The World Vale Tudo Championship
The World Vale Tudo Championship (“WVC”), headquartered in Beverly Hills, California, was a “no-holds-barred” fighting promotion founded by visionary promoter Frederico Lapenda.
In 1996, Lapenda debuted the first of what would be a groundbreaking MMA franchise. The WVC paved the way for the Pride Fighting Championship (“Pride”) franchise in Japan and WVC was the platform that brought rise to fighters like マーク・ケアー, イゴール・ボブチャンチン
, ペドロ・ヒーゾ, ヒース・ヒーリング, アレッシャンドリ・カカレコ Ferreira and many others which then leveraged their WVC success into careers with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (“UFC”) and Pride.
5 billion) and co-promoter (with Don King) of the famous heavyweight boxing match “The Rumble in the Jungle” between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, John Daly. WVC XIII saw the legend Daryl Gholar win the tournament and immediately retire while still in the ring by removing his wrestling shoes. Mario Sukata, an understudy of Carlson Gracie, defeat Seth Petrucelli in a very tough fight for the Superfight win. WVC XIV went back to the Caribbean and took place on the beach in Jamaica at the luxurious Grand Lito Braco Resort. The was centered on a Brazil vs USA theme where Phillip Miler won the tournament and Stefanus Miltsakakis the Superfight.