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Before Wanderlei and Anderson, and long before Ninja and Shogun, another Chute Boxe savage was terrorizing the vale tudo scene.
This was one of the first true mixed martial artists who pretty much went in full force and didn't care where the fight went.
Bare knuckles, stomps and soccer kicks, knees, elbows, headbutts, the kitchen sink.... everything went with this guy.
Cant find a good highlight on him, used to be a nice one called hello japan but it's been taken down.
But ya, Jose Pele Landi, the Cuban who grew up in Brazil, and who is said to have beaten the piss out of Anderson when they sparred, flatlined a pirme Matt Hughes in the first round, and went 30 minutes with a young Chuck Liddell, basically a natural WW taking on a big LHW.
Pele was one of the truly violent dudes from the early days.
This was one of the first true mixed martial artists who pretty much went in full force and didn't care where the fight went.
Bare knuckles, stomps and soccer kicks, knees, elbows, headbutts, the kitchen sink.... everything went with this guy.
Cant find a good highlight on him, used to be a nice one called hello japan but it's been taken down.
But ya, Jose Pele Landi, the Cuban who grew up in Brazil, and who is said to have beaten the piss out of Anderson when they sparred, flatlined a pirme Matt Hughes in the first round, and went 30 minutes with a young Chuck Liddell, basically a natural WW taking on a big LHW.
Pele was one of the truly violent dudes from the early days.