Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira

Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
Data
Fight name	Minotaur
size	191 cm
Weight	109 kg
nationality	Brazil
Date of birth	June 2nd 1976
Fight out	Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
place of birth	Vitória da Conquista , Bahia , Brazil
team	Brazilian Top Team , Black House
Fighting style	Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu & Boxing
MMA statistics
Victories	34
Knockout	3
task	21st
Points	10
Defeats	8th
Knockout	3
task	2
Points	5
draw	1
Crashes	1

Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (born June 20, 1976 ) is a former Brazilian MMA fighter, best known by his nickname Minotauro . Nogueira gained worldwide popularity through his success in the heavyweight division at Pride FC and is considered one of the best BJJ fighters in MMA history . His twin brother Antônio Rogério Nogueira is also a professional martial artist.

Career

Minotauro started his career with the legendary Brazilian Top Team and initially fought mainly in Japan . He quickly gained notoriety for his ground fighting and submission skills and won his first major title at the King of Kings tournament in 2001 . In November 2001 Nogueira won the Pride Heavyweight Championship against Heath Herring and defended it five times by December 2002, including against Dan Henderson and Semmy Schilt . His triumphant advance came to a standstill in May 2003 when he lost to Fedor Emelianenko on points and had to give up the title. After another winning streak and winning the interim title against Mirko Filipović , Minotauro and Fedor met again. However, the fight was canceled because of a cut that Emelianenko had received by an accidental headbutt and declared a "no contest". Four months later, Nogueira lost again on points in the third meeting. In his remaining six Pride fights, he only had to admit defeat to Josh Barnett , but made no further attempt to win the heavyweight title.

After Pride FC ended in 2007, Minotauro moved to the Ultimate Fighting Championship . In February 2008 he won the interim heavyweight division against Tim Sylvia at UFC 81 , but lost it to Frank Mir that same year , where he was knocked out for the first time in this fight. In August 2009, he defeated UFC legend Randy Couture at UFC 102 in a spectacular fight on points that was named "Fight of the Year" by the UFC. It was becoming increasingly clear, however, that Nogueira could no longer keep up with the new generation of heavyweight fighters that was maturing in the UFC. At UFC 110 he was knocked out again against Cain Velasquez . Altogether, Minotauro could only win three of his last nine fights, where he was stopped early five times, which never happened to him at Pride FC. He completed his last fight at UFC 190 in Rio de Janeiro , where he lost to Stefan Struve on points.

MMA statistics

Result	Professional record	opponent	date	event	method	round	time
victory	1-0	David Dodd	June 12, 1999	WEF - World Extreme Fighting 5	Task (crucifix)	1	3:12
victory	2-0	Nate Schroeder	October 9, 1999	WEF 7 - Stomp in the Swamp	Task (armbar)	1	1:52
victory	3-0	"The Python" Valentijn Overeem	October 28, 1999	Rings - King of Kings 1999 - Block A	Technical task (keylock)	1	1:51
victory	4-0	Yuriy Kochkine	October 28, 1999	Rings - King of Kings 1999 - Block A	Technical task (armbar)	1	0:40
victory	5-0	Jeremy Horn	January 15, 2000	WEF 8 - Goin 'Platinum	Point decision (unanimous)	3	8:00
victory	6-0	Andrei Kopylov	February 26, 2000	Rings - King of Kings 1999 - Block A	Point decision (majority decision)	2	5:00
defeat	6-1	Dan "Hendo" Henderson	February 26, 2000	Rings - King of Kings 1999 - Block A	Point decision (shared)	3	5:00
No contest	6-1-1	Tsuyoshi "TK" Kosaka	August 23, 2000	Rings - Millenium Combine 3	Draw	2	5:00
victory	7-1-1	Achmed Labasanov	October 9, 2000	Rings - King of Kings 2000 - Block A	Task (armbar)	1	1:38
victory	8-1-1	Kiyoshi Tamura	October 9, 2000	Rings - King of Kings 2000 - Block A	Task (armbar)	2	2:29
victory	9-1-1	Magomedkhan "People Han" Gamzatkhanov	February 24, 2001	Rings - King of Kings 2000 - Finals	Point decision (unanimous)	2	5:00
victory	10-1-1	Hiromitsu Kanehara	February 24, 2001	Rings - King of Kings 2000 - Finals	Task (rear-naked choke)	2	0:27
victory	11-1-1	"The Python" Valentijn Overeem	February 24, 2001	Rings - King of Kings 2000 - Finals	Task (rear-naked choke)	1	1:20
victory	12-1-1	Gary "Big Daddy" Goodridge	July 29, 2001	Pride 15 - Raging Rumbles	Task (triangle choke)	1	2:37
victory	13-1-1	"The Hammer" Mark Coleman	September 24, 2001	Pride 16 - Beasts from the East	Task (Triangle Armbar)	1	6:10
victory	14-1-1	"The Texas Crazy Horse" Heath Herring	November 3, 2001	Pride 17 - Championship Chaos	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
victory	15-1-1	Enson "Yamato Damashi" Inoue	February 24, 2002	Pride 19 - Bad Blood	Technical task (triangle choke)	1	6:17
victory	16-1-1	Sanae Kikuta	August 8, 2002	UFO - Legend	KO (blows)	2	0:29
victory	17-1-1	"The Beast" Bob Sapp	August 28, 2002	Pride Shockwave	Task (armbar)	2	4:03
victory	18-1-1	Semmy "Hightower" Schilt	November 24, 2002	Pride 17 - Championship Chaos 2	Task (triangle choke)	1	6:36
victory	19-1-1	Dan "Hendo" Henderson	December 23, 2002	Pride 24 - Cold Fury 3	Task (armbar)	3	1:49
defeat	19-2-1	"The Last Emperor" Fedor Emelianenko	March 16, 2003	Pride 25 - Body Blow	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
victory	20-2-1	Ricco "Suave" Rodriguez	August 10, 2003	Pride - Total Elimination 2003	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
victory	21-2-1	Mirko "Cro-Cop" Filipović	November 9, 2003	Pride FC - Final Conflict 2003	Task (armbar)	2	1:45
victory	22-2-1	Hirotaka Yokoi	April 25, 2004	Pride FC - Total Elimination 2004	Task (Anaconda Choke)	2	1:25
victory	23-2-1	"The Texas Crazy Horse" Heath Herring	June 20, 2004	Pride FC - Critical Countdown 2004	Point decision (unanimous)	2	5:00
No contest	24-2-2	"The Last Emperor" Fedor Emelianenko	June 20, 2004	Pride FC - Critical Countdown 2004	No Contest (Accidental Cut)	1	3:52
defeat	24-3-2	"The Last Emperor" Fedor Emelianenko	December 31, 2004	Pride - Shockwave 2004	Point decision (unanimous)	2	5:00
victory	25-3-2	Paweł Nastula	June 26, 2005	Pride FC - Critical Countdown 2005	TKO (blows)	1	8:38
victory	25-3-2	Kiyoshi Tamura	February 26, 2006	Pride 31 - Dreamers	Task (armbar)	1	2:24
victory	26-3-2	Wagner "Zuluzinho" Da Conceição Martins	May 5, 2006	Pride FC - Total Elimination Absolute	Task (armbar)	1	2:17
victory	27-3-2	Fabrício "Vai Cavalo" Werdum	July 1, 2006	Pride FC - Critical Countdown Absolute	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
defeat	27-4-2	Josh Barnett	September 10, 2006	Pride - Final Conflict Absolute	Point decision (shared)	2	5:00
victory	28-4-2	Josh Barnett	December 31, 2006	Pride FC - Shockwave 2006	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
victory	29-4-2	"The Texas Crazy Horse" Heath Herring	July 7, 2007	UFC 73 - Stacked	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
victory	30-4-2	"The Maine-Iac" Tim Sylvia	February 2, 2008	UFC 81 - Breaking Point	Task (guillotine choke)	3	1:28
defeat	30-5-2	Frank Mir	December 27, 2008	UFC 92 - The Ultimate 2008	TKO (blows)	2	1:54
victory	31-5-2	"The Natural" Randy Couture	August 29, 2009	UFC 102 - Couture vs. Nogueira	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
defeat	31-6-2	Cain Velasquez	February 20, 2010	UFC 110 - Nogueira vs. Velasquez	KO (blows)	1	2:20
victory	32-6-2	Brandon "Big Brown" Schaub	August 27, 2011	UFC 134 - Silva vs. Okami	KO (blows)	1	3:09
defeat	32-7-2	Frank Mir	December 10, 2011	UFC 140 - Jones vs. Machida	Technical task (Kimura)	1	3:38
victory	33-7-2	Dave Herman	October 13, 2012	UFC 153 - Silva vs. Bonnar	Task (armbar)	2	4:31
defeat	33-8-2	Fabrício "Vai Cavalo" Werdum	June 8, 2013	UFC on Fuel TV 10 - Nogueira vs. Become	Technical task (armbar)	2	2:41
defeat	33-9-2	Roy "Big Country Nelson"	April 11, 2014	UFC Fight Night 39 - Nogueria vs. Nelson	KO (blows)	3	5:00
defeat	33-10-2	Stefan "Skyscraper" Struve	August 1, 2015	UFC 190 - Rousey vs. Correia	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
victory	34-10-2	Patrick Cummins	May 14, 2016	UFC UFC - 198 Werdum vs. Miocic	KO (blows)	2	04:51
defeat	34-11-2	Ryan Bader	19th November 2016	UFC UFC Fight Night 100	TKO (blows)	3	03:50
victory	35-11-2	Sam Alvey	22nd September 2018	UFC UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Different	TKO (blows)	2	01:00
defeat	34-12-2	Ryan Spann	May 11, 2019	UFC UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade	KO (blows)	1	02:07

Web links

• Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira's fighter profile on Sherdog.com