Champion Team Luiz Dorea, Salvador

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Champion Team Luiz Dorea
Academia de Boxe e MMA, situada em Salvador, Bahia, liderada pelo Prof Luiz Dorea. Fazendo campeões da luta e da vida desde 1990. Luiz Carlos Dórea Barreto (born March 7, 1965) is a boxing and mixed martial arts trainer from Brazil and is also a retired boxer. He trained many boxers like Acelino Freitas, Éverton Lopes and Adriana Araújo and mixed martial artists like Junior dos Santos, Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira and Antônio Rogério Nogueira. Dórea started as a trainer in 1988, after the decease of his boxing trainer. He decided to open a training camp on his garage, just for practicing. At 1990, he founded the academy Champion (Academia Champion/Champion Team). It began to grow over the years and quickly gained the fame of being the root to many of the greatest Brazilian boxers. Dórea was the trainer of Acelino Freitas (Popó). He earned a Pan American silver medal in 1995 in Mar del Plata and won multiple titles in WBO and WBA between 1999 and 2006. Dórea was the first trainer of Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (Minotauro), but in 1994 he left to the United States to practice and teach Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and was distant during the earning of his RINGS and Pride FC titles. Dórea asked to Nogueira come back to train with him only after 2002.Nogueira later won the UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship. As a Nogueira's partner, Junior dos Santos (Cigano) was also trained by Dórea for all of his UFC bouts, including his victory over Cain Velasquez for the Heavyweight championship and all title defenses. Dórea was also the boxing coach for Team dos Santos in The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos, for Team Vitor in The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil and for Team Nogueira in The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2. In the Olympic Games, Dórea was a Brazilian boxing coach for Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012. Adriana Araújo, Dórea's student, earned a bronze medal in London 2012.

Adress

LADEIRA IPIRANGA,85 CIDADE NOVA
40313-030 Salvador

Phone number

55.71.3043-3012

Opening hours

Monday 06:00 - 20:30
Tuesday 06:00 - 20:30
Wednesday 06:00 - 20:30
Thursday 06:00 - 20:30
Friday 06:00 - 20:30
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed

Parking

Price

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