Nowadays the name Miguel Torres is not just known to the Brazilian public, but also to the American one, as the native of East Chicago born of Mexican parents is the current featherweight champion of the WEC, the organization specializing in lightweight fighters owned by the same owners as the UFC. It’s just that a little over three years ago, it was Carlson Gracie who put the name Torres on the MMA map. While still alive, Carlson made a point of pointing out his student as the best fighter in the world at his weight, even launching a public challenge for any comers to face him.
Miguel Torres has been carving out an impressive career for himself in MMA ever since. As he is currently seeing a 15-fight winning streak, and has but one loss, which he avenged, to 34 wins.
His promotion to black belt was given by Carlson Gracie Jr in a visit to Torres’s academy last Saturday. It was on the day a seminar was being administered by Daniel “Cachorrao” Wanderley, who sent in the foto of the entire team to GRACIEMAG.com.
