Shooto champion to compete wearing gi

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World Shooto flyweight champion, topping the world MMA rankings for his weight class, Jussier Formiga is preparing to return to his roots. The Nova União/Kimura fighter will sport his gi and do battle this Wednesday, at the Desafio Black Belt de Jiu-Jitsu tournament, in Fortaleza, Brazil.

The event features several supermatches with some of the main standouts in the Northeastern Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu scene, and will be held at the Paulo Serasate gymnasium, starting at 8pm.

Check out the matchups:

I Desafio Black Belt
Paulo Sarasate Gymnasium, Fortaleza, Ceará
Wednesday, December 16, 2010

Brown- Diego Quadros (Kimura) vs Shaolim (SAS)
Brown- Juninho (Evolution) vs Tiago Maia (SAS)
Black- Diego Brasília (Kimura) vs Tetê (Gracie Fortaleza)
Black – Rafael Silva (MG) vs Régis Lima (Paulão Filho)
Brown – Nikolas Falcão (SAS) vs Reneé Forte (Nocaute)
Black – Walber França (Evolution) vs Godofredo Claudio (MG)
Black – Marcos Moura (Evolution) vs Demerson Pereira (SAS)
Brown – Osmar Fontes (Gracie Fortaleza) vs Sasquate (SAS)
Black – Jussiê Formiga (Kimura) vs Hamilton Caminha”Tiririca” (MG)
Black – Pepey (MG) vs Thiago Goiabeira (Gracie Fortaleza)
Black – Caio Magalhães (SAS) vs Eduardo Monteiro”Dudu” (Gracie Fortaleza)

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