Gleidson Venga

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Gleidson Venga got his start in journalism at the age of 17 in 2001. A longtime contributor to Sherdog.com, Venga also runs the Brazilian website Portal do Vale Tudo and has written for magazines in the U.S., Germany and Japan. A Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, Venga has followed MMA for over 16 years, and was first motivated to cover the sport by Royce Gracie’s early performances in the UFC.

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Tavares Talks Victory Over Omigawa Thiago Tavares (Pictures) was not thrilled with his recent victory over Michihiro Omigawa (Pictures) at UFC Fight Night. He admits he could have...

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Jan 31, 2008

‘Cyborg’ Starts Busy 2008 in Canada Evangelista Santos (Pictures), better known as "Cyborg," has a tough fight on Friday against Gegard Mousasi (Pictures) at the Hardcore...

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Jan 30, 2008

Bitetti Discusses Nogueira’s Ground Game Amaury Bitetti is one of the most important names in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

A Carlson Gracie black belt, he was the first man to win the BJJ...

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Jan 29, 2008

Ribeiro Impresses at Shooto Brazil RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 26 -- The beautiful Upper Academy was once again the stage Saturday for Shooto Brazil. An evening of excellent fights...

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Jan 28, 2008

Tavares Ready for Omigawa Thiago Tavares (Pictures) will return to action Jan. 23 at UFC Fight Night 12 against Japanese fighter Michihiro Omigawa (Pictures)

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Jan 22, 2008

Franca Discusses Penn’s Preparation Hermes Franca (Pictures) spent the last three weeks in Hawaii helping B.J. Penn (Pictures) prepare to face Joe Stevenson at UFC 80 on Saturday

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Jan 19, 2008

Carneiro Joins ATT Roan Carneiro (Pictures) is the newest member of American Top Team.

The 170-pound Brazilian prepared with the team for his Dec. 29 UFC win over...

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Jan 16, 2008

The Brazilian Notebook The year has started with high expectations for the upcoming UFC interim heavyweight title fight between Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Pictures) and Tim Sylvia (...

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Jan 15, 2008

Pederneiras Discusses Nova União’s Year Nova União is one of the better mixed martial arts teams in the world. The camp's fighters proved as much in 2007 with excellent performances in Brazil and abroad.

"For sure we had an...

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Jan 09, 2008

Thales Leites Out of UFC 81 Thales Leites (Pictures) suffered a hand injury in training Monday that has forced him out of his Feb. 2 bout against Nathan Marquardt (...

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Jan 08, 2008