David Vieira (fighter)

Vieira has awarded Black Belts to:

• 2008: Ciro Moura (Brazil) and Chad Robichaux (USA)
• 2010: Hammoud Soufiane (France) and Antoine Bachelin (France)
• 2012: Hicham Hakam (Morocco)[2] Hicham is the first BJJ Black Belt in Morocco.
• 2013: Abderrahim Bounouch (Belgium), Rodrigo Calazans (Brazil), Rafael Garritano (Brazil), Diego Lander (Brazil), Joao M. Madureira (Brazil), Rafael Lopes (Brazil), Marcelo Carvalho (Brazil), Nick Antunes (Brazil) and Marcio Moreira (Brazil).
• 2017: Ricardo Rodrigues (Brazil), Renzzo Caenazzo (Brazil), Henrique Oliveira (Brazil), Daniel Albuquerque (Brazil), Eduardo Liberman (Brazil) and Wilhiam Almeida (Australia).

David's notable wins via submission:

• Thales Leites from Nova Uniao via Choke
• Sergio Moraes from Alliance Jiu Jitsu via Triangle Choke
• Tarsis Humphreys from Alliance Jiu Jitsu via Choke
• Delson Heleno form Gordo Jiu-Jitsu via Choke
• Vagner Rocha from Team Popovitch 2x via Triangle Choke and Armlock
• Vinicius Marinho from GFTeam via Choke
• Mario "Big Hurt" Rinaldi from ATT via Rear Naked Choke
• Moacir "Boca" Oliveira from Team De La Riva via Armlock

Vieira became a professional MMA fighter in 2007, and that same year he was featured in the MMA Authority Magazine as the new up and coming fighter, and was described by the magazine as the "Brazilian Prodigy." After 4 successful MMA fights in the United States David went back to Brazil to improve his MMA game and become a more complete fighter. Even though Vieira continued his MMA training, he decided to take some time off from professional MMA fighting to focus on running his jiu-jitsu school in Brazil.

David was chosen from an initial list of over 300 applicants at the TUF™ tryouts in Rio de Janeiro. Ranging from 18 to 35 years of age, these fighters came from all corners of Brazil, as well as countries such as Argentina and the United States. The fighters underwent interviews, medical exams and were tested on their striking and grappling skills until the final 28 emerged.

The group of 28 welterweights battled it out in elimination scraps in episodes one and two until only half of them remained. The 14 winners became the official cast members of The Ultimate Fighter house, where they were divided into two opposing teams.

Episode One: In March 2013, it was revealed that Vieira was a cast member of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2.[3]

Episode Two: Vieira won his elimination fight to get into the TUF house, defeating Leandro Silva (11-0) by unanimous decision and he was chosen to be a member of Team Nogueira.

Episode Three: In his second fight Vieira clashed with another undefeated fighter Yan Cabral (10-0) and lost by submission in the second round.

Episode Nine: Luis Dutra had to withdrawal due to injury, and Vieira was chosen to replace his teammate. It was announced that he would face the experienced Viscardi Andrade in the quarterfinals.

Episode Ten: Vieira lost his quarterfinals match by unanimous decision to Andrade, ending his run at becoming the next Ultimate Fighter.[4]