Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira is a popular mixed marital arts fighter. He is brother of Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, who is also popular heavy weight champion. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira competes in middleweight division. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira was born in Vitoria da Conquista in Brazil. He trained under Ricardo de la Riva in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Along with his brother he trains with other members of the Brazilian Top Team. They are identical twins but can be distinguished on the basis of weight. Also scar on Rodrigo’s back distinguish him from Rogerio.

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira is popularly known as Minotoro and Little Nog. His fighting style is Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira’s mixed marital arts record is 12-2-0. Out of 12 winnings 1 was via knock out and 5 were via submission. He has faced 2 losses. He competes in middleweight division in Pride fighting championships. In his debut match in 2001, he won against Shamoji Fujii with a TKO. He prefers submission victories. In most of the cases Antonio Rogerio Nogueira has won via submission or decision. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira has attained victory over many champions like Guy Mezger, Kazushi Sakuraba and Dan Henderson. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira has great grappling skills which help him a lot to attain victory in a match.

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira’s last match was on 7/1/2006 against Alistair Overeem at Pride Critical Countdown Absolute. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira had given mind-boggling performance and defeated Overeem through TKO (Towel strikes) in round 2.

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira has won many championships and has performed great. He has millions of fans to cheer his electrifying performances in various fights. Till now he has faced only 2 losses. On 8/8/2005 at UFO Legend, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira lost against Vladimir Matyushenko through decision in round 2. There after he came across consistent victories for near about a couple of years. Then Antonio Rogerio Nogueira lost at Pride Critical Countdown 2005 on 6/26/2005 against Mauricio Rua via decision (unanimous) in round 3.

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira competes in the super heavyweight division. He recently won Brazilian Championship and also performed very well at the South American Games. He is training for Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro this year. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira has won not only many matches but also millions of hearts.