Baboo Da Silva

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Mauricio "Baboo" Da Silva
Born	Mauricio Da Silva (1967-11-28) November 28, 1967 (age 56) Ivaipora Parana, Brazil
Other names	"Baboo"
Nationality	Brazilian
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Style	Kyokushin Karate, Muay Thai, Kickboxing, Submission wrestling Brazilian Jiu-jitsu
Trainer	Seiji Isobe
Rank	black belt in Kyokushin   purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Mauricio "Baboo" Da Silva (born November 28, 1967) is a Brazilian kyokushin kaikan full contact karate practitioner and former professional kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He is a professional coach and trainer of K-1 and MMA (Mixed Martial Arts), who has trained a number of world class fighters including Francisco Filho (martial artist), Glaube Feitosa, Andrews Nakahara, Ewerton Teixeira, Ray Sefo, Aleksandr Pitchkounov, Takumi Sato, Jan Soukup, Kou Tasei (aka Hong Tae Seong), Jan Nortje, Doug Viney, Mighty Mo (kickboxer) and Akebono Taro. From 1998 to 2004 he worked as the trainer and sparring partner for Francisco Filho. He lived in Tokyo, Japan from 2005 to December 2010 and trained fighters from the IKO1 Kyokushin - Team Ichigeki and other fighters from visiting teams at the Ichigeki Plaza. He fought in the K-1 PREMIUM 2003 Dynamite!! and also in the Ichigeki events in Japan.