RFT Team representing Luta Livre in the USA.

Cyrillo Padilha, a Luta Livre's Black Belt under Marcio Cromado, is doing a great job representing the RFT Team and the Luta Livre style in the USA. Cyrillo is the Luta Livre's instructor in the Bushido Gym (San Francisco, California) and his classes are a huge success. Hermes Franca and Urijah Faber are some of the professional fighters that like to train with Cyrillo to improve their ground game with the Luta Livre's skills learned from him. The brazilian is also known as one of the toughest fighters of the Strikeforce show.

Luta Livre's fighters in action Tomorrow.

Five Luta Livre's fighters will be in action tomorrow in one of the most important MMA shows in Brazil, The Shooto Brazil. Gustavo Ximu, Johnny Eduardo, Luis Beição, Danilo Brasilia and Cyborg will be representing the Luta Livre style inside the ring. Gustavo Ximu and Luis Beição are originally from RVT Team (Ruas Vale Tudo Team) that is one of the most tradicional Luta Livre's teams in Brazil. Another tradicional team is Boxe Thai, home of Johnny Eduardo. Danilo Brasilia and Cyborg represent the strongest Luta Livre's team in the moment, the RFT (Renovação Fight Team). Is expected a great performance from the Luta Livre's warriors.

Shooto Brazil 10:

Gustavo Ximu (Gracie Barra) x Pedro Paulo (JT Caverna)
Marlon Moraes (Fight Co/Nova União) x André Rouberte (Delfim)
Johnny Eduardo (Boxe Thai/Nova União) x André Tererê (Nocaute Fight)
Marcelinho Freitas (Nova União) x Carlos Roberto (JT Caverna)
Aquiles (Nova União) x Alex Ennes (JT Caverna)
Geovani Diniz (Nobre Arte/Nova União) x Paulo Bananada (TFT)
Felipe Olivieri (Boxe Thai/Nova União) x Pimba (Nocaute Fight)
Leo Santos (Nova União) x Danilo Brasília (RFT)
Luis Beição (Nova União) x Rodrigo Pitbull (Jorge Turco)
Jorjão Rodrigues (Kimura/Nova União) x Johnny (Bacalhau Araruama)
Jacaré (Nova União) x Cyborg (RFT)

BRAZILIAN LUTA LIVRE'S FIGHTER COMING TO UK.

The Luta Livre's Purple Belt Julian "Jaba" Soares
is coming to UK next week. The brazilian is member of the RFT Team (Brazil) and due to the partnership between RFT Team and Team Kaobon, "Jaba" will stay 2 months training Luta Livre with the Luta Livre's Black Belt Marcelo Brigadeiro and Thai Boxing with Colin Heron at Kaobon's Gym. "Jaba" will fight twice in UK, on Gladiator School (February 8th) and on Cage Gladiators (March 8th), he will also help to prepare the UFC fighter Terry Etim to his next fight on UFC 95 (February 21st) and Mark Scanlon, Richie Downes, Lee Chadwick and Kev "Damage" Axewrthy to their fights on the next Cage Gladiators.

GOLDEN GLORY SURRENDERS TO LUTA LIVRE.

One of the most famous MMA Teams, The Golden Glory, now is learning the Luta Livre's ground game. The classes are in the Golden Glory-Uk in Saint Helens, and the coach is the Luta Livre's Black Belt Marcelo Brigadeiro. The gym is owned by the MMA legend Paul Cahoon.

For more informations: http://www.goldengloryuk.co.uk/

LUTA LIVRE'S BLACK BELT WINS MMA SHOW IN FRANCE

The Luta Livre's Black Belt Luciano Azevedo (RFT - Brazil) won his last fight against Johnny Frachey, last saturday on the biggest MMA event in France, the "100% Fight" show. In the same show his team mate, Leonardo Chocolate got a draw against Christian "Tonton" M'Pumbu.

You can watch Luciano's fight on the following link:

http://www.mobypod.net/view/636/100-fight-luciano-azevedo-vs-johnny-frachey/

TEAM KAOBON - THE HOME OF LUTA LIVRE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

Team Kaobon is one of the best teams in UK and, in order to become the best MMA Team in Europe, Kaobon's fighters are now learning the ground secrets of Luta Livre from the Luta Livre's Black Belt Marcelo Brigadeiro. The Luta Livre classes at Team Kaobon are always busy, more than 50 guys train hard there, begginers and professional fighters such as: Terry Etim, Mark Scanlon, Richie Downes, Jay Gladden, Lee Dixon, Kev "Damage" Axeworthy, Lee Chadwick, Tom Baxter and many others. To know more informations: http://www.fightersandfitness.com/