Please answer the following question: Facts: - reach: 70.0 in cm on - years active: 2000 -- '' present '' - birth name: paulo fernando de souza leite filho - team: brazilian top team - birth date: 24 may 1978 - weight: 185 lb kg st on - sherdog: 1535 - fighting out of: rio de janeiro , brazil - other names: paul & atilde ; o , ely - height: 5 8 - mma decwin: 10 - name: paulo filho - birth place: rio de janeiro , brazil - mma decloss: 6 - mma kowin: 3 - mma draw: 3 - image size: 200px - nationality: brazilian - residence: niteroi , brazil - mma subwin: 10 - weight class: middleweight light heavyweight heavyweight - rank: '' belt in judo '' black belt in brazilian jiu-jitsu '' '' black Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of paulo filho .
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paulo fernando de souza leite filho , better known as simply paulo filho -lrb- ; born may 24 , 1978 -rrb- , is a brazilian mixed martial artist currently competing in the middleweight division .filho was the last wec middleweight champion , and has also competed in pride , dream , pancrase , deep , impact fc , and the world series of fighting .