Fabio Maldonado

Brazilian fighter Fabio Maldonado demonstrates strength and power in mixed martial arts and professional boxing competitions. Having played in two sports for a long time, the Brazilian has won an impressive number of victories and achieved honorary awards, including the title of the Fight Nights Global champion in 2017.

Fabio was born on March 17, 1980 in the Brazilian city of Sorocaba, state of São Paulo. Becoming a fighter was his childhood dream, although Brazilian boys mostly dream of a football career. For Maldonado, Rocky Balboa, a film about which he saw at the age of 9, became an inspiring example. Since then, the child wanted to fight as the character of Sylvester Stallone.

Fabio received full support from his father, who believed that a good deal would come out of his son. Other family members weren't particularly inspired by the boy turning his fists into a professional tool. The athlete calls his father a hero and an idol, about which he made a corresponding tattoo on his back. Coming to the wrestling section, Maldonado heard from the coaches that the world of martial arts is cruel, but he was ready to work hard to become the best.

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The family did not live well, but the father tried to invest all the resources in his son. When the young fighter began to participate in the first battles, the man rented a bus, where he put everyone who wanted to cheer for Fabio and rode with them to the competition site. The parent encouraged the athlete not to chase the momentary prize money, but to tune in to building a long, serious career. Since then, the boxer has always tried to approach fights with a cool head, prioritizing not money, but sports principle.

The guy tried to stay away from bad companies and, knowing the habit of bandits "feeding" novice fighters with expensive gifts, he decided to rely only on himself and not stain his biography with dubious connections. Fabio maintains friendly relations with athletes - football players and wrestlers, the closest of whom are the Nogueira brothers.

A big loss for Maldonado was the death of his father, which he experienced in 2004. Fabio's mother died in 2016, 5 months after the fight with Fedor Emelianenko. On Instagram on February 17, 2020, on his mother's birthday, the Brazilian posted a touching post where he confessed his eternal love to a woman.

“My children are my life,” writes Fabio on his Instagram account, where with love and pride he uploads photos of the sons of Igor and Daniel and daughters of Pietra and Julia Vitoria. Together with his wife Katharina Fabio since 2010.

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Details of Maldonado's personal life can be found on the athlete's social networks, where he regularly posts posts about both MMA and the family.

Fabio began his fighting career in 1997, performing in amateur boxing. For 5 years at the amateur level, Maldonado won 40 fights out of 45, 27 of which ended with knockouts. Moving to professional boxing in 2002, the Brazilian continued to be famous as a puncher, having won 21 of 22 matches and setting a record for wins.

The man began his path to MMA in 2000, entering the octagon as part of the Brazilian Grand Prix. 4 years later, having met Rodrigo and Rogerio Nogueira, the fighter moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he tried to take his career to a new level. He focused on training, enriching his fighting arsenal with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu techniques. During these years, he competed within his native country, winning most of the competitions, but his rivals were often objectively inferior to him in class.

Primer cara a cara entre Fedor Emelianenko y Fabio Maldonado ¿quién gana este 17 de junio?

The first fight under the auspices of the UFC took place in 2008 in Albuquerque, where Fabio defeated American Châteon Vaughn. Having spent most of the battles in the Western Hemisphere, in 2016 the Brazilian first came to Russia, where on June 17 at the Sibur Arena of St. Petersburg he met with the “last emperor” Fyodor Emelianenko. The protracted fight ended with a decision of the judges in favor of the Russian, but the headquarters of Maldonado did not agree with the verdict and tried to challenge it.

After that, Fabio repeatedly returned to Russia, where, within the FNG, Abdulhamid Davlatov and Kurban Omarov became his rivals, whom the Brazilian convincingly defeated in 2017. Other fights on Russian soil were less successful: Nikita Krylov and Ivan Shtyrkov knocked out their opponents in 2018. The fight with Anatoly Malykhin, scheduled for April 26, 2019 in Mytishchi, did not take place due to the fact that the athlete was unable to leave Brazil.

Maldonado does not intend to leave his boxing career. In March 2019, Fabio fought with Ukrainian Alexander Teslenko, who won the WBA / NABA belt after winning.

Now Fabio continues to perform in MMA. At the age of 40, he tries to compete with his heavyweight rivals. According to the latest weigh-in, with a height of 185 cm, the athlete weighs 100 kg. On February 28, 2020 in Huntington, the Brazilian fought against the Cameroonian Carlos Takam, which ended with the victory of the latter.

Two weeks later, in Serbia, Maldonado met with the "Nigerian diamond" Pelu Adetola, where he defeated the Englishman by a judicial decision. The man posted a post with the winner's cup on Instagram, where he thanked God and the fans.

2017 - Fight Nights Global Champion

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