Vinicius Bittencourt Almeida Magalhães (born July 30, 1971) is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu sixth degree black belt [1] under Carlos Gracie, Jr. and also at the same time a brown belt in Judo, and a Muay Thai expert.
Draculino has produced such talent as Joaquim Ferreira, Romulo Barral, Alberto Crane, Marcelo Azevedo, Cristiano Titi, and Samuel Braga.
[3] He began competition early, earning championships from the blue belt upwards.
Vinicius previously signed a 2-fight contract with Strikeforce, and won his debut fight via decision against Rocky Long.
He (along with Renzo Gracie) is also one of the innovators of the Spider guard and one of the first to use it successfully in competition.