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23 Facts About Vitor Miranda

1.

Vitor Bruno Soares Miranda was born on March 10,1979 and is a Brazilian former kickboxer and mixed martial artist.

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Vitor Miranda was the K-1 Brazil 2005 and K-1 Turkey 2007 super heavyweight tournament champion.

3.

Vitor Miranda made his K-1 debut in 2003, quitting his job to become a full-time fighter.

4.

Vitor Miranda lost the fight against Carlos de Lima by unanimous decision.

5.

Vitor Miranda won the hard fought battle by majority decision, as well as his other next two fights in the evening and was declared the K-1 Turkey champion.

6.

Vitor Miranda defeated Tsotne Rogava by unanimous decision in the first round of the 2013 Tantneft Cup on February 23,2013.

7.

Concurrent to his kickboxing career, Vitor Miranda made his professional MMA debut in November 2003.

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Vitor Miranda fought in MMA sporadically over the next ten years, obtaining a record of 9 wins against 3 losses with all but one of his wins coming by way of a finish.

9.

In February 2014, it was revealed that Vitor Miranda was chosen as a fighter to compete on The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3.

10.

Vitor Miranda was the second Heavyweight chosen to be on Team Sonnen.

11.

Vitor Miranda faced promotional newcomer Jake Collier in a middleweight bout on December 20,2014, at UFC Fight Night 58.

12.

Vitor Miranda won the fight via knockout in the last second of the first round.

13.

Vitor Miranda was expected to face Nick Catone on April 18,2015, at UFC on Fox 15.

14.

In turn, Vitor Miranda was pulled from the card citing a rib injury.

15.

Vitor Miranda faced Clint Hester on August 1,2015, at UFC 190.

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Vitor Miranda won the fight via TKO in the second round.

17.

Vitor Miranda faced Marcelo Guimaraes on March 5,2016, at UFC 196.

18.

Vitor Miranda won the fight via TKO in the second round.

19.

Vitor Miranda faced Chris Camozzi on May 29,2016, at UFC Fight Night 88.

20.

Vitor Miranda faced Marvin Vettori on June 25,2017, at UFC Fight Night 112.

21.

Vitor Miranda faced promotional newcomer Julian Marquez on December 16,2017, at UFC on Fox 26.

22.

Vitor Miranda faced newcomer Abu Azaitar on July 22,2018, on UFC Fight Night 134.

23.

Vitor Miranda lost the fight by unanimous decision and was released from the promotion.