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: “I’m very excited about this seminar but I also can’t wait to get back, hopefully I should be back within the next couple of months. SEE YOU ALL SOON!!!”
December 25, 2009
SWAT Team Seminar December 17, 2009 -- 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 December 5, 2009 -- 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 Yudan AlfaBarra November 28, 2009 -- 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!!!
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 November 11, 2009
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 Kumaté TV Show @ DVBJJ October 24, 2009 -- Pics --, Episode 11
The Season 2 of Shin Do Kumaté "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 Kumaté "Strykerz" for a 13 week episode highlighting a behind the scenes look at Shin Do Kumaté 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 October 16, 2009 -- 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 August 23, 2009 -- 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 Gracie’s 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 August 22, 2009 -- 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.
LBLA Luta Livre August 16, 2009 -- Cup Master Higino --, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
David Vieira competed today in Rio, Brazil at the LBLA Luta Livre (Cup Master Higino 2009). He competed above his weight class at the 195lbs grappling division and got 1st place; and on the same day he also won a supper fight against Mauricio Reis. David said it was a very tough fight but at the end he came out with the victory.
Florida State BJJ Championship July 11, 2009 -- Tournament Pics., Kissimmee, FL
Congrats to Rodrigo Grenno for winning the gold medal and Shawn Miller 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!
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!
June 20th @ 2pm - The cost will be $40.00 for 2 hours of BJJ and MMA with one of the best in the business.
Bellator Fighting Championship June 19, 2009 -- 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 June 13, 2009 -- 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!
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 May 16, 2009 -- 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.
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.
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!
Eric Reynolds vs. Thomas Schulte April 10, 2009 -- BELLATOR.com
Far and away the biggest upset of the night was the first round technical knockout by Eric Reynolds over heavily favored Thomas Schulte. Reynolds was able to set the pace early and contain Schulte. Reynolds was able to assume full control of the match after slamming Schulte on his head, rendering him helpless to the array of strikes that followed. Referee Kevin Mulhall stopped the fight at 4:18 during the first round awarding Reynolds his 11th win via TKO. Gongrats Eric for the amazing job!
Two of our guys have landed a contract with upstart promotion Bellator Fighting Championship. Congratulations to Troy Gerhart and Eric Reynolds. Keep up the work!!!
Capa America World Championship March 14, 2009 -- 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.
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 Stefanie’s 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
RFC16: After a 3 rounds war the judges gave the victory to Stefanie’s opponent Nana. They also won the bonus cash for the fight of the night
EUROPEAN OPEN JIU-JITSU CHAMPIONSHIP January 30, 2009 -- 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. Right after the tournament 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!!!
NAGA World Cup January 24, 2009 -- 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!!!!
Jamal Barnett & Marcelo Garcia
Art of Fighting January 24, 2009 -- 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 Eric’s eye on the first round the doctors decided to stop the fight. We are all very proud of you.
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.
Rafael, Eric, Daniel, Mike, Legs, Spider, Jamal & Sean
December 25, 2008
TATAME Magazine December 22, 2008 -- 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.
Nogueira Brothers, Vitor Belfort, David Vieira & Friends
MFA - There Will Be Blood December 13, 2008 -- 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 December 5, 2008 -- 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 can’t wait to see our guys fighting again!!!
Troy had an amazing victory against Eric Florez. He dominated the fight wining by TKO, Round 1 @ 1:19.
After a 3 minutes battle between Sky and Horacio Rodiguez he unfortunate got caught on a guillotine choke and that was end of the fight.
Grapplers Quest November 8, 2008 -- 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) November 7, 2008 -- 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 November 1, 2008 -- 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 October 10, 2008 -- 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. Chad’s 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 Tournament 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.
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!!!"
Issue #10
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!!!
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!!!
Mr. Ciro Moura DVBJJ 1st Black Belt March 19, 2008
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.
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.
December 25, 2007
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.
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.
Issue #3
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 December 30th, 2006
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!
Marcio Cruz @ DVBJJ Seminar Pics September 19th, 2006
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.
