Ewerton Teixeira (born February 13, 1982) is a Brazilian professional

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, and Kyokushin Kaikan karateka. Teixeira obtained his first K-1 title in 2008 at

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by beating Keijiro Maeda in the final. He is training K-1 at the Ichigeki Academy Kyokushin Kaikan in Tokyo, Japan. Despite the short career for a kickboxer, Teixeira has notable wins against K-1 legends: Jerome Le Banner, Errol Zimmerman and Musashi.

Career

After becoming the ninth Kyokushin World Champion in 2007, Teixeira entered

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in 2008. His first K-1 fight was against Japanese fan-favourite Yusuke Fujimoto. He won the fight by right cross KO. Teixeira then won the 2008 Japan GP after knocking out Tsutomu Takahagi in the first round followed by two unanimous decision wins over

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and Keijiro Maeda. He was then placed in the 2008 WGP eliminations against Japanese veteran Musashi. He won by unanimous decision and qualified for his first World Grand Prix championships. In the quarter finals, he fought his first non-Japanese opponent, Errol Zimmerman. Teixeira surprised the world by beating Zimmerman throughout the fight until he was dropped in the third round and ended up losing the fight by decision. In Yokohama in March 2009, Teixeira beat Jerome Lebanner by decision in the 5th round. At the Final 16, despite being a big favourite and promising a KO against the new Asia champion, Sing Jaideep, he won a decision in the 5th round. In the finals he was knocked out by Alistair Overeem in round 1 after a knee to the chin. In 2010, Teixeira fought K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Canberra as a super fight winning by KO over Alex Roberts. He then fought in K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16 against Mr K-1 Peter Aerts losing a close bout in the extra round extension. The fight provided a defining moment to fans, finally proving that the Kyokushin fighter belonged in K-1.
Teixeira ended 2010 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final as the Reserve match and once again surprised everyone by out classing Errol Zimmerman for a judges unanimous decision. Texeira was waiting for engagement in K-1, but since there were no offers he decided to move to MMA, training with former UFC Heavyweight champion

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. He made his MMA debout on 23. Jun 2012, winning the fight via KO in round 3. Texeira said that he still wants to fight in K-1 if some bigger organisation offers the contract, but until then, he plans to fight under MMA rules. He lost to Hesdy Gerges by unanimous decision at '' Glory 13: Tokyo - Welterweight World Championship Tournament'' in Tokyo, Japan on December 21, 2013.

Titles and accomplishments

*Kickboxing **2008 K-1 World GP in Fukuoka champion (defeated Keijiro Maeda in Final) *Kyokushin **2011 2nd Place - 10th Kyokushin World Open Karate Tournament IKO 1 (Lost to Tariel Nikosheivili) **2011 5th Place - All American Open Karate Championships (Lost to Shouki Arata) **2007 9th Kyokushin World Open Karate Tournament IKO 1 (Defeated Jan Soukup) **2007 All American Open Karate Championships (Defeated Andrews Nakahara) **2006 All American Open Karate Championships (Lost to Andrews Nakahara) **2005 3rd Kyokushin World Weight Tournament Heavyweight (Defeated Lechi Kurbanov) **2004 All American Open Karate Championships (Defeated Eduardo Tanaka) **2003 8th Kyokushin World Open Karate Tournament IKO 1(Lost to Hitoshi Kiyama/Defeated Glaube Feitosa) **2003 All American Open Karate Championships (Defeated Sergey Osipov) **2002 All American Open Karate Championships (Defeated Lechi Kurbanov) **2002 2nd World Team Cup (Defeats Russia) **2001 All American Open Karate Championships (Defeated Kentaro Tanaka) **2001 Brazilian Open (Lost to Ulysses Isobe) **2001 2nd Kyokushin World Weight Tournament Heavyweight final 16 **2000 Paulista Championships **2000 Brazilian Open Final 16

Kickboxing record

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