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!!!"
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WFC VII "Lock Down" May 30, 2008 -- 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 May 11, 2008
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!!!
WFC signs Eric Reynolds & David Vieira April 30, 2008 -- mmawfc.com
World Fighting Championships signs rising MMA superstars Eric Reynolds and David Vieira to long term deal!!! The WFC is continually looking for only the best MMA fighters from all over the World to be a part of the team. WFC next show will be may 30th at the Tropicana Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City
Gracie Barra Evolution Tournament April 26, 2008 -- 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!!! April 19, 2008
Congrats to Fred for wining his SuperFight against ATT BJJ Black Belt Ailton Barbosa at the Tropicana Field today.
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 March 28, 2008
Congrats to Erin for doing a great job at the Pan-Ams.
Wes Sims "The Project" @ DVBJJ March 26, 2008 -- 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!
Wes & Randy
World Fighting Championship March 22, 2008 -- 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!!!
Our New Black Belt March 19, 2008
Mr. Ciro Moura is our newest addition to the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt Team. We were all very proud today when Mr. Ciro got his black belt from David and Fred. Like we said before at age 68 he is a live example of discipline and commitment to what he does. To this day he is a strong and fearless Brazilian Jiu-jitsu competitor. Congrats Mr. Ciro!
Randy Couture @ DVBJJ March 6, 2008 -- 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 March 1, 2008 -- 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 February 23, 2008 -- 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.
The Fighter Warehouse Grand Opening December 15, 2007
Come out and support our friends from the FW!
Mario Sperry October 27, 2007 -- 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…"
The Brazilian Top Team founder Mario "The Zen Machine" Sperry is a PRIDE veteran and is considered one of the greatest Brazilian fighters of all time. A prodigy of the legendary Carlson Gracie, Sperry is an accomplished master of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and a black belt. During the late 1990s, he won numerous awards in the Abu Dhabi Submission Wrestling Championships, including the heavyweight and absolute divisions in 1997. As a mixed martial arts fighter, Sperry's accomplishments are known around the globe. Mario will be joining the IFL by having his own team starting February of 2008.
MMA WFC V October 26, 2007 -- 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.
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 October 6, 2007 -- 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.
David defeated Benjamin Jordan, 2 minutes 42 seconds of the first round via Triangle Choke.
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The First DVBJJ Brown Belt July 25, 2007 -- At age 67 Mr. Ciro becomes the 1st DV Brown Belt
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 and training. 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.
With a lot of support from his son (Jackson Moura that today is a BJJ and Judo black belt) he started practicing Jiu-Jitsu. Today Mr. Ciro is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Brown 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.
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! July 13, 2007 -- 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 can’t 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 June 26, 2007 -- 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.
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.
CHECK OUT! The August article of MMA Authority Magazine where David was featured as the New Welterweight Upcoming Fighter.
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Renato Sobral @ DVBJJ May 26, 2007 -- 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.
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 May 12, 2007 -- www.cagc.us, Lakeland, FL
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 can’t wait to see him competing again.
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 Vieira’s 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. David’s 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.
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!
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 February 9, 2007 -- 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.
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.
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.
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!
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
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.
