One of the true legends in the sport of MMA, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, also known as "Minotauro" is considered by many the best heavyweight Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has produced in mixed martial arts. With a prosperous career in BJJ in the late 1990's, Minotauro turned to MMA, where wins over emblematic fighters such as UFC Hall of Fame Randy Couture & Mark Coleman as well as Josh Barnet, Dan Henderson, Mirko Filipovic, Tim Sylvia (just to name a few) gave him world titles in the two top organizations in the world (Pride FC and UFC). Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira was born in Vitoria da Conquista in the state of Bahia, Brazil, on the 2nd of June - 1976. His father was an accountant and his mother was a gym owner, because of this, Nogueira grew up in a gym environment and started training martial arts very early together with his twin brother Rogerio Nogueira (Minotouro), at the age of 4, starting off practicing Judo. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() );