88–98 kg: 1st place, Absolute: 1st place CBJJ World Championships 1999: Black Belt Absolute: =3rd place, Black Belt Super Pesado = 2nd place 1998: Black Belt Absolute: =1st place 1997: Black Belt Super-Pesado: 1st place, Black Belt Absolute: =3rd place 1996: Black Belt Pesadissimo: 1st place Voted Best Brown Belt in Brazil in 1992. Voted Best Purple Belt in Brazil in 1990. IBJJF World Championships 2017: Black Best Master 5 Super Heavy Weight: 1st place 2017: Black Belt Master 5 Absolute: 2nd place Other Black Belt World Mundial Champion 1996, 1997, and 1998. Brazilian National Black Belt Heavyweight Champion 1994 and 1995. Mixed Martial Arts Coliseum 2000 Coliseum 2000 Heavyweight Championship (One time) Extreme Fighting Extreme Fighting Middleweight Tournament Runner Up Martial Arts Reality Super Fight Martial Arts Reality Super Fight Championship (One time) Ultimate Caged Combat 1997 Ultimate Caged Combat Overall Championship Tournament Winner Other Vale Tudo Super Fight Champion at the Titanic Duel in Brazil 1995 Mixed martial arts record |- | Win | align=center| 13-4 | Lee Hasdell | Submission (rear naked choke) | Cage Rage 22 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:39 | London, England | |- | Loss | align=center| 12-4 | Tsuyoshi Kohsaka | TKO (punches) | PRIDE 31: Dreamers | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:20 | Saitama, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 12-3 | Hirotaka Yokoi | TKO (knees) | PRIDE 29 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 9:08 | Saitama, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 11-3 | Mike Bencic | KO (punch) | PRIDE Bushido 2 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:11 | Yokohama, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 10-3 | Yuki Kondo | TKO (doctor stoppage) | PRIDE Shockwave 2003 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 3:27 | Saitama, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 10-2 | Andrei Kopylov | TKO (cut) | PRIDE 22 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 6:02 | Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 9-2 | Wataru Sakata | Decision (unanimous) | UFO: Legend | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 8-2 | Murilo Rua | Decision (unanimous) | PRIDE 20 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Yokohama, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 8-1 | Igor Vovchanchyn | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | PRIDE 17 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 2:52 |