Luiz Carlos Dórea Explained

Luiz Carlos Dórea Barreto
Birth Date:7 March 1965[1]
Birth Place:Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Birth Name:Luiz Carlos Dórea Barreto
Nationality:Brazilian
Weight Class:Welterweight
Light welterweight
Team:Academia Champion
Team Nogueira
Box Win:6
Box Kowin:3
Box Loss:2
Box Koloss:2
Box Draw:1
Box Nc:0
Occupation:Boxing and MMA trainer
Civil police investigator
Boxrec:66162

Luiz Carlos Dórea Barreto (born March 7, 1965) is a boxing and mixed martial arts trainer from Brazil and is also a retired boxer. He trained many boxers like Acelino Freitas, Éverton Lopes and Adriana Araújo and mixed martial artists like Anderson Silva, Junior dos Santos, Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira and Antônio Rogério Nogueira.

Boxing and MMA training career

Early training camp and founding of Champion academy

Dórea started as a trainer in 1988, after the decease of his boxing trainer. He decided to open a training camp on his garage, just for practicing. At 1990, he founded the academy Champion (Academia Champion/Champion Team).[2] It began to grow over the years and quickly gained the fame of being the root to many of the greatest Brazilian boxers.[3]

Trainer titles: Boxing and MMA world titles and olympic medal

Dórea was the trainer of Acelino Freitas (Popó).[4] He earned a Pan American silver medal in 1995 in Mar del Plata and won multiple titles in WBO and WBA between 1999 and 2006.[5]

Dórea trains former UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva since 2003. He trains also Junior dos Santos.

Dórea was the first trainer of Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (Minotauro), but in 1994 he left to the United States to practice and teach Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and was distant during the earning of his RINGS and Pride FC titles. Dórea asked to Nogueira come back to train with him only after 2002. Nogueira later won the UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship.[6]

As a Nogueira's partner, Junior dos Santos (Cigano) was also trained by Dórea for all of his UFC bouts, including his victory over Cain Velasquez for the Heavyweight championship and all title defenses.

Dórea was also the boxing coach for Team dos Santos in ,[7] for Team Vitor in [8] and for Team Nogueira in .[9]

In the Olympic Games, Dórea was a Brazilian boxing coach for Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012. Adriana Araújo, Dórea's student, earned a bronze medal in London 2012.[10]

Other occupations

Dórea is a civil police investigator and was a city councillor candidate for the city of Salvador in the Brazilian 2012 elections.

Boxing record

|- style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%;"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|6 Wins (3 knockouts, 3 decisions), 2 Losses (2 knockouts), 1 Draw|- style="text-align:center; margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%; background:#e3e3e3;"| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Res.| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Record| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Opponent| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Type| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Round| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Date| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Location| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Notes|- align=center| Loss|6–2–1|align=left| Lester Ellis||align=left|TKO|3 (10)|1990-02-14|align=left| Festival Hall, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia|align=left||-align=center| Loss|6–1–1|align=left| Salvatore Nardino||align=left|TKO|6 (12)|1989-10-28|align=left| Fano, Marche, Italy|align=left|For WBC International light welterweight title.|-align=center| Win|6–0–1|align=left|Alejandro Balsamo||align=left|PTS|10|1989-03-10|align=left| Salvador, Bahia, Brazil|align=left||-align=center| Win|5–0–1|align=left| Domingo Guzman Nunez||align=left|TKO|5 (12)|1988-06-10|align=left| Salvador, Bahia, Brazil|align=left|Retained WBC International welterweight title.|-align=center| Win|4–0–1|align=left| Tony Jones||align=left|PTS|12|1988-02-26|align=left| Salvador, Bahia, Brazil|align=left|Won WBC International welterweight title.|-align=center| Win|3–0–1|align=left| Billy Wooten||align=left|TKO|3 (10)|1987-12-11|align=left| Brazil|align=left||-align=center| Win|2–0–1|align=left| Alfredo Yvan Ayala||align=left|PTS|10|1987-10-08|align=left| Salvador, Bahia, Brazil|align=left||-align=center| Win|1–0–1|align=left| Jesse Maciel||align=left|TKO|10 (12)|1987-08-14|align=left| Brazil|align=left||-align=center| Draw|0–0–1|align=left| Francisco Mesquita Pereira||align=left|PTS|6|1986-12-07|align=left| Hotel Quatro Rodas, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil|align=left||-align=center

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Luiz Dórea. Eleicoes2012.info. Portuguese. August 24, 2013.
  2. Web site: Champion comemora 22 anos com lutas de MMA. UOL.com.br. Portuguese. Leonardo Pateira. March 20, 2012. August 24, 2013. https://archive.today/20121231192831/http://portaldovaletudo.uol.com.br/br/noticias/item/2157-champion-comemora-22-anos-com-lutas-de-mma. December 31, 2012. dead.
  3. Web site: Conheça mais sobre Luiz Dórea, mentor das feras do MMA. Superesportes.com.br. Portuguese. Nádia Medeiros. October 13, 2011. August 24, 2013.
  4. Web site: Mentor de Popó vira 'mago do boxe' para estrelas do UFC. UOL.com.br. Portuguese. Maurício Dehò. July 29, 2010. August 24, 2013.
  5. Web site: Acelino Freitas' biography. BoxRec.com. August 24, 2013.
  6. Web site: UFC quick quote: 'Cigano' coach has no doubt that Junior dos Santos will become heavyweight champion. MMAmania.com. Eduardo Cruz. May 19, 2010. August 24, 2013.
  7. Web site: Junior dos Santos makes his choices for TUF 13 assistant coaches. MMAweekly.com. Damon Martin. January 20, 2011. August 24, 2013.
  8. Web site: Coach Dórea defends Wanderlei: "He can still do well in the UFC". Graciemag.com. Marcelo Dunlop. July 1, 2012. August 24, 2013.
  9. Web site: Fabricio Werdum, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira name 'TUF: Brazil 2' coaching staffs (updated). MMAjunkie.com. MMAjunkie.com staff. November 6, 2012. August 24, 2013.
  10. Web site: Após Popó e Cigano, técnico baiano completa coleção de feitos com bronze de Adriana. UOL.com.br. Portuguese. Maurício Dehò. August 9, 2012. August 24, 2013.