Nova União (mixed martial arts)

Nova União

Founded by	Andre Pederneiras Wendell Alexander
Current titleholders	Marlon Sandro featherweight King of Pancrase (Pancrase)145 lb (66 kg) Jose Aldo featherweight champion (UFC) 145 lb (66 kg; 10.4 st)
Past titleholders	BJ Penn Lightweight Champion (UFC 2007-2010)155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st) Wagnney Fabiano featherweight champion (IFL 2007-2008) 145 lb (66 kg; 10.4 st) Vitor Ribeiro welterweight champion (Shooto) 154 lb (70 kg; 11.0 st); lightweight champion (Cage Rage) 155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st)
Prominent Fighters	Thales Leites (MFC) Wagnney Fabiano (WEC) Jose Aldo (UFC) BJ Penn (UFC) Jussie Formiga [1] (Shooto)
Training Facility Locations	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Newark, Delaware Hawaii Grayslake, Illinois Indio, California Colorado Springs, Colorado
Official Website	Nova União

Nova União (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈnɔvɐ uniˈɐ̃w̃]) is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) academy and mixed martial arts team located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[2] Their BJJ black belts have participated in BJJ, submission grappling and MMA competitions all over the world. Nova União's victory at the Mundials (also known as the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship) marked the first time a non-brazilian native won gold in the black belt category. Since 2008 Nova União has become a familiar name in the Mixed Martial Arts scene as a result of stabling the #1 ranked featherweight fighter in the world, Jose Aldo, and another top ten ranked featherweight in Marlon Sandro.^[3]

Jiu Jitsu

The Nova União jiu jitsu team was recently re-organized by two 1st generation black belts under Andre Pederneiras in the United States. Gustavo Dantas, President, and Robson Moura, Vice-President, have been charged with overseeing the new changes. The team was created by Wendell Alexander and Andre Pederneiras, and is known primarily for its lightweight fighters. The competition team is usually reserved for the top four competitors during that time period.

Notable members

Current and former members of the team include:

• BJ Penn - Former UFC Welterweight and Lightweight champion
• Jose Aldo current UFC Featherweight Champion.
• Thales Leites,^[4]
• Vitor Ribeiro,^[4] former Shooto Welterweight (154 lb) Champion and Cage Rage World Lightweight Champion.
• Wagnney Fabiano UFC,^[4] former IFL Featherweight Champion and TKO World Super-Lightweight Championship.
• Renato Verissimo - Former UFC Welterweight
• Leonardo Santos^[5]
• Gustavo Dantas - Nova União Jiu Jitsu President in the United States
• Eduardo Dantas Bantamweight, Bellator BW Tournament finalist
• Marlon Sandro Bellator, current Pancrase and former World Victory Road featherweight champion.
• Ronnys Torres - Former UFC Lightweight
• Tony DeSouza - Peruvian jiu-jitsu fighter who fought in UFC and his trademark submission is the Peruvian Necktie.
• Robson Moura - 7x World Champion in BJJ. #2 Rated BJJ competitor of all time
• Marcos Galvão - Ring of Combat featherweight Champion
• TJ Grant - UFC Welterweight
• João Roque - legendary Nova Uniao fighter and 5th dan black belt of the BJJ
• Wagnney Fabiano - Head of Nova União Canada
• Renan Barao-UFC BW Contender, 27-1 (1 NC)

External links

• Nova Uniao International
• Arizona Nova Uniao
• Elite Jiu Jitsu homepage
• Ohana Hawaii homepage
• Team Oliveira Myspace page

www.teamoliveirabjj.net

• SoCal homepage
• Colorado Springs homepage
• Nova Uniao Australia

References

1. ^ "Fighters affiliated with Nova Uniao". MMA Wiz. http://www.mmawiz.com/affiliations/4:Nova_Uniao. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
2. ^ novauniao.com.br
3. ^ [1]
4. ^ ^{a b c} Sherdog.com
5. ^ BloodyElbow.com

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