Believe Feitosa

Faith Feitosa (born April 9, 1973 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a Brazilian Kyokushin and K-1 fighter. He is 1.93 m tall and weighs about 100 kg.

Feitosa was "All American Karate-do Champion" before he moved to the martial arts organization K-1 . His greatest success was reaching the World Grand Prix 2005. In the fight for the "reserve place" of the tournament he defeated Gary Goodridge after a unanimous decision on points. In the semifinals he then stood in for Peter Aerts , who could not compete because of a broken rib. He beat Musashi by knockout (sport) in round 2. In the final Glaube Feitosa met Semmy Schilt . Feitosa was severely knocked out after a few seconds after he was hit in the head by a knee-kick from Schilt.

Belief Feitosa's fighting style is characterized by clean and varied technique. The trained eye recognizes its origins in karate.

title

• MVP in Kyokushin Karate World Cup in Paris
• All South American Karate-do Champion ('97)
• America's Cup Karate-do Champion ('97)
• All Brazil Karate-do Champion ('96, '97)
• 2nd Place in All World Karate-do Championship Heavyweight ('97)
• No.8 in 6th All World Card-do Open Tournament
• No.4 in 7th Kyokushin Championship ('99)
• K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas Champion (Battle at the Bellagio IV)
• K-1 WORLD GRAND PRIX 2005 finalist

Web links

• K1 profile