Glaube Feitosa | |
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Born | Glaube Araújo Feitosa April 9, 1973 São Paulo, Brazil |
Other names | Brazilian Warrior |
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 106 kg (234 lb; 16.7 st) |
Division | Heavyweight |
Style | Kyokushin Karate |
Fighting out of | Tokyo, Japan |
Team | Team Ichigeki |
Trainer | Jayson Vemoa Fai Falamoe Mauricio "Baboo" Da Silva |
Years active | 12 (1998–2010) |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 35 |
Wins | 17 |
By knockout | 11 |
Losses | 17 |
By knockout | 6 |
Draws | 1 |
Last updated on: September 26, 2009 |
Glaube Araújo Feitosa[1] (born April 9, 1973) is a Brazilian former kickboxer and a kyokushin full contact karate practitioner who was competing in K-1. In 2005, Feitosa won K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas tournament and was a K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 finalist. He has gone the distance with some of the top fighters in his time, such as Peter Aerts, Remy Bonjasky, Semmy Schilt and Errol Zimmerman.[2] An accomplished karate fighter, he was known for his use of the "question mark kick," utilizing the technique in several knockout victories in his career. Feitosa also holds wins over Cheick Kongo, Alistair Overeem, Ruslan Karaev, and Paul Slowinski.