Zuluzinho
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Wágner da Conceição Martins (born May 19, 1978), better known as Zuluzinho (), is a Brazilian vale tudo fighter and mixed martial artist. He is the son of Vale Tudo legend Casemiro Nascimento Martins ("Rei Zulu"). Wagner was raised by his grandmother and works as a security guard in a number of reggae clubs in northern Brazil. Following in his father's footsteps, he trained in both Brazilian jiu-jitsu and vale tudo. Zuluzinho holds a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under black belt Ricardo "Ricardinho Bulldog" Candido Gomes, who also serves as his MMA coach.
Key facts
- Martial artist.name
- Zuluzinho
- Martial artist.image_size
- 200px
- Martial artist.birth_name
- Wágner da Conceição Martins
- Martial artist.birth_place
- São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
- Martial artist.height
- 2,01 m
- Martial artist.weight_lb
- 390
- Martial artist.weight_class
- Super Heavyweight
- Martial artist.style
- Vale Tudo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- Martial artist.team
- B-Tough
- Martial artist.rank
- Purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- Martial artist.years_active
- 2004–2010, 2018–present (MMA)
- Martial artist.mma_kowin
- 10
- Martial artist.mma_subwin
- 1
- Martial artist.mma_decwin
- 1
- Martial artist.mma_koloss
- 8
- Martial artist.mma_subloss
- 2
- Martial artist.mma_decloss
- 1
- Martial artist.mma_nc
- 1
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Record controversy
- Career highlights
- Mixed martial arts record
- References
Wágner da Conceição Martins (born May 19, 1978), better known as Zuluzinho (), is a Brazilian vale tudo fighter and mixed martial artist. He is the son of Vale Tudo legend Casemiro Nascimento Martins ("Rei Zulu"). Wagner was raised by his grandmother and works as a security guard in a number of reggae clubs in northern Brazil. Following in his father's footsteps, he trained in both Brazilian jiu-jitsu and vale tudo. Zuluzinho holds a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under black belt Ricardo "Ricardinho Bulldog" Candido Gomes, who also serves as his MMA coach.
==Record controversy== Zuluzinho reportedly compiled an undefeated Vale Tudo record of 38-0 (38 knockouts) in Brazil prior to his fight at Cage Warriors Strike Force 2 in England. However, all but five of those fights are unconfirmed. In the December 2005 issue of Full-Contact Fighter, Marcelo Alonso wrote that Zuluzinho started his MMA career in 2000 in the town of Teresina, near the city of Sao Luis, Brazil.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zuluzinho” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.