One of the best all around fighters that the UFC ever let walk from the organization, Renato "Babalu" Sobral, has finally reached BJJ greatness. He recently received his well deserved and long awaited black belt from his Gracie Barra team.
Sobral (29-7) was let go by the UFC after his fight against David Heath at UFC-74. After beating the will to live out of Heath for about a round and a half, Babalu secured a text-book Anaconda choke. As the ref stepped in to break it off, Babalu smiled and squeezed the neck of Heath even hard for an extra 2 or 3 seconds as he looked at the ref and smiled.
In my opinion, Babalu is one of the most under-rated and over looked fighter in the 205 pound division. He is a medalist for his native country in wrestling, a world class BJJ practitioner and has great stand up for a guy so focused on his ground game.
He has a lot of good wins over quality fighters, with his losses all coming from guys like Fedor, Henderson, Liddell....well, you get my point.
I am a fan of Sobral and I hope to see him fight in a major organization sometime very soon.
Props to him on his recent accomplishment.
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