Gracie Barra Legend and multiple time BJJ champ, Vinicius Draculino, will be fighting on Strikeforce's upcoming card Aug 21 in Houston (where he also has his home base school). He needs sponsors and is already getting more coverage than some of the main event fighters! If you are intereted, please get back to me.
HEAT-FC (MMA) - 2003 Light weight champion (voted as the most technical athlete of the event)
Japan Ground Impact Champion (2003)
Winner of the main fight at Desafio Francisco recorder de Jiu-Jitsu 2002
Panamerican Champion 2002
Winner of the Exportes Submission Challenge - Main Event 2001
Bronze Medal on Pan-Am's 2000 - Orlando, USA
Bronze medal on 1999's World's BJJ Championship - Rio de Janeiro
1999's ADCC World Submission Wrestling contender - Emirados Arabes 1999
Gold Medal in the 1998's Pan-Am's - Honolulu, Hawaii
Silver Medal in the 1998's World's BJJ Championship - Rio de Janeiro
Winner of the "Rio de Janeiro Challenge"- Olimpic Arena 1998
Gold Medal on the Brazilian by oficial State teams - Belo Horizonte, Brazil 1996
Silver Medalist on 1996's World's BJJ Championship - Rio de Janeiro
Gold Medal in the 1996's Pan-Am's - Los Angeles
Gold Medal in the 1995's Pan-Am's - Los Angeles
It is good to feel the itch again to test myself on the ring. That was something dormant there, a sleeping dragon, that is alive again. I feel the hunger and I am training hard here in Brazil, in all elements and trying to stay healthy and injury free (it is not as easy as before). Trying to train while being a full time instructor is tuff, it is good technically because you are always experimenting and evolving. But to get in physical shape, you need to push yourself and train constantly. Although it is harder to find time to train, It is very rare that I don’t train or exercise myself every day of my life. I have good expectations for this fight and I’m in it to test myself and have fun, win or lose.
-Draculino
thats a bad mother fucker right there!
WORD^^^^^
Draculino is da man!
Is that the same Draculino from Kallithea, Greece?
Draculino is hoping to get some sponsors locked down by August 6th. Please help and send to all fight company owners/managers, and have them get back to me on here or at:
phalanx_management@yahoo.com
ttmft
skooter - ttmft
come on guys...no one biting on having one of the best BJJ instructor/practitioners of all time represent your company?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acjKXMw-9Cg
ttt
PHALANX_MANAGEMENT is responsible for some of the worst attempts at UG promotion ever! TTT
Kostakio - Is that the same Draculino from Kallithea, Greece?
i think this is the brazilian guy
ttt
ttt for Vinicius Magalhaes
Which one is the one that flying armbarred Pe De Pano? Is it the UFC one that got to the finals of TUF against Bader? I get them confused.
Kostakio,
Yes, it is the same Draculino from Greece.
WheresBobbySouthworth - That one is a younger/WAAAY bigger Vinicius Magalhaes - he is a badass BJJ player as well.
Vinicius Draculino Magalhaes
4th Degree Black Belt
Professor Vinicius Draculino Magalhaes is the head instructor of Gracie Barra Texas and Gracie Barra-BH Schools (more info about GBBH. www.jjbh.com ). With more then 17 years of teaching experience, he is a primary example of a man who is fully dedicating his life to his Children ( JADE and IGOR), his wife ( Monica), Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Gracie Barra and its members. Prof. Draculino‘s personality, enthusiasm, integrity, charisma and leadership make the essence of GB Texas and GBBH and touch all those around him. A great competition background in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Submission Wrestling and MMA qualifies him as one of the best featherweight competitors in BJJ history. He collects many titles such as a 4-time Pan American Champion, 1 time no gi pan american chamion- 2008, 2 Times Brazilian national champion, 2 Times Silver medalist at the world BJJ championships, MMA lightweight champion and Abu-Dhabi veteran. Besides these titles as a competitor, Professor Vinicius is considered one of the best instructors in the BJJ world. Among his students, you will find worlds, Pan Ams, national BJJ champions, more than 78 Black Belts
(Link to http://www.jjbh.com/english/blackbelts.html, MMA and Grappling champions. Professor Vinicius is also a Lawyer in Brazil, graduated in the UFRJ (Federal University of Rio De Janeiro), one of the top three Law schools in the country. Draculino‘s Jiu Jitsu Records >>
HEY MIKE SANDERS - I am not his manager, I was trying to help the guy out, he is a great instructor and needs all the help and recognition he can get for getting back into the ring after 6 years without an MMA fight. He has nothing to prove, but wants to do it for the fun and competition.
Hear the voice of Vinicius Draculino and learn more about the man himself in this indepth interview -
Draculino Interview
PHALANX_MANAGEMENT - HEY MIKE SANDERS - I am not his manager, I was trying to help the guy out, he is a great instructor and needs all the help and recognition he can get for getting back into the ring after 6 years without an MMA fight. He has nothing to prove, but wants to do it for the fun and competition.
LOL, my bad again. ;) We really do have plenty of "managers" on the UG who think making a thread here is the only thing they need to do to get someone fights or sponsorship.
TTT for Draculino! Get a full-time manager, though
I got to meet Prof. Draculino and spend an evening at his school, about 2 months back. Great teacher, great guy, and an excellent group of students. If I ever get my personal schedule of obligations under better control, I hope to join.
Aug. 21, hmmm, maybe I can watch that one in person!