Euclides Pereira

Euclides Pereira (born 7 May 1941) is a former Vale Tudo fighter and current Brazilian jiu-jitsu coach.

Biography Pereira was born in northeastern Brazil. His family moved to the city of Natal when he was a child, and he attended Salesian College to become a priest. He ended leaving the college for working in a hotel, and he would start training in martial arts, soon become a student under José Jurandir Moura, who was also a judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu certified teacher under George Gracie and Takeo Yano.

The fight which took 5 years to be planned, until all the conditions imposed by the Gracies were finally accepted. Knowing Carlson's danger on the mat, Euclides took advantage of his own superiority in striking and wrestling and almost got Gracie knocked out at the fourth round, breaking his nose and damaging his eye region. After 50 minutes, Pereira won the decision over a heavily bloodied Carlson. The match had controversy when Carlson claimed he had been "robbed" by the judges, given that Euclides had exited the ring to avoid a guillotine choke, however a common tactic at the time. Carlson was granted a rematch, but he never took it. Euclides would fight for 25 years before retiring.

Career highlights 1958: Won over Waldo Santana by submission (strikes) in Recife 1963: Won over King Kong by KO (strikes) 1963: Drew with Waldemar Santana 1964: Drew with Ivan Gomes in Recife 1967: Won over Waldemar Santana by decision 1967: Won over Waldemar Santana by decision 1967: Drew with Ivan Gomes in Campina Grande 1967: Drew with Ivan Gomes in Petrolina - The match was called out by officials when sun set over the open air ring and it was considered insufficient light. 1968: Won over Waldemar Santana by retirement - Santana refused to return to the ring. 1968: Won over Carlson Gracie by decision 1972: Drew with Ivan Gomes in Manaus 1974: Won over Waldemar Santana by decision 1974: Drew with Ivan Gomes in Brasilia 1979: Won over Rei Zulu by submission (guillotine choke)