The World Vale Tudo Championship
As gambling was legal in Aruba, it was Lapenda and Boon’s goal to start opening up casino backed wagers on these fights.
WVC IX was full of surprises one of the first times woman fought Vale Tudo, Chute Boxe Academy introduced Fabio Piamonte, Rickson Gracie's legendary heavy weight Stephanus Miltasakakis had his debut and Heath Hearing who was runner up on WVC VIII won and signed with Golden Glory.
WVC X went back to Brazil crowned a great new fighter, Eli Soares, who had a great future, but went to jail for killing a person on a street fight and the super fight was won by Martin Malkhasyan.
The WVC events were all centered on 8-man single elimination tournaments with most having an additional “Superfight” main card. The WVC’s rules were 30-minute round (no gloves no biting, no eye gouging no fish-hooking).
Lapenda was an Executive Producer for Glory World Series. It was his access to other global promotions that enabled Hall of Fame Lapenda to land the newest and best talent to participate in the WVC.