Gleidson Venga

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Gleidson Venga got his start in journalism at the age of 17 in 2001. A longtime contributor to Sherdog.com, Venga also runs the Brazilian website Portal do Vale Tudo and has written for magazines in the U.S., Germany and Japan. A Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, Venga has followed MMA for over 16 years, and was first motivated to cover the sport by Royce Gracie’s early performances in the UFC.

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8 Questions for Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua The Oct. 24 UFC light heavyweight title bout between challenger Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and champion Lyoto Machida ended in a much-debated...

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Jan 07, 2010

8 Questions for Junior dos Santos With wins over 2006 Pride Fighting Championships open weight grand prix winner Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic, 6-foot-11 submission specialist Stefan Struve and the respected Fabricio Werdum already behind him,...

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Nov 03, 2009

Nova Uniao Supplants Brazil's Old Guard When Pride Fighting Championships met its end, the value of mixed martial arts teams seemed to diminish, too, as athletes were emphasized more...

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Jul 23, 2009

'Minotoro' Submits Staring at Jungle Fight FORTALEZA, Brazil -- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira submitted Dutchman Dion Staring with a second-round triangle choke Saturday during the latest...

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May 10, 2009

Bonus: Wand Breaks Down Liddell-Shogun Sherdog.com’s Gleidson Venga spoke with Wanderlei Silva last week about his UFC 99 matchup with Rich Franklin, but some material didn’t make...

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Mar 30, 2009

Silva Fixing ‘Defects,’ Still Aiming to Entertain Wanderlei Silva has lost four of his last five fights, and you wouldn’t have wanted to miss a single one of them

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Mar 27, 2009

Machida Trains with Belfort in Brazil Lyoto Machida, who will challenge UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans on May 23 at UFC 98, had a visitor last Sunday at his academy in...

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Mar 26, 2009

Shaolin’s Return Imminent Vitor Ribeiro has become something of an afterthought in the 17 months since his devastating technical knockout loss to American Top Team brute

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Feb 17, 2009

The State of Chute Boxe Chute Boxe founder Rudimar Fedrigo promises that his gym, which once housed Anderson Silva, is developing new blood. Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos could be the one carrying the school's torch if she gets a fight...

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Feb 02, 2009

Surging Cane Eyes Spring Return His name was on the periphery less than a year ago after a disqualification loss to James Irvin in his UFC debut. Now, Luis Arthur Cane has...

Gleidson Venga

Jan 07, 2009