Marco Ruas
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Born | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[1] | January 23, 1961
Other names | The King of the Streets |
Nationality | Brazilian |
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight | 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st) |
Style | Luta Livre, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, Muay Thai, Taekwondo, Capoeira |
Fighting out of | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Team | Ruas Vale Tudo |
Rank | 9th Degree Red Belt in Luta Livre Esportiva under Roberto Leitão Sr.[2][3][4] 3rd Degree Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Joe Moreira[5] 3rd Degree Black belt in Judo under Vinícius Ruas[6] 1st Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo[7] Mestre rank / Red and White Cord in Capoeira under Mestre Camisa (José Tadeu Carneiro Cardoso)[8] Mestre rank in Muay Thai (Confederação Brasileira de Muay Thai)[9] |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 15 |
Wins | 9 |
By knockout | 2 |
By submission | 7 |
Losses | 4 |
By knockout | 3 |
By decision | 1 |
Draws | 2 |
Other information | |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog |
Marco Antônio de Lima Ruas (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmaʁku ˈʁuɐs]; born January 23, 1961) is a Brazilian retired mixed martial arts fighter, Brazilian Submission Wrestler and instructor. Ruas was the UFC 7 Tournament Champion, and also competed for PRIDE Fighting Championships and the IFL.
Biography[]
Ruas is the founder of Ruas Vale Tudo, a hybrid of submission wrestling and kickboxing. He also used to train in the art of capoeira with renowned Mestre Camisa in Rio de Janeiro at the Santa Luzia club, downtown Rio. He has instructed fighters such as Pedro Rizzo and Renato Sobral. He is also a black belt in Luta Livre, who faced up a legendary quarrel against the Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighters in the 80s and 90s. After the match against Pinduka, he started training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu with Osvaldo Alves.[4] Later he trained Joe Moreira before his fight against the Russian boxer Yuri Vaulin. Seeing his good skills in grappling, Moreira gave him a black belt in brazilian jiu-jitsu and caused a commotion among his fellow Brazilians.[10] His instructors included Euclydes Hatem.[citation needed]
Ruas debuted in Ultimate Fighting Championship at the UFC 7 event. He firstly faced Larry Cureton, who outweighed him by 40 lbs, but Ruas submitted him with a heel hook after a methodical grapple. His next opponent was the judoka Remco Pardoel, who early tried a guillotine choke, but Ruas blocked it and grinded him with foot stomps. After a failed heel hook attempt, Ruas controlled Pardoel and attacked him with knees and punches on the ground, making him tap out. Ruas's final fight was against 6'8", 330 lb Paul Varelans, and he showed his muay thai skills by overwhelming Varelans with punch combos and repeated leg kicks. He also used again his characteristic foot stomps when Paul clinched him against the cage. At the end, Varelans could not take more kicks to his legs and fell to the ground, where Ruas pounded him until the referee stopped the fight, giving Ruas the victory of the tournament.
Thanks to his victory in UFC 7, Ruas was invited to the Ultimate Ultimate event. He defeated Keith Hackney by choke with ease, but his next opponente, Oleg Taktarov, made a tougher contest. Both fighters used a passive approach to the fight, with Ruas blocking Taktarov's takedown attempts and seizing all the opportunities to strike him, actually making him bleed profusely. However, the judges gave the decision win to Taktarov, and Ruas was eliminated from the tournament. This decision was met with controversy, and Ruas and his cornermen appealed to the referee, but nothing came from it. A year later, he faced Taktarov again in Brazil, in a bout with no judges. The rematch ended in a draw, but Ruas was clearly the most dominanting fighter, and he shook hands with Oleg after the fight. He also won the World Vale Tudo Championship (WVC) Super Fight belt in the process. He returned briefly to UFC to fight former heavyweight champion Maurice Smith in UFC 21, but lost by TKO. Ruas suffered an injury in the first round and could not continue.
Personal life[]
Ruas is married and has three daughters.[11] Marco's first recorded fight was in 1984. Marco's nickname is "The King of the Streets" (Ruas actually means "streets" in Portuguese).[12] Marco lives in Laguna Niguel, California and coached the Southern California Condors in the International Fight League before the organization's collapse.
In popular culture[]
Ruas made a cameo appearance as a jealous husband in Kickboxer 3, in which his character fought and lost to Sasha Mitchell's David Sloane at a party.
Instructor lineage[]
Luta Livre[]
Roberto Leitão Sr. → João Ricardo N. de Almeida → Marco Ruas[3]
Roberto Leitão Sr. → Marco Ruas[4]
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu[]
Mitsuyo Maeda → Carlos Gracie → Helio Gracie → Francisco Mansur → Joe Moreira → Marco Ruas[13]
Mitsuyo Maeda → Carlos Gracie → Reyson Gracie → Osvaldo Alves → Marco Ruas[4]
Judo[]
Jigoro Kano → Soshihiro Satake → Vinícius Ruas → Marco Ruas[14]
Capoeira[]
Mestre Bimba → Mestre Camisa → Marco Ruas
Muay Thai[]
Nelio Naja → Luiz Alves → Marco Ruas[15][16]
Championships and accomplishments[]
- Ultimate Fighting Championship
- UFC 7 Tournament Champion
- Ultimate Ultimate 1995 Semi-Finalist
- UFC Viewers Choice Award[17]
- World Vale Tudo Championship
- WVC Superfight Championship (one time)
Mixed martial arts record[]
Professional record breakdown | hide | |
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15 matches | 9 wins | 4 losses |
By knockout | 2 | 3 |
By submission | 7 | 0 |
By decision | 0 | 1 |
Draws | 2 |
Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
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Loss | 9–4–2 | Maurice Smith | TKO (corner stoppage) | IFL: Chicago | May 19, 2007 | 4 | 3:43 | Chicago, Illinois, United States | |
Win | 9–3–2 | Jason Lambert | Submission (heel hook) | Ultimate Pankration 1 | November 11, 2001 | 1 | 0:56 | Cabazon, California, United States | |
Loss | 8–3–2 | Maurice Smith | TKO (corner stoppage) | UFC 21 | July 16, 1999 | 1 | 5:00 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States | |
Loss | 8–2–2 | Alexander Otsuka | TKO (corner stoppage) | Pride 4 | October 11, 1998 | 2 | 10:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |
Win | 8–1–2 | Gary Goodridge | Submission (heel hook) | Pride 2 | March 15, 1998 | 1 | 9:09 | Yokohama, Japan | |
Win | 7–1–2 | Patrick Smith | Submission (heel hook) | World Vale Tudo Championship 4 | March 16, 1997 | 1 | 0:39 | Brazil | |
Draw | 6–1–2 | Oleg Taktarov | Draw | World Vale Tudo Championship 2 | November 10, 1996 | 1 | 31:12 | Brazil | |
Win | 6–1–1 | Steve Jennum | TKO (submission to punches) | World Vale Tudo Championship 1 | August 14, 1996 | 1 | 1:44 | Tokyo, Japan | Won WVC Superfight Championship.[18] |
Loss | 5–1–1 | Oleg Taktarov | Decision | Ultimate Ultimate 1995 | December 16, 1995 | 1 | 18:00 | Denver, Colorado, United States | Ultimate Ultimate 1995 Tournament Semifinals. |
Win | 5–0–1 | Keith Hackney | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 2:39 | Ultimate Ultimate 1995 Tournament Quarterfinals. | |||
Win | 4–0–1 | Paul Varelans | TKO (leg kicks and punches) | UFC 7 | September 8, 1995 | 1 | 13:17 | Buffalo, New York, United States | Won the UFC 7 Tournament. |
Win | 3–0–1 | Remco Pardoel | Submission (position) | 1 | 12:27 | UFC 7 Tournament Semifinals. | |||
Win | 2–0–1 | Larry Cureton | Submission (heel hook) | 1 | 3:23 | UFC 7 Tournament Quarterfinals. | |||
Win | 1–0–1 | Francisco Francisco | Submission (rear naked choke) | Ruas Vale Tudo | July 1, 1992 | 1 | 0:26 | Manaus, Brazil | |
Draw | 0–0–1 | Fernando Pinduka | Draw | Jiu-Jitsu vs Luta Livre | November 30, 1984 | 1 | 20:00 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Role |
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1992 | Kickboxer III: The Art of War | Himself |
2004 | The Eliminator | Salvador |
References[]
- ^ "Marco Ruas Sherdog Profile". Sherdog.com.
- ^ LUTA LIVRE Submission Archived 2015-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jump up to: a b "DSTRYRsg: Destroyer Submission Grappling and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: KNOW YOUR DNA, THE LUTA LIVRE FAMILY TREE". dstryrsg.com. Archived from the original on 2014-09-12. Retrieved 2014-09-12.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "IMARA - Articoli - Ruas Marco". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2013-02-15.
- ^ "Joe Moreira". mmafighting.com. Archived from the original on 2014-09-12. Retrieved 2014-09-12.
- ^ "Know Your Jiu-Jitsu Lineage, & Non Gracie Lineages". Bjj Eastern Europe. Archived from the original on 2014-09-12. Retrieved 2014-09-12.
- ^ "Marco Ruas - TATAME". tatame.com.br. Archived from the original on 2014-09-12.
- ^ "Marco Ruas - Biography - IMDb". Archived from the original on 2016-04-03. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
- ^ ":CBMT: Grão Mestres, Mestres, Professores e Instrutores". Archived from the original on 2014-09-12. Retrieved 2014-09-12.
- ^ Joe Moreira
- ^ Marco Ruas Biofile. mmamemories.com
- ^ Pride Fighting Championships (1998-03-15). "Marco Rua Vs Gary Goodridge Pride 2". The Ultimate Fighting Championship FIGHT PASS. Archived from the original on 2015-12-13. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
- ^ BJJ Heroes. "Joe Moreira". BJJ Heroes: the jiu jitsu encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2014-08-05. Retrieved 2014-09-12.
- ^ "Exclusive: Maeda Was Already Teaching Jiu-Jitsu In Rio 10 Years Before The Gracies". Bjj Eastern Europe. Archived from the original on 2014-09-12. Retrieved 2014-09-12.
- ^ T.P. Grant. "MMA Origins: Brazilian Vale Tudo Evolves As Chute Boxe Emerges". Bloody Elbow. Archived from the original on 2014-12-15. Retrieved 2014-09-12.
- ^ "The Development of Muay Thai: Brazil; Pt. 2". Write. Create. Innovate. Archived from the original on 2014-09-12.
- ^ UFC 45: Revolution Archived 2012-03-05 at the Wayback Machine. Fighttimes.com (2003-11-21). Retrieved on 2012-08-30.
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External links[]
- Official GYM Marco Ruas
- Marco Ruas IFL Page
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Brazilian male mixed martial artists
- Mixed martial artists utilizing capoeira
- Mixed martial artists utilizing judo
- Mixed martial artists utilizing taekwondo
- Brazilian catch wrestlers
- Brazilian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu
- People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu
- Brazilian male judoka
- Brazilian male taekwondo practitioners
- Brazilian capoeira practitioners
- Brazilian Muay Thai practitioners
- Brazilian male boxers
- Brazilian male kickboxers
- Brazilian male sport wrestlers
- Luta Livre practitioners
- People from Laguna Niguel, California
- Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters