Leandro Ataides
Leandro Ataides (born September 4, 1986) 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.
MMA
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 ONE Fighting Championship: Warrior Spirit 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 ONE Fight Championship: Rise of Heroes, finishing him via TKO in under a minute of the first round.
Mixed martial arts record
|- |Win |align=center| 7-0 |Tatsuya Mizuno |TKO (Punches) |ONE Fighting Championship: Rise of Heroes | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 0:47 |Pasay City, Philippines | |- |Win |align=center| 6-0 |Bryan Rafiq |KO (Punches) |ONE Fighting Championship: Warrior Spirit | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 4:19 |Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |- |Win |align=center| 5-0 |Thiago Libra |Submission (Keylock) |Shooto - Brazil 35 | |align=center|1 |align=center|1:13 |Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |- |Win |align=center| 4-0 |Alexandre Leao |Submission (Rear-[...] Choke) |Spartan MMA - Spartan MMA 2012 | |align=center|1 |align=center|NA |Maranhao, Brazil | |- |Win |align=center| 3-0 |Ricardo Silva |TKO (Knee Injury) |Shooto - Brazil 28 | |align=center|2 |align=center|0:21 |Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |- |Win |align=center| 2-0 |Paulo Nogueira |TKO (Punches) |FA - Fatality Arena 2 | |align=center|3 |align=center|NA |Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |- |Win |align=center| 1-0 |Victor Reis |Decision (Unanimous) |XLPEF - XL Pepper's Explosion Fight | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |