Terere highlight. Fernando Augusto “Terere” was born on the 15th of November 1980 in on one of the Major Slums in Rio de Janeiro the “Morro do Cantagalo”. He started training Jiu Jitsu with master Alexandre Paiva. His unnatural athletic ability made him a success in competition from the start, winning every major tournament there was to win from blue belt to black belt. He stated in an interview that he always liked to fight from the top position because he is slightly claustrophobic and being on the bottom causes him significant distress, and so every time he hit a bad position he would spin out of it as fast and explosively as possible. He is considered still today the most charismatic Jiu Jitsu fighter to have stepped on a mat, and he often brought the crowd to a roar when he fought. In 2000 Terere got to the final of the Middleweight Black Belt division (in his first year as a black belt), he faced Nino Schembri the favourite. Terere however did not tremble and using his cleaver tactics he took two points for a throw and defended inside Nino’s guard to win his first major title as a Black Belt. In 2003 Terere started his MMA Career, with a first bout (and only bout so far) against a veteran by the name of Gleison Tibau (today fighting in the UFC). The fight was very even but the split decision went to Tibau. After diping his toes in Mixed Martial Arts, he went on to win his second World Championship reaching the final with Marcelo Garcia and submitting Marcelo with a …

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