- Vitor Ribeiro
MMAstatsbox
name = Vitor Ribeiro
|nick = Shaolin
height = 5'8 (173cm)
weight = 155lbs (70kg)
nationality=Brazil ian
birthdate = Birth date and age|1979|2|24|mf=y
died =
fightingfrom =
hometown =Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil
fightteam = Nova União
fightstyle =Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
wins = 19
losses = 2
draws = 0
nocontest = 0
ko = 1
submissions = 12Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro (born
February 24 ,1979 inRio de Janeiro ,Brazil ) is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) specialist and mixed martial artist (MMA). He holds a professional MMA record of 19 wins and 2 losses.Vitor Ribeiro is an accomplished grappler. He has won the
CBJJ Mundials (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Championship) four times, once as a purple belt in 1996 and three times as a black belt in three consecutive years (1999, 2000, and 2001). He has competed in theADCC World Championship in 2000 and 2003.fact|date=August 2007"Shaolin" is considered one of the best lightweights in MMA. He has fought in several bouts in organizations all over the world, such as
Shooto Japan , ShootoHawaii ,Rumble on the Rock (Hawaii),Cage Rage (England ), andK-1 HERO'S (Japan). He has held the Shooto welterweight (154 lb) title, as well as the Cage Rage World lightweight championship. [http://www.cagerage.tv/titleholders.htm CageRage website]His last fight was against the 2006 HERO'S Middleweight (154 lb) champion
Gesias Calvancanti onSeptember 17 ,2007 . Ribeiro lost by TKO in the first round.cite web
url=http://www.nokaut.com/?id=12&solo_news=994&lang=e&cur=eur
title=HERO'S Grand Prix: Round Two
last=Bolduc
first=Justin
date=August 16 ,2007
publisher= [http://www.nokaut.com Nokaut] ]References
External links
* [http://www.vitorshaolin.tv Official website]
*sherdog|id=428|name=Vitor Ribeiro
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