Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Lobo turned professional in 1995 and was known as a journeyman fighter in Brazil before getting a couple of main event fights in the United States and even Italy and Fiji.
Although he never defeated a notable foe, he suffered losses to contenders Vincenzo Cantatore, Owen Beck, Jean François Bergeron, Timor Ibragimov, Mike Mollo and Kali Meehan.
Lobo was killed just two days after his last fight, during an armed robbery in a restaurant he owned in São Paulo.
Lobo bought the establishment with the money he received after his two fights in Las Vegas in 2003.
He died hours later after going into cardiac arrest at a local hospital in São Paulo.