Márcio Navarro (pronounced ; born September 17, 1978) is a retired Brazilian professional

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorpo ...

and professional

kickboxer Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, gener ...

. Navarro is the former

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(ISKA) light middleweight oriental rules world champion. Navarro also is an instructor at Valor Martial Arts in

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Kickboxing career

Navarro began training in kickboxing in 1992. He won the vacant ISKA light middleweight oriental rules world championship belt on September 21, 2012, defeating Thomas Longacre by split decision (49-48, 48-49 and 49–48). He was later stripped of the title because he was not defending it since he began to focus on his mixed martial arts career instead. He retired on July 21, 2018, after a winning a fight by knockout via a head kick.

MMA career

Navarro began his MMA career in 2008 with TKO victory over Sandro Vieira da Silva in his hometown of Indaiatuba, Brazil. Shortly after the fight, he moved to the United States. Navarro fought his first fight in the United States on November 9, 2008, against Adam Sohayda in

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. He won the fight by TKO in the 2nd round. On October 29, 2011, fought Rudy Bears on Bellator LVI in the Local Feature Fights. Navarro defeated Bears by split decision. Navarro has fought 29 fights in his career winning 15. Navarro fought Donnie Bell at Bellator CIII and lost via submission by rear neck crank. Navarro fought in his third Bellator fight at Bellator CXIII against Bobby Cooper and lost the fight via unanimous decision, extending his losing streak to four fights. Navarro broke his losing streak with a 1st-round knockout of local fighter Demian Papagni. He fought his fourth Bellator fight at

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against Cody Carrillo. Carillo gave a verbal submission from multiple punches.

MMA record

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, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 12–10 , Donnie Bell , Submission (rear neck crank) , Bellator CIII , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:06 ,

, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 11–9 , Jake Lindsey , KO (punch) , VFC Fight Night: Wichita 1 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:12 ,

, United States , For VFC Lightweight Championship , - , Loss , align=center, 11–8 , Jon Carson , Decision (unanimous) , Xtreme Fight Night , , align=center, 5 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, United States , For XFL Lightweight Championship , - , Win , align=center, 11–7 , Mike Osborn , Submission (rear-naked choke) , Battle at Beech , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:11 ,

, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 10–7 , Brian Grinnell , TKO (punches) , Seasons Beatings , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 1:53 ,

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, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 7–4 , Rico Cato , Submission , Rock It Hard , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 0:55 ,

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, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 5–3 , Aaron Hedrick , Decision (split) , Red Dragon Promotions – Enter the Septagon , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 4–3 , Levi Avera , Submission (armbar) , XFL – Final Fury , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:13 ,

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, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 2–0 , Adam Sohayda , TKO (punches) , Fist Series: OctoberFist 2008 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 1:08 ,

, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 1–0 , Sandro Vieira da Silva , TKO (punches) , IFC – Vale Tudo , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:30 ,

Indaiatuba Indaiatuba is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Campinas. The population is 256,223 (2020 est.) in an area of . The elevation is . The city's name derives from the Tupi language Ol ...

, Brazil ,

Personal

Navarro is married with four children. Navarro teaches kickboxing, MMA,

Capoeira Capoeira () is an Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics, music and spirituality. Born of the melting pot of enslaved Africans, Indigenous Brazilians and Portuguese influences at the beginning of the 16th centur ...

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ; pt, jiu-jitsu brasileiro ) is a self-defence martial art and combat sport based on grappling, ground fighting ( ne-waza) and submission holds. BJJ focuses on the skill of taking an opponent to the ground, control ...

, and fitness classes at Valor Martial Arts in Wichita, Kansas. He joined the

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in 2017 shortly after becoming a United States citizen.

References

External links

Navarro on Facebook
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Valor Martial Arts website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Navarro, Marcio 1978 births Living people Mixed martial artists from Kansas Sportspeople from Wichita, Kansas Lightweight mixed martial artists Brazilian capoeira practitioners Brazilian male mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu Mixed martial artists utilizing capoeira Mixed martial artists utilizing taekwondo Brazilian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Brazilian male taekwondo practitioners Brazilian male kickboxers American sportspeople of Brazilian descent Sportspeople from São Paulo (state)