Glaube Araújo Feitosa[1] (born April 9, 1973) is a Brazilian former kickboxer and a kyokushin full contact karate practitioner who was competing in K-1. In 2005, Feitosa won K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas tournament and was a K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 finalist. He has gone the distance with some of the top fighters in his time, such as Peter Aerts, Remy Bonjasky, Semmy Schilt and Errol Zimmerman.[2] An accomplished karate fighter, he was known for his use of the "question mark kick," utilizing the technique in several knockout victories in his career. Feitosa also holds wins over Cheick Kongo, Alistair Overeem, Ruslan Karaev, and Paul Slowinski.

Glaube Feitosa
BornGlaube Araújo Feitosa
(1973-04-09) April 9, 1973 (age 51)
São Paulo, Brazil
Other namesBrazilian Warrior
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight106 kg (234 lb; 16.7 st)
DivisionHeavyweight
StyleKyokushin Karate
Fighting out ofTokyo, Japan
TeamTeam Ichigeki
TrainerJayson Vemoa
Fai Falamoe
Mauricio "Baboo" Da Silva
Years active12 (1998–2010)
Kickboxing record
Total35
Wins17
By knockout11
Losses17
By knockout6
Draws1
Last updated on: September 26, 2009

Biography and career

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A native of Brazil, Feitosa began training in Kyokushin karate from a young age, and fought in several world championship tournaments. While living in Tokyo, Japan he fought and trained in the IKO1 Kyokushin - Team Ichigeki at the Ichigeki Plaza.

On April 30, 2005, Feitosa won the K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas tournament with a unanimous decision over Dewey Cooper and two knockouts over Carter Williams and Gary Goodridge. At the eliminations he lost by decision to Semmy Schilt.

As a reserve fighter Glaube beat Goodridge by unanimous decision and advanced to the semi-finals after Peter Aerts had to pull out due to a rib fracture, where he knocked out Musashi with a flying knee to get to the finals where he rematched Semmy Schilt. Glaube lost the fight by a first-round KO after a knee to the head.

As a WGP runner up he fought at the 2006 eliminations, beating Paul Slowinski by unanimous decision. He knocked out Ruslan Karaev in the first round and advanced to the semi-finals, losing by TKO in the second round to Peter Aerts.

On September 29, 2007 Feitosa met German kickboxer Chalid Arrab at the K-1 World GP 2007 in Seoul Final 16. He won the fight by unanimous decision and qualified himself for K-1 World GP 2007 Final held on December 8, 2007 at the Yokohama Arena, Japan.

Feitosa met two-time defending champion Semmy Schilt. Glaube lost a unanimous decision to Semmy for the third time.

After knocking out Alex Roberts in March 2008, Glaube fought for the new Heavyweight title against Badr Hari at the K-1 World GP 2008 in Fukuoka. Glaube was knocked out in the first round.

At the K-1 World GP 2008 Final 16 Glaube fought the 2008 Amsterdam Champion, Errol Zimmerman. Glaube lost a unanimous decision after being battered by the heavy hands of his opponent over three rounds.

In 2009 Glaube knocked out Junichi Sawayashiki and was voted in by the fans to fight at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final 16, in a rematch against Errol Zimmerman. Zimmerman won by decision. Glaube has most recently been recruited by Maurico Shogun Rua to help him prepare for his upcoming fight with Lyoto Machida.

Titles

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  • K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 - Final 8
  • K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 - Final 8
  • K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 - Final 8
  • K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 - Final 8 (3rd place)
  • K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 - Final 8 (2nd place)
  • 2005 K-1 World Grand Prix runner-up
  • 2005 K-1 World Grand Prix in Las Vegas Champion
  • 2005 MVP in Kyokushin Karate World Cup in Paris
  • 2003 No.4 in 8th Kyokushin World Open Tournament Championship
  • 1999 No.4 in 7th Kyokushin World Open Tournament Championship
  • 1997 2nd Place in All World Karate-do Championship-Heavyweight
  • 1997 America's Cup Karate-do Champion
  • 1997 All South American Karate-do Champion
  • 1997 All Brazil Karate-do Champion
  • 1996 All Brazil Karate-do Champion
  • 1995 No.8 in 6th Kyokushin World Open Tournament Championship

Kickboxing record

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Kickboxing record
17 Wins (11 (T)KO's, 6 Decisions), 17 Losses, 1 Draw
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record
2009-09-26 Loss   Errol Zimmerman K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final 16 Seoul, Korea Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 17-17-1
2009-03-28 Win   Junichi Sawayashiki K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Yokohama Yokohama, Japan KO (left Straight Punch) 2 0:48 17-16-1
2008-09-27 Loss   Errol Zimmerman K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Seoul Final 16 Seoul, Korea Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 16-16-1
2008-06-29 Loss   Badr Hari K-1 World GP 2008 in Fukuoka Fukuoka, Japan KO (right hook) 1 2:26 16-15-1
Fight was for K-1 Heavyweight (-100kg) title.
2008-04-13 Win   Alex Roberts K-1 World GP 2008 in Yokohama Yokohama, Japan KO (left high kick) 2 1:58 16-14-1
2007-12-08 Loss   Semmy Schilt K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 Final Tokyo, Japan Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 15-14-1
2007-09-29 Win   Chalid Arrab K-1 World GP 2007 in Seoul Final 16 Seoul, Korea Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 15-13-1
2007-04-28 Loss   Remy Bonjasky K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 14-13-1
2006-12-02 Loss   Peter Aerts K-1 World Grand Prix 2006, Semi-final Tokyo, Japan TKO (Referee stoppage) 2 1:02 14-12-1
2006-12-02 Win   Ruslan Karaev K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 Quarter-final Tokyo, Japan KO (left High kick) 1 1:11 14-11-1
2006-09-30 Win   Paul Slowinski K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Osaka opening round Osaka, Japan Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 13-11-1
2006-07-30 Win   Musashi K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Sapporo Sapporo, Japan Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 12-11-1
2005-11-19 Loss   Semmy Schilt K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 Final Tokyo, Japan KO (Knee strike) 1 0:48 11-11-1
Fight was for K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 title.
2005-11-19 Win   Musashi K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 Semi-final Tokyo, Japan KO (Jumping knee) 2 1:05 11-10-1
2005-11-19 Win   Gary Goodridge K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 Reserve Fight Tokyo, Japan Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 10-10-1
2005-09-23 Loss   Semmy Schilt K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Osaka – final elimination Osaka, Japan Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 9-10-1
2005-04-30 Win   Gary Goodridge K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas Final Las Vegas, Nevada KO (left High kick) 1 2:40 9-9-1
Wins K-1 World GP 2005 in Las Vegas title.
2005-04-30 Win   Carter Williams K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas Semi-final Las Vegas, Nevada TKO (Ref stop/three knockdowns) 2 2:56 8-9-1
2005-04-30 Win   Dewey Cooper K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas Quarter-final Las Vegas, Nevada Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 7-9-1
2005-03-19 Win   Cheick Kongo Ichigeki Paris 2005 Paris, France Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 6-9-1
2004-09-25 Loss   Ernesto Hoost K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 final elimination Osaka, Japan Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 5-9-1
2004-07-17 Win   Toa K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Seoul Seoul, Korea KO (left high kick) 1 1:49 5-8-1
2004-05-30 Win   Alistair Overeem Kyokushin vs K-1 2004 All Out Battle Tokyo, Japan KO (left Hook) 1 2:13 4-8-1
2003-02-22 Win   Pavel Majer Ichigeki 2003 Japan Japan KO 3 3-8-1
2002-10-05 Loss   Peter Aerts K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 final elimination Osaka, Japan Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 2-8-1
2002-07-14 Loss   Martin Holm K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Fukuoka Fukuoka, Japan KO (punch) 1 2:20 2-7-1
2002-03-03 Draw   Musashi K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Nagoya Nagoya, Japan Decision draw 5 3:00 2-6-1
2001-10-08 Loss   Michael McDonald K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Fukuoka Fukuoka, Japan Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 2-6
2001-03-17 Win   Tsuyoshi Nakasako K-1 Gladiators 2001 Yokohama, Japan KO (left high kick) 2 0:57 2-5
2000-10-09 Loss   Mirko Cro Cop K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Fukuoka Fukuoka, Japan Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 1-5
2000-08-05 Loss   Tomasz Kucharzewski K-1 USA Championships 2000 semi final Las Vegas, Nevada TKO 1 2:03 1-4
2000-08-05 Win   George Randolph K-1 USA Championships 2000 quarter final Las Vegas, Nevada KO (punch) 1 1:07 1-3
2000-04-23 Loss   Andy Hug K-1 The Millennium Osaka, Japan Decision (unanimous) 5 3:00 0-3
1998-09-27 Loss   Masaaki Satake K-1 World Grand Prix '98 opening round Osaka, Japan Decision (Majority) 5 3:00 0-2
1998-07-18 Loss   Mike Bernardo K-1 Dream '98 Nagoya, Japan TKO 1 1:42 0-1
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ NSAC report of K-1 USA Championships 2000 Archived 2014-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Interview with Glaube Feitosa". www.tatame.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
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