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Revision as of 08:24, 7 February 2010
| Renato Verissimo | |
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| Born | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Other names | Charuto |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) |
| Style | Brazilian Jiu Jitsu |
| Fighting out of |  Hilo, Hawaii |
| Team | BJ Penn's MMA/Nova União |
| Rank | 1st degree black belt in BJJ |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 14 |
| Wins | 8 |
| By knockout | 6 |
| By submission | 0 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Losses | 5 |
| By knockout | 4 |
| By submission | 0 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 1 |
Renato Verissimo is a Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter, who has fought in the UFC and Rumble on the Rock promotions. He is known throughout the MMA community by the nickname of "Charuto", meaning "cigar" in Portuguese.
He grew up in Brazil, where he trained in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and earned his black belt. After moving to Hawaii, he became involved in mixed martial arts through BJ Penn, who he instructed.
After fighting in Rumble on the Rock, his UFC debut was a decision victory over Carlos Newton at UFC 46, which earned him the chance to face former UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes at UFC 48. Charuto lost a controversial decision after an uneventful fight.
Charuto then returned to Hawaiian events, fighting for Rumble On The Rock and ICON Sport.
Charuto was featured in the August 8, 2007 episode of the Versus reality television series TapouT. Most recently, he lost to Jake Shields via TKO on the September 15th card EliteXC: Uprising.
MMA record
"Charuto" has 8 wins agains Roland Fabre, Shannon Ritch, Ray Elbe, GilCastilo, Carlos Newton, Yuchi Nakanishi, Kris Fleurestil,and Lars Haven. "Charuto" also has 5 losses agains Matt Hughes, Frank Trigg, Carlos Condit, Kunioshi Hironaka, and Jake Shields.
See also
External links
- Professional MMA record for Renato Verissimo from Sherdog
- http://www.knucklepit.com/mixed-martial-arts-renato_verissimo.htm
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