Leandro Ataides


Leandro Ataides is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner who holds a black belt and is best known for winning gold in the medium heavyweight division at the 2005 Copa de Mundo in Rio de Janeiro. He has also won numerous BJJ tournaments at a national, regional and international level and is a mixed martial artist who has fought three times for Shooto in Brazil and is currently signed with ONE Fighting Championship.

Mixed martial arts career

Ataides is undefeated in professional MMA. he made his debut in 2008 and fought five times in Brazil over the course of the next four years, winning all five fights. In July, 2013 he joined the fight team at Evolve MMA in Singapore and signed with ONE FC.

ONE Fighting Championship

On November 1, 2013 it was announced that Ataides would be fighting at in Kuala Lumpur on November 15 against French veteran Bryan Rafiq.
Ataides won the fight by TKO in the opening round, becoming the first fighter to ever stop the Frenchman.
Ataides faced Tatsuya Mizuno at, finishing him via TKO in under a minute of the first round.

Mixed martial arts record