAWFC I
Turf Wars I Pics, Tampa, FL

Congratulations to two of our fighters on their Pro MMA debut victories in January at MMAWFC, Turf Wars.

First up for DVBJJ was Glendson "Menor" Adillo who won decisively over Harry Holton II. Fight Zone magazine quoted "Menor" as coming out "like a small Tazmanian Devil". " Menor" won the fight in the first round via referee stoppage due to strikes.

Up next was Diego Lander. Lander fought an unbelievable fight winning via armbar at 1:45 in the first round. The victory came over Gidano Marchigano. Fight Zone magazine is quoted saying "Diego was so fast, he looked like a blur in the ring." Lander won his first Turf Wars belt with this victory.

Congrats to both fighters!

UFC 66 - David @ Marcio Cruz Corner
Pics, Las Vegas

David spent a couple of weeks in California training with Marcio Cruz Pe de Pano for his fight against Andrei Arlovski at the UFC 66. David worked at his corner and supported his friend from the beginning to the end of the fight. In spite of the outcome of the fight David said that Pe de Pano is confident that his MMA career is far from over.

NAGA Event
NAGA, Miami, FL

NO-GI Mens Advanced Cruiser Weight - 1st David Vieira / David Vieira BJJ
NO-GI Mens Intermediate Middle Weight - 3rd Marcelo Gabral / David Vieira BJJ
NO-GI Mens Novice Fly Weight - 2nd Gledson Silva / David Vieira BJJ

GI Men's Brown & Black Belt Middle Weight - 1st David Vieira / David Vieira BJJ
GI White Belt Cruiser Weight - 2nd Eric Durbin / David Vieira BJJ
GI White Belt Super Heavy Weight - 2nd Joseph Marquis / David Vieira BJJ
GI Directors Light Weight - 2nd Chip Clovis / David Vieira BJJ

Congrats to All the guys from David Vieira BJJ Competition Team!

Marcio Cruz @ DVBJJ
Seminar Pics

The seminar was hosted by David Vieira and his brother Daniel and it was a great way for them to kickstart the opening to their new school. Around 25 people attended and were privy to one of the worlds best grapplers, Marcio "Pe De Pano" Cruz. The seminar was mostly MMA related and a good majority of the time was Q & A, so there was plenty of time for traditional Gi questions as well.

The seminar was definitely a success and all who showed up learned a new technique or a new spin on old technique.

Opening Night!
David Vieira Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Gym, Pinellas Park, FL

September 18th, 2006

Approximately 40 people turned out to show support for DVBJJ as the new school opened its doors to the public for the first time.
There is a big screen TV to watch training or fight videos on and a Street Fighter II game for all to use.

The school is different than other gyms, in the fact that it is a family friendly environment with a big, comfortable couch and plenty of chairs to sit around and socialize.

David Vieira Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu welcomes everyone to the new school and wishes to thank all of those who showed up to support the grand opening.

UPCOMING EVENTS: