Marcos Galvão

Marcos Galvão
Born	June 23, 1982 (1982-06-23) (age 29) Amazonas, Brazil
Other names	Loro, Kokot
Residence	New York, New York, United States
Nationality	Brazilian
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	135 lb (61 kg; 9.6 st)
Division	145 & 135
Reach	67 in (170 cm)
Style	Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Fighting out of	New York, New York, United States
Team	Nova União
Rank	black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Years active	2003 - Present
Mixed martial arts record
Total	16
Wins	10
By knockout	1
By decision	9
Losses	5
By knockout	2
By decision	3
Draws	1
Other information
Website	http://marcoslorobjj.com
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
last updated on: September 25, 2010

Marcos "Loro" Galvão (born June 23, 1981) is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist currently fighting as a featherweight. He holds a professional MMA record of 10 wins, 5 losses, and 1 draw. Galvão peaked at a global ranking of #2 among bantamweights in August 2007.^[1] Galvão has fought in several organizations all over the world, including Shooto, Jungle Fight, Fury FC, and World Extreme Cagefighting.

Galvão currently trains with fellow Nova Uniao teammates Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro and Marcelino Freitas in New York City.

Mixed Martial Arts

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Galvão received his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from Nova Uniao founder André Pederneiras. Galvão is a successful and well respected grappler. He is a Grapplers Quest Pro Division Champion, five time Brazilian National Champion and a two time World Champion.

WEC Career

Galvão made his WEC and U.S. debut at WEC 31 against Brian Bowles. Galvão lost the fight via KO in the second round. He took a fight outside of the WEC before returning to the promotion. He returned to suffer another KO loss, this time to Damacio Page at WEC 39.

Shooto Title Fight

Following a loss in his WEC debut to Bowles, Galvão returned to Japan to challenge the undefeated Bantamweight title holder Masakatsu Ueda. The fight ended in a draw, resulting in Ueda retaining the championship title.

Bellator Fighting Championships

Galvão was a part of the main event for Bellator 41 against Joe Warren, the Bellator Featherweight champion. The fight was contested at a catchweight of 137 lbs. In the fight Galvão negated a majority of Warren's offense for the first two rounds by showing strong takedown defense, taking down Warren multiple times, taking Warren's back, and executing good knees from the clinch. In the third round he was taken down by Warren and controlled throughout the round. At the end of the fight, Bellator color commentator, Jimmy Smith, believed Galvão won the fight 29-28. Along with Smith, many top MMA sites, (MMAJunkie, Sherdog, MMAFighting, MMASpot), all believed that Galvão won the fight by 29-28. It was then announced that Warren had won the fight via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28).

During an MMAJunkie radio interview with Bellator CEO, Bjorn Rebney, Rebney confirmed that Galvão will take part in the Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Five bantamweight tournament. Galvao fought Chase Beebe in a quarterfinal match-up on September 24, 2011 and won via split decision.^[2]

Galvao lost a very close fight Alexis Vila at Bellator 55, losing by split decision (29-28, 29-28, 27-30). Though Galvao lost the fight, he still received his win bonus.^[3]

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
16 matches	10 wins	5 losses
By knockout	1	2
By submission	0	0
By decision	9	3
Draws	1

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Loss	10-5-1	Alexis Vila	Decision (split)	Bellator 55	02011-10-22 October 22, 2011	3	5:00	Yuma, Arizona, United States	Bellator Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal
Win	10-4-1	Chase Beebe	Decision (split)	Bellator 51	02011-09-24 September 24, 2011	3	5:00	Canton, Ohio, United States	Bellator Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal
Loss	9-4-1	Joe Warren	Decision (unanimous)	Bellator 41	02011-04-16 April 16, 2011	3	5:00	Yuma, Arizona, United States	Catchweight of 137 lbs.
Win	9-3-1	Ryan Vaccaro	Decision (unanimous)	Ring of Combat 33	02010-12-03 December 3, 2010	3	5:00	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Won Featherweight Title
Win	8-3-1	Jacob Kirwan	Decision (unanimous)	Ring of Combat 31	02010-09-24 September 24, 2010	3	4:00	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	7-3-1	David Derby	TKO (punches)	Washington Combat: Battle of the Legends	02010-05-15 May 15, 2010	1	1:37	Washington, District of Columbia, United States	Featherweight Debut
Loss	6-3-1	Damacio Page	KO (punches)	WEC 39	02009-03-01 March 1, 2009	1	0:18	Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
vDraw	6-2-1	Masakatsu Ueda	Draw	Shooto Tradition 3	02008-09-28 September 28, 2008	3	5:00	Tokyo, Japan	For Shooto Featherweight (132 lbs.) Championship
Loss	6-2	Brian Bowles	KO (punch)	WEC 31	02007-12-12 December 12, 2007	2	2:09	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	6-1	Kenji Osawa	Decision (majority)	Shooto: Back To Our Roots 3	02007-05-18 May 18, 2007	3	5:00	Tokyo, Japan
Win	5-1	Naoya Uematsu	Decision (unanimous)	Fury FC 1: Warlords Unleashed	02006-09-27 September 27, 2006	3	5:00	Sao Paulo, Brazil
Win	4-1	Fredson Paixao	Decision (unanimous)	Jungle Fight 6	02006-04-29 April 29, 2006	3	5:00	Manaus, Brazil
Loss	3-1	Akitoshi Hokazono	Decision (unanimous)	Shooto: 9/23 in Korakuen Hall	02005-09-23 September 23, 2005	3	5:00	Tokyo, Japan
Win	3-0	Jin Akimoto	Decision (unanimous)	Shooto: 9/26 in Kourakuen Hall	02004-09-26 September 26, 2004	3	5:00	Tokyo, Japan
Win	2-0	Shuichiro Katsumura	Decision (unanimous)	Shooto 2004: 1/24 in Korakuen Hall	02004-01-24 January 24, 2004	3	5:00	Tokyo, Japan
Win	1-0	Masato Shiozawa	Decision (majority)	Shooto: 5/4 in Korakuen Hall	02003-05-04 May 4, 2003	3	5:00	Tokyo, Japan

Personal

Galvão is married to his wife Paula. The couple currently reside in New York City where Galvão trains and teaches Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.^[4]

References

1. ^ "Sherdog Rankings History". http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f2/sherdog-rankings-history-2001-present-1214246. 
2. ^ http://www.411mania.com/MMA/news/202796/Click-Here-To-Join-411-For-Our-LIVE-Bellator-51-Coverage.htm
3. ^ http://mmajunkie.com/news/25772/despite-close-bellator-55-loss-marcos-galvao-gets-win-bonus.mma
4. ^ "In The Guard Interview". http://www.intheguard.tv/portal/?channel=2&section=2&action=1&id=211. 

External links

• Professional MMA record for Marcos Galvao from Sherdog

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Name	Galvao, Marcos
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Date of birth	June 23, 1981
Place of birth	Amazonas, Brazil
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