Vinicius "Vinny" de Magalhães (Portuguese pronunciation: [maɡaˈʎɐ̃js]; born July 2, 1984)[1] is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the Light heavyweight division.
His mentors are Royler Gracie & Vini Aieta [3] Magalhães was promoted to black belt by his instructors Vinicius Aieta and Royler Gracie, on the podium after winning thirteen matches (ten by submissions), and taking home two gold medals in the 2005 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship as a brown belt.
[4] Magalhães has recently expressed that he's been training in different grappling styles such as sambo (primarily leg locks) and catch wrestling.
In 2007, Magalhães would become the first Jiu-Jitsu No Gi world champion in the Super Heavyweight Division as a black belt.
He became the divisional winner, beating the reigning champion Fabrício Werdum by points in the final match.
Magalhães then fought Krzysztof Soszynski and defeated him by armbar in the first round, thus moving on to the finals to face Ryan Bader.
Magalhães lost via first round TKO in his UFC debut in the finals of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs.
[10] After being released from the UFC, Magalhães went 7–1, winning five fights by submission and two by knockout while dropping one by decision, improving his overall record to 9-5 (1).
Magalhães scored an mounted gogoplata submission victory over Viktor Nemkov to become the M-1 Global Light heavyweight Champion.
Magalhães denied any talks of retirement and was expected to fight Jeff Monson in a heavyweight bout on November 9, 2013, at Global Warrior Challenge 2: USA vs Brazil.
Magalhães defeated previously unbeaten Mexican fighter Jorge Gonzalez at Xtreme Kombat 24 via first round rear naked choke on July 19, 2014, in Naucalpan de Juárez, Mexico; After almost a full year absence from fighting.
[22] In the quarterfinals on October 13, 2018, at PFL 9, Vinny faced Rakim Cleveland, winning the bout via first round kimura.
[23] In the semifinals on the same night at PFL 9, Vinny faced Bazigit Atajev, winning via first round kimura once again.
He lost the back-and-forth fight via TKO between the third and fourth round after Vinny Magalhães stopped the bout.
[31] Halfway through round one, Júnior hit Magalhães with an accidental knee to the groin, rendering him unable to continue.