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Biography
Daniel Lima (born 28 December 1980, Brasilia) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist. He has a respectable record of 8-4-3.
Biography
Daniel Lima was born in Brasilia, Brazil in 1980. He is a dual Brazilian-n Australian citizen (since 2007), and lives on the Gold Coast in Queensland. After notching up 2 wins in his home down under, he defeated the highly ranked Kenji Osawa on 22 September 2007 in Tokyo. This win puts Lima in contention for a possible title shot in 2008.
Lima is currently fighting some injuries that have been haunting him and holding back his career since his last fight back in 2009 against Seiji Otsuka. The fight was a split decision in favour to the Japanese but saw Daniel Lima coming back in the third round after two rounds of a hard fought standup battle.
With the introduction of a flyweight division in the UFC, Daniel Lima is now working towards his debut in that organization in a weight division that suits his frame better as he's been always in disadvantage towards bigger opponents.
BJJ
Daniel Lima is the Head coach of fightclub BJJ on the Gold Coast (Miami). Daniel’s teaching ability that has truly grown his reputation. Together in Brazil, he and Marcio Bittencourt combined their teams to form Fight Club Jiu-Jitsu, which became one of the strongest teams in Bahia, Brazil. From there, Marcio continued to grow and strengthen the team in Brazil while Daniel took Fight Club Jiu-Jitsu around the world. He taught in the USA, New Zealand and then finally Australia in 2003. He has expanded Fight Club Jiu-Jitsu into a diverse and fast growing organisation in various locations throughout his new home of Australia. He has led Fight Club Jiu-Jitsu to win many championships, including producing world champions of Brazilian jiu-jitsu and international level mixed martial arts fighters.
Mixed martial arts record
| Professional record breakdown | ||
| 14 matches | 8 wins | 4 losses |
| By knockout | 1 | 0 |
| By submission | 4 | 0 |
| By decision | 3 | 4 |
| Draws | 2 | |
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 8-4-2 | Seiji Otsuka | Decision (split) | Nitro MMA | August 27, 2010 | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Win | 8-3-2 | Kenji Osawa | Decision (split) | Shooto: Back To Our Roots 5 | September 22, 2007 | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Win | 7-3-2 | Albert Manners | Decision | Warriors Realm: Warriors Realm 10 | August 11, 2007 | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Win | 6-3-2 | Ayumu Shioda | Decision (unanimous) | Warriors Realm: Warriors Realm 9 | May 12, 2007 | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Loss | 5-3-2 | Yasuhiro Urushitani | Decision (unanimous) | MARS: MARS World Grand Prix | May 13, 2006 | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Win | 5-2-2 | Joe Lira | Submission (armbar) | X: plosion: X-plosion 13 | March 18, 2006 | 1 | N/A | ||
| Draw | 4-2-2 | Kenji Osawa | Draw | Shooto 2005: 11/6 in Korakuen Hall | November 6, 2005 | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Draw | 4-2-1 | Akitoshi Hokazono | Draw | Shooto 2004: 10/17 in Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | October 17, 2004 | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Loss | 4-2 | Ryoto Matsune | Decision (unanimous) | Shooto: Shooto Junkie is Back! | June 27, 2004 | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Win | 4-1 | Jamie Ballard | Submission (armbar) | Shooto: Australia: NHB | May 20, 2004 | 1 | N/A | ||
| Loss | 3-1 | Eben Kaneshiro | Decision (unanimous) | Fearless 2: Bad Blood | December 13, 2003 | 3 | 5:00 | Pasig, Philippines | |
| Win | 3-0 | Ben Manderson | Submission (guillotine choke) | Xtreme Fighting Championships 2 | August 30, 2003 | 1 | 0:49 | Queensland, Australia | |
| Win | 2-0 | Stephen Gillinder | Submission (triangle choke) | Xtreme Fighting Championships 1 | May 4, 2003 | 1 | 1:18 | Queensland, Australia | |
| Win | 1-0 | Sergio Oliveira | KO (knee) | World Vale Tudo 4 | December 16, 2000 | 2 | 2:30 | Curitiba, Brazil |