Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Also Known As: Big Nog
Biography: Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtoniu ʁoˈdɾiɡu noˈɡejɾɐ], born 2 June 1976), better known as Minotauro or Big Nog, is a Brazilian retired mixed martial artist. He competed in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion. He is the twin brother of UFC fighter Antônio Rogério Nogueira. Nogueira rose to prominence in the Japanese promotion Pride Fighting Championships, where he was the first Pride Heavyweight Champion from November 2001 to March 2003, as well as a 2004 PRIDE FC Heavyweight Grand Prix Finalist. He is one of only three men to have held championship titles in both Pride Fighting Championships and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (the others being Mauricio Rua and Mark Coleman).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil
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Birthday: June 02, 1976
Age: 48 years old
Gender: Male
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UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira
Overview: UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on August 29, 2009 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon. It featured former UFC Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight champion, Randy Couture, facing off against former PRIDE Heavyweight champion and former UFC Interim Heavyweight champion, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-29
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Pride Critical Countdown 2005
Overview: Pride Critical Countdown 3 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. This event held the second round of the Pride Middleweight tournament. It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, on June 26th, 2005.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-26
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Pride Final Conflict 2004
Overview: Pride Final Conflict 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. This event held the final round of the 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix Tournament. It took place at the Saitama Super Arena on August 15th, 2004.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-15
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Pride Critical Countdown 2004
Overview: Pride Critical Countdown 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. The event held the second round of the Heavyweight tournament. It took place on June 20th, 2004, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-20
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Pride 25: Body Blow
Overview: Pride 25: Body Blow was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan on March 16, 2003.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-16
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Pride Total Elimination 2004
Overview: Pride Total Elimination 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. This event consisted of the first round of the 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix. It took place on April 25th, 2004, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-25
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Pride 24: Cold Fury 3
Overview: Pride 24: Cold Fury 3 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka, Japan on December 23, 2002.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-23
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Pride 23: Championship Chaos 2
Overview: Pride 23: Championship Chaos 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on November 24, 2002.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-24
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Pride Shockwave 2002
Overview: PRIDE Shockwave was a mixed martial arts and kickboxing event co-promoted by PRIDE and K-1 on August 28, 2002. It was held at Tokyo National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. This event, holds the Pride attendance record with 91,108 spectators.[1] In Japan the event was known as Dynamite!
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-28
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Pride 16: Beasts From The East
Overview: Pride 16: Beasts From the East was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships on September 24, 2001 at the Osaka Castle Hall in Japan. The fight card featured 7 fights that night, including the return of Don Frye to MMA. In the United States the event was marketed as "Beasts From The East", the first of two events to use that name (Pride 22 is Beasts From The East 2)".
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-24
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Pride 19: Bad Blood
Overview: Pride 19: Bad Blood was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on February 24, 2002.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-24
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Pride 17: Championship Chaos
Overview: Pride 17: Championship Chaos was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on November 3, 2001. This event also saw the crowning of the first Pride FC Heavyweight and Middleweight champions.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-03
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Pride 15: Raging Rumble
Overview: Pride 15: Raging Rumble was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on July 29, 2001.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-07-29
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UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez
Overview: UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on Sunday, 21 February 2010 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, at Acer Arena.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-02-20
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The Expendables
Overview: Barney Ross leads a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, a martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road, and a loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee visit the remote locale to scout out their opposition and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city.
Genres: Thriller Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-07
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UFC 81: Breaking Point
Overview: UFC 81: Breaking Point was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event featured Tim Sylvia and Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira for UFC's Interim World Heavyweight Championship.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-03
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UFC 73: Stacked
Overview: UFC 73: Stacked was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). It took place on July 7, 2007 at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California and featured a total of nine bouts: four on the preliminary card and five on the main card. The main event was Anderson Silva defending the UFC Middleweight Championship against Nathan Marquardt.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-07
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Pride Total Elimination Absolute
Overview: Pride Total Elimination Absolute was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Osaka Dome in Osaka, Japan on May 5, 2006.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-05
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UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008
Overview: UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008 was a mixed martial arts event by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) held on December 27, 2008 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event featured number-one contender Rashad Evans fighting the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-27
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Pride Shockwave 2006
Overview: Pride Shockwave 2006 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships on December 31, 2006. In Japan, this event was called Pride Otoko Matsuri 2006: Fumetsu
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-31
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Pride 31: Unbreakable
Overview: Pride 31: Unbreakable (promoted in Japan as Dreamers) was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships on February 26, 2006 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. It was also the first Pride pay-per-view event of 2006.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-26
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UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami
Overview: UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 27, 2011 at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-27
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UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida
Overview: UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on December 10, 2011 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In the main event, Lyoto Machida also suffered his first submission loss at the hands of Jon Jones. In doing so, Jones retained the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship title.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-10
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UFC 153: Silva vs. Bonnar
Overview: UFC 153: Silva vs. Bonnar was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 13, 2012, at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-13
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UFC on Fuel TV 10: Nogueira vs. Werdum
Overview: UFC on Fuel TV 10: Nogueira vs. Werdum was a mixed martial arts event held on June 8, 2013 at Ginásio Paulo Sarasate in Fortaleza, Brazil. The main event was a heavyweight rematch between The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil season two coaches, and perennial contenders Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira and Fabrício Werdum. It is a rematch of the first fight, in Pride, in which Nogueira won by unanimous decision back in 2006.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-07
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Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Overview: Sylvester Stallone's 90-minute video diary, covering the making of "The Expendables".
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-14
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UFC Fight Night 39: Nogueira vs. Nelson
Overview: UFC Fight Night 39: Nogueira vs. Nelson was a mixed martial arts event held on April 11, 2014, at du Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. A heavyweight bout between Roy Nelson and Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira headlined this event.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-11
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Pride Shockwave 2004
Overview: Pride Shockwave 2004 (marketed in Japan as "Otoko Matsuri - Sadame") was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. The event took place at the Saitama Super Arena on December 31st, 2004. This event held the final bout of the 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix because it had ended in a no contest at the Final Conflict event back in August.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-31
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UFC Best of 2008
Overview: 2008 was the biggest year ever for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and now you can re-live every great knockout, submission and fight with the "UFC: Best of 2008" DVD set. All the superstars of mixed martial arts are here in their most spectacular bouts, from Brock Lesnar, Rashad Evans and Anderson Silva to Georges St-Pierre, BJ Penn and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. Also contains a special tribute to former UFC middleweight champion Evan Tanner and an inside look at the UFC fight for the Troop event.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-31
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UFC 190: Rousey vs. Correia
Overview: UFC 190: Rousey vs. Correia was a mixed martial arts event held on August 1, 2015, at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was headlined by a UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between former UFC Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and #5 contender Bethe Correia.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-01
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UFC Fight Night 100: Bader vs. Nogueira 2
Overview: UFC Fight Night 100: Bader vs. Nogueira 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on November 19, 2016, at Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo, Brazil. The event was initially expected to be headlined by a light heavyweight bout between former two-time UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challenger Alexander Gustafsson and Antônio Rogério Nogueira. Gustafsson pulled out of the bout due to an injury and was replaced by The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir light heavyweight winner Ryan Bader.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-19
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Pride Final Conflict Absolute
Overview: Pride Final Conflict Absolute was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on September 10, 2006.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-10
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Pride Critical Countdown Absolute
Overview: Pride Critical Countdown Absolute was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on July 1, 2006. This event comprised the second round of the Pride 2006 Open-Weight Grand Prix tournament, featuring the advancing fighters from the first round held at Pride Total Elimination Absolute. Wanderlei Silva was inserted into the tournament in place of Pride Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko, who was unable to participate due to a hand injury.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-01
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Pride Total Elimination 2003
Overview: PRIDE Total Elimination 2003 was a mixed martial arts event held by PRIDE Fighting Championships. It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on August 10, 2003. This event was host to the quarterfinals of the 2003 PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix tournament. The four winners in the quarterfinals advanced to the PRIDE Final Conflict 2003 event in November.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-10
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Pride Final Conflict 2003
Overview: Pride Final Conflict was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on November 9, 2003 and had over 67,450 people in the audience. This event was host to the semi-finals and finals of the 2003 Pride Middleweight Grand Prix tournament.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-09
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