Francisco Filho (martial artist)

Francisco Filho
Born Francisco Alves Filho
(1971-01-10) January 10, 1971
Souto Soares, Bahia, Brazil
Other names Chiquinho
Nationality Brazil Brazilian
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 108 kg (238 lb; 17.0 st)
Division Super Heavyweight
Style Kyokushin Karate
Team Team Ichigeki
Liberdade Dojo
Trainer Seiji Isobe
Rank      6th dan black belt in Kyokushin kaikan
     Blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Years active 19 (1985–2004)
Kickboxing record
Total 25
Wins 16
By knockout 9
Losses 7
By knockout 2
Draws 2
Other information
Notable students Nicholas Pettas, Vitor Belfort
last updated on: January 16, 2010

Francisco "Chiquinho" Filho (born January 10, 1971) is a Brazilian former Kyokushin Karateka and kickboxer. He is one of the few karate-ka to have successfully completed the 100 man kumite more than once.

He holds notable K-1 wins over Sam Greco, Andy Hug, Remy Bonjasky, Ernesto Hoost, Peter Aerts and Stefan Leko.[1]

Career

Francisco Filho started Kyokushin kaikan around age of 10 and received black belt six and half years later. He made his professional K-1 fighting debut on July 20, 1997 at the K-1 Dream '97 tournament against Kyokushin and Seidokaikan fighter Andy Hug. This was their second encounter, the first being at the 5th Kyokushin World Tournament in 1991 that resulted in a controversial knockout victory for Filho with a technique that connected after the bell rang. The second fight was also won by Filho quickly earning the Brazilian a large fan base in Japan as well as making him one of the then top contenders for the K-1 World GP Championship title.

Filho has since held championship titles in both K-1 as well as in IKO-Kyokushin Kaikan. He has not taken part in any major competition since 2004 but remains active developing young fighters and in overseeing Brazil’s Kyokushin national team.[2]

In 2012, he appeared on The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil coaching with Vitor Belfort.

Titles and accomplishments

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record

Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mas Oyama and 100 man kumite". www.masutatsuoyama.com/. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  2. 1 2 kyokushin.com.br "Historia Shihan Francisco Filho" Check |url= value (help). www.kyokushin.com.br/. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
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