Check out MMA’s beasts in action in the new Stallone flick
Thursday, 15 July 2010 at 18:20
In the trailer released on the internet today, Sylvester Stallone presents a scene shot in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in which a group from MMA participates in the film The Expendables, in theaters in the USA in August. Stallone explains how at first he didn’t like the actors playing the role of soldiers, till he remembered...
The day Luiz Alves laughed about a loss
Saturday, 20 March 2010 at 22:07
Fighter, trainer, master, director, talisman, encourager, friend. First and foremost, Luiz Alves (1956-2010) was a winner. Against all odds, he left his hometown of Nova Russas, in the grasslands of Ceara in 1968 to become a fixture among the skyscrapers of Tokyo, the hotels of Las Vegas and the kickboxing gyms of Holland, where he first...
Master Luiz Alves dies at 53 in Rio
Saturday, 20 March 2010 at 22:07
Luiz Alves passed away this Friday evening in Rio de Janeiro, at 53 years of age. Leader of Boxe Thai academy, producer of numerous standup-fighting aces and talisman to Rodrigo Minotauro, Alves suffered a cerebral vascular accident (CVA) while driving on the morning of January 26, and never recovered. Born in the Brazilian state of Ceará,...
A farewell to Luiz Alves
Saturday, 20 March 2010 at 22:07
When André Pederneiras announced the death of Luiz Alves, during Shooto Brazil this Friday, the number of people crushed by the news wasn’t few. The medical outlook of the grandmaster, one of the precursors of muay thai in Brazil, had been improving. Alves’s student, the fighter Johnny Eduardo was inconsolable. Luiz’s funeral will take place in Ceara, where...
Luiz Alves still in induced coma
Thursday, 04 February 2010 at 11:46
Luiz Alves remains hospitalized in Rio de Janeiro. Luiz suffered a stroke while driving on January 26th. The trainer underwent surgery shortly thereafter and remains in an induced coma, under the effect of powerful sedatives. He is in stable condition, but precise information regarding the outlook will only be available after he is brought to consciousness,...
Luiz Alves remains under observation
Saturday, 30 January 2010 at 15:46
Luiz Alves remains hospitalized in Rio de Janeiro, in the city’s northern zone. The coach had a stroke (CVA) while driving on the26th of this month. "He will remain under sedation for four days. Thereafter, the procedure is to reduce the sedation and see how he will react, "explains muay thai master Atur Mariano, accompanying Luiz Alves in...
Luiz Alves suffers stroke while driving
Wednesday, 27 January 2010 at 10:29
Muay thai master Luiz Alves was in a car crash and taken to hospital yesterday morning in Rio de Janeiro, after suffering a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) while driving. As GRACIEMAG.com previously reported, the leader of Boxe Thai Academy was immediately hospitalized in the north of the city. In fragile but stable condition, Luiz remains unconcious in the...
Coach Luiz Alves hospitalized in Rio de Janeiro
Tuesday, 26 January 2010 at 10:21
Trainer of stars like brothers Rodrigo and Rogerio Nogueira, president of the Brazilian Muay Thai Confederation and grandmaster Luiz Alves suffered a car accident this Tuesday, in Rio de Janeiro. According to the wife of the coah, Luiz is still unconcious, and at a hospital in the city. Further details as to how grave the trainer’s...
