Later due the influence of Euclydes Hatem and other practitioners, Luta Livre started to diverge from Catch Wrestling and becoming its own style of submission grappling, with its practitioners maintaining the moniker of "Luta Livre".
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Luta Livre's founder is credited to be Euclydes "Tatu" Hatem, who was originally a catch wrestler.
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Luta Livre began teaching catch wrestling techniques to others in Rio de Janeiro in 1927 while experimenting with some of his own innovative techniques.
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Luta Livre received popularity when he submitted George Gracie in 1940 and when one of his students, Euclides Pereira defeated Carlson Gracie in 1968.
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For years, Luta Livre was extremely popular in Brazil, second only to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
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Also around the 1970s, the art of Luta Livre was influenced by Roberto Leitao, a practitioner of judo and wrestling.
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Luta Livre focused on teaching the poor who were primarily of African descent.
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Luta Livre continued on with many famous fights in and out of the ring.
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Many Luta Livre fighters left their original camps and went instead to the Jiu-Jitsu camps hoping for success in a fighting career.
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In 2017 the Confederacao Brasileira de Luta Livre Esportiva was founded in order to better organize and promote the sport.
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Luta Livre Livra was introduced in that country by Daniel D'Dane.
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Brazilian Luta Livre Federation created a curriculum, and grading system, similar to the Brazilian jiu-jitsu ranking system and the Brazilian Judo ranking system, in order to develop uniform minimum standards, and better rank its practitioners.
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