Alexandre Ferreira

“Cacareco”

MMA

18-6RECORD

3KO / TKO WINS

14SUBMISSION WINS

1DECISION WINS

Profile

Full name	Not added yet
Nickname	Cacareco
Date of birth	25 Jan 1979
Nationality	Brazilian
Birthplace	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lives in	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Division	Light Heavyweight
Team	Chute Boxe
Height	170 cm (5′7″)
Reach	Not added yet
Stance	Orthodox
Years active	1998–2010
Status	Not added yet
Pro debut	7 Feb 1998
Last fight	Loss vs Vladimir Matyushenko, 13 Nov 2010

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Titles and honours

WVC 8 Heavyweight Tournament winner
WVC 9 Heavyweight Tournament winner

Background

Brazilian submission grappler from Rio de Janeiro with a Luta Livre background who won two World Vale Tudo Championship heavyweight tournaments in 1999. He also competed in RINGS, the IFL and Jungle Fight before one UFC appearance in 2010.

Fight history

24 professional fights. Newest first.

Result	Opponent	Method	Round	Time	Event	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	Vladimir Matyushenko	TKO (elbows)	1	2:20	UFC 122: Marquardt vs Okami	13 Nov 2010	Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Win	Walter Mazurkievicz	Submission (kimura)	1	1:10	Jungle Fight 15	17 Oct 2009	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Win	Vagner Curio	Submission (achilles lock)	1	0:16	Jungle Fight 14: Ceará	19 Sep 2009	São Paulo, Brazil	Light heavyweight debut
Win	Lew Polley	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	0:20	IFL: Las Vegas	29 Feb 2008	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Win	Fábio Maldonado	Submission (kneebar)	1	0:27	MTL: Final	11 Oct 2007	Belém, Brazil	Date disputed (another source gives 2007-11-10)
Win	Rafael Monteiro	Submission (kimura)	1	1:20	Mo Team League 1	11 Aug 2007	Belém, Brazil
Win	Branden Lee Hinkle	Submission (heel hook)	1	0:37	GFC: Evolution	19 May 2007	Columbus, Ohio, USA
Win	Rodrigo Gripp de Sousa	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	4:50	Floripa Fight 4	10 Feb 2007	Natal, Brazil	Date disputed (another source gives 2007-03-10)
Loss	Felipe Arinelli	Decision (unanimous)	2	5:00	Super Challenge 1	7 Oct 2006	São Paulo, Brazil
Win	Michael Knaap	Submission (armbar)	1	3:11	WCFC: No Guts No Glory	18 Mar 2006	Manchester, England
Win	Julio Cesar Jamanta	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	0:52	Jungle Fight 5	26 Nov 2005	Manaus, Brazil
Win	Jose Freitas	Submission (americana)	1		Fight for Respect 1	15 Oct 2005	Lisbon, Portugal
Loss	Chris Monson	TKO (exhaustion)	2	3:00	HOOKnSHOOT: Kings 1	17 Nov 2001	Evansville, Indiana, USA
Loss	Chris Haseman	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	3:03	RINGS: World Title Series 2	15 Jun 2001	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Loss	Hiromitsu Kanehara	Submission (kimura)	2	2:45	RINGS: King of Kings 2000 Block B	22 Dec 2000	Osaka, Japan
Win	Moti Horenstein	Submission (americana)	1	2:43	2 Hot 2 Handle 1	2 May 2000	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Date disputed (another source gives 2000-03-05)
Win	Kevin Cook	TKO (submission to punches)	1	1:28	WEF: New Blood Conflict	24 Apr 2000	Evansville, Indiana, USA	Date disputed (another source gives 2000-08-26)
Win	Shannon Ritch	Submission (americana)	1	0:48	Amsterdam Absolute Championship 2	27 Nov 1999	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Win	Bob Schrijber	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	2:11	World Vale Tudo Championship 9	27 Sep 1999	Aruba	Won the WVC 9 Heavyweight Tournament
Win	Jimmy Westfall	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	0:56	World Vale Tudo Championship 9	27 Sep 1999	Aruba	WVC 9 tournament semi-final
Win	Heath Herring	Decision (split)	1	30:00	World Vale Tudo Championship 8	1 Jul 1999	Aruba	Won the WVC 8 Heavyweight Tournament
Win	Rodney Glunder	TKO (submission to punches)	1	1:59	World Vale Tudo Championship 8	1 Jul 1999	Aruba	WVC 8 tournament semi-final
Win	Astravroslakis Astravroslakis	TKO (submission to punches)	1	1:00	World Vale Tudo Championship 8	1 Jul 1999	Aruba	WVC 8 tournament quarter-final
Loss	Tim Catalfo	DQ (eye gouge)	1	9:19	IVC 4: The Battle	7 Feb 1998	Brazil	Pro debut; date per combat-edge and IVC 4 date elsewhere (Wikipedia gives 1998-07-02)