Wallid Ismail

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Wallid Ismail
Statistics
Height 5'7 (170 cm)
Weight 182 lb (83 kg)
Born 22 January 1964
Town of birth Manaus, Brazil
Fighting style Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Mixed martial arts record
Wins 9
  By knockout 2
  By submission 5
Losses 3
Draws 0
No contests 0

Wallid Ismail (born January 22, 1964) is a Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter, promoter, and pro wrestler. He holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Carlson Gracie, and is an eight-time Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu Champion. Ismail is perhaps best known for holding Jiu-Juitsu tournament wins over four Gracie family members, including a stunning victory over BJJ legend Royce Gracie, choking him unconscious in less than 5 minutes. [1]. Following tournament wins over Ralph Gracie, Renzo Gracie, Ryan Gracie, and Royce Gracie, Ismail is considered by some to be one of the greatest grapplers of all time.

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Ismail begain training BJJ in 1980, but did not get serious until he moved from Amazonas to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1984, and met Carlson Gracie. He soon began competing in Jiu-Jitsu tournaments, and participated in one of the first modern mixed martial arts events, Desafio: Jiu-Jitsu vs. Luta Livre as a purple belt in 1991, alongside Murilo Bustamante.

Ismail soon begain fighting in vale tudo events in Brazil, and in 1997 he fought at UFC 12, taking a decision loss to Yoshiki Takahashi. In 1998, Ismail signed with PRIDE, making his debut at PRIDE 4 against Akira Shoji. Although he lost the bout, Ismail returned at PRIDE 15 with a win by arm triangle over Shungo Oyama. Ismail would return at PRIDE 19, but took a hard fought decision loss to Alex Stiebling. Ismail's last MMA bout was at the Inoki Boom-Ba-Ye 2002, and while he says he is not retired from fighting, Ismail has not fought since. [2]

Following his appearance at the Inoki Boom-Ba-Ye, Ismail joined New Japan Pro Wrestling, training fighters with Japanese pro wrestling legend Antonio Inoki, at the Inoki Dojo. His partnership with Inoki led to a series of mixed martial art events called Jungle Fight, co-promoted by Inoki and Ismail. The promotion was unique in that fights would take place in resorts and hotels in the middle of the Amazon rain forest, in Manaus, Brazil.

9 wins (2 KO's, 5 submissions, 2 decisions), 3 losses
Date Result Opponent Method Event Round, time
12/31/2002 Win Yasuhito Namekawa Decision (unanimous) Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2002-K-1 vs. Inoki Round 3, 5:00
8/8/2002 Win Kazunari Murakami TKO (Strikes) UFO - Legend Round 2, 3:03
2/24/2002 Loss Alex Stiebling Decision (Unanimous) PRIDE 19 - Bad Blood Round 3, 5:00
7/29/2001 Win Shungo Oyama Technical Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) PRIDE 15 - Raging Rumble Round 2, 2:30
10/11/1998 Loss Akira Shoji TKO (Strikes) PRIDE 4 Round 2, 1:26
4/26/1998 Win Gary Myers Decision (Unanimous) IVC 5-The Warriors 30:00
12/10/1997 Win Johil de Oliveira Submission (Strikes) IVC 3-The War Continues Round 1, 9:48
2/7/1997 Loss Yoshiki Takahashi Decision UFC 12 - Judgement Day Round 1, 15:00
11/17/1996 Win Katsumi Usuta Submission (Rear Naked Choke) U-Japan Round 1, 3:10
6/24/1996 Win Katsumi Usuta Submission (Rear Naked Choke) UVF 2-Universal Vale Tudo Fighting 2 Round 1, 3:59
4/5/1996 Win Dennis Kefalinos Submission (Rear Naked Choke) UVF 1-Universal Vale Tudo Fighting 1 Round 1, 2:10
9/26/1991 Win Eugenio Tadeu TKO (Injury) Desafio-Jiu-Jitsu vs. Luta Livre Round 1, 16:18

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