Thales leites
Born on sixth September, 1981, Thales Leites is a famous mixed martial artist from Brazil. The full name of Thales Leites is Thales Leites Lourenco. He presently fights for Ultimate Fighting Championship at middleweight. Thales Leites made his debut with Ultimate Fighting Championship in November, 2006. However, his debut in the sport was in 2003, where he defeted Felipe Arinelli.
Standing over six feet, he continued his winning streak by wining the next two fights. Mixed martial arts or MMA as it is commonly referred as includes varied techniques of fighting. It also includes techniques like grappling and striking. Both mixed martial arts and Ultimate Fighting Championship take initiative of selecting the best fighters. The organizations have laid down minimum fighting rules. As a result, the fights often turn out to be violent and brutal. Very often, the fights have resulted in bloodshed. The fights are under scrutiny by the governing organizations.
Thales leites had a successful stint in United States. After which he returned to his native country, Brazil. In Brazil, he defeated Gustavo Machado, twice winner of Japanese Pancrase championship in the third round. Later in September he defeated Ronald Jhun, a favorite with the crowd.
His winning streak was almost halted by Jose Landi-Jons and Japanese fighter, Osami Shibuya. It was his inexperience that was his drawbacks in both the fights. However, his fighting skills and hard work overshadowed his inexperience. As a result he defeated both Jose Landi-Jons and Osami Shibuya. These wins gave the career of Thales leites a new high with zero losses and nine wins.
Some of his opponents are,
Floyd Sword
Felipe Arinelli
Adam Roland
Martin Kampmann
Jason Guida
Lucio Linhares
Flavio Luiz Moura
As per the schedule of Ultimate Fighting Championship 74, he will be fighting Ryan Jensen. Thales leites is very particular about with his training and workout. He is a constant learner and makes efforts to learn new techniques to bet his opponents. Submission fighting, wrestling and striking are a part of mixed martial arts fights. Every fighter has his own strength and weaknesses. All fighters train and work committedly to maintain their strength and overcome their weaknesses.
Some of the effective skills used by Thales leites are,
Stand-up techniques are kickboxing, punching, boxing, elbowing, Muay Thai and kicking
Ground techniques are shoot wrestling, Sambo, Jiu-Jitsu of brazil, catch wrestling and Judo
Clinch technique includes Judo Greco-Roman wrestling, Muay Thai, Freestyle wresteling and Samba.
At Ultimate Fighting Championship, Thales leites comes under Middleweight (84 kg) category. There are other categories of UFC. They are,
Heavyweight (93 kg)
Lightweight (70 kg)
Light Heavyweight (93 kg)
Welterweight (77 kg)
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