Vitor Miranda

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birthname = Vitor Bruno Miranda
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Vitor "Vitinho" Miranda (born March 10, 1979) is a professional Brazilian kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He's the K-1 Brazil 2005 and K-1 Turkey 2007 Super Heavyweight tournament champion.

Biography & Career

Vitor Miranda was born in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil. When growing up, he was interested in martial arts but didn't start training before turning 21, when his friend introduced him to Muay Thai. After only two years of practice and same time working part time as a video store clerk, Vitor turned pro in 2001. He made his K-1 debut in 2003, quit his job and became a full time fighter.cite web
url=http://k-1sport.de/en/show_article.php?id=13
title="Interview with Vitor Miranda"
last= Habermann
first= Jens
accessdate=2008-02-03
publisher=www.K-1sport.de]

Vitor's first K-1 fight was on February 23, 2003 at K-1 Brazil GP. He lost the fight against Carlos de Lima by unanimous decision. On October 22, 2005, he entered the K-1 Heavyweight Factory tournament in Sao Paulo and accomplished the first success in his young career by winning the Grand Prix by three consecutive KO's over Nelson Vargas, Lucio Silva and Asmir Burgic. [cite web
url=http://k-1sport.de/en/database/show_fighter.php?id=146
title="Vitor Miranda Profile"
accessdate=2008-02-03
publisher=www.K-1sport.de]

After two years of fighting in smaller shows in Brazil, he was selected to participate in one of the regional K-1 qualifying tournaments, on November 2, 2007 in Istanbul, Turkey. On his quarter finals Vitor was matched up against local fan favorite Erhan Deniz. He won the hard fought battle by majority decision, as well as his other next two fights in the evening and was declared the K-1 Turkey champion. The win qualified him for K-1 European Elimination GP held on February 9, 2008 in Budapest, Hungary.

Titles

* 2007 K-1 Turkey GP in Istanbul champion
* 2005 K-1 Brazil GP in Sao Paulo champion
* 2004 K-1 Brazil Challenge Finalist
* 2003 Storm Muay Thai Brazil champion
* 2003 South Brazilian Muay Thai champion
* 2002 Catarinense de Muay Thai champion
* 2002 Catarinense de Muay Thai champion

Kickboxing Record

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:85%"
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style="text-align: center" colspan=8|21 Wins (17 (T)KO's, 4 Decisions), 6 Losses
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align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Date
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Result
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Opponent
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Event
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Method
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Round
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Time
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05/17/2008
no2Loss
flagicon|BIH Dzevad Poturak
K-1 Fighting Network 2008 in Vienna, Austria
Decision
3
3:00
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02/09/2008
no2Loss
flagicon|BLR Zabit Samedov
K-1 World GP 2008 in Budapest, Hungary
Decision
3
3:00
-
11/02/2007
yes2Win
flagicon|GER Karl Glyschinsky
K-1 Fighting Network Turkey 2007
TKO (Doctor stoppage)
1
3:00
-
11/02/2007
yes2Win
flagicon|BIH Dzevad Poturak
K-1 Fighting Network Turkey 2007
KO
3
2:47
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11/02/2007
yes2Win
flagicon|TUR Erhan Deniz
K-1 Fighting Network Turkey 2007
Decision (Majority)
3
3:00
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07/07/2007
yes2Win
flagicon|BRA Guto Inocente
Shooto Brazil 3, Rio de Jainero, Brazil
Decision
5
3:00
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04/14/2007
yes2Win
flagicon|BRA Guigao
Demolition V, Sao Paulo, Brazil
KO (Left body hook)
1
0:50
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03/24/2007
yes2Win
flagicon|BRA Ronaldo Leite
Shooto Brazil 2, Rio de Jainero, Brazil
KO
3
4:17
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03/10/2007
yes2Win
flagicon|BRA Eduardo Maiorino
Floripa Fight 3, Florianopolis, Brazil
KO (Right hook)
1
3:00
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12/17/2006
yes2Win
flagicon|SLO Dany Marhold
Jungle Fight 7, Ljubliana, Slovenia
KO (Left high kick)
1
2:15
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09/23/2006
yes2Win
flagicon|BRA Eduardo Maiorino
Demolition IV, Sao Paulo, Brazil
KO (Left high kick)
2
1:16
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03/25/2006
yes2Win
flagicon|BRA Cleber Adao
Heavyweight Factory II, Sao Paulo, Brazil
KO (Left body hook)
2
1:43
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10/22/2005
yes2Win
flagicon|GER Asmir Burgic
K-1 Brazil Grand Prix 2005 in Sao Paulo, Brazil
KO (Left body hook)
2
2:38
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10/22/2005
yes2Win
flagicon|BRA Lucio de Freitas Silva
K-1 Brazil Grand Prix 2005 in Sao Paulo, Brazil
KO


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10/22/2005
yes2Win
flagicon|BOL Nelson Vargas
K-1 Brazil Grand Prix 2005 in Sao Paulo, Brazil
KO (Punches)
1
1:54
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10/30/2004
no2Loss
flagicon|BRA Eduardo Maiorino
K-1 Brazil Challenge 2004, Goiania, Brazil
Decision
3
3:00
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10/30/2004
yes2Win
flagicon|BRA Dimirty Wanderlei
K-1 Brazil Challenge 2004, Goiania, Brazil
KO
3
2:39
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10/30/2004
yes2Win
flagicon|BRA Flavio da Costa
K-1 Brazil Challenge 2004, Goiania, Brazil
KO
1
1:15
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06/26/2004
yes2Win
flagicon|JPN Great Kusatsu
K-1 Beast 2004 in Shizuoka, Japan
Decision
3
3:00
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09/13/2003
no2Loss
flagicon|BRA Assuerio Silva
Stomp GP, Florianopoils, Brazil
Decision
5
3:00
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02/23/2003
no2Loss
flagicon|BRA Jefferson Silva
K-1 Brazil Grand Prix 2003 in Sao Paulo, Brazil
KO
2
2:01
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02/23/2003
no2Loss
flagicon|BRA Carlos Lima
K-1 Brazil Grand Prix 2003 in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Decision
3
3:00
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MMA Record

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:85%"
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style="text-align: center" colspan=8|2 Wins (1 (T)KO's, 1 Decisions), 1 Loss
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align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Date
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Result
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Opponent
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Event
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Method
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Round
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Time
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2008-08-30
yes2Win
flagicon|BRA Sidney da Silva
Shooto Brazil 8, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
KO (Kick)
2
0:45
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2007-09-29
no2Loss
flagicon|BRA Fabio Maldonado
MTL - Mo Team League 2, Brazil
Decision
3
5:00
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2003-11-27
yes2Win
flagicon|BRA Rivanildo
K-1 MMA in Brazil, Curitiba, Brazil
Decision
3
3:00
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ee also

* List of male kickboxers
* List of K-1 events
*List of kickboxing organizations

References