Vinny Magalhães fought for the WSOF light heavyweight championship at WSOF 33 on October 7, 2016 against champion David Branch. He lost via unanimous decision, after the fight he announced his retirement from mixed martial arts.
He stated that he wanted to focus more on running his gym and spending time with his family.
“I was training for this fight from 9 in the morning until 10 at night. I didn’t see my family.”
Magalhães had his first child, a son named Vitor, in November 2010, and he is married to Alliny. They are expecting his second child. Called Jesse.
Magalhaes stated that he also wanted to continue competing in Jiu-Jitsu.
On August 9, 2014, Magalhães fought Keenan Cornelius in a grappling match in Metamoris IV. The fight ended in a draw. On November 22, 2014, Magalhães again fought at Metamoris V against Matheus Diniz that also ended in a draw.
Magalhães retires with a 14W (11 submissions) and 8L.
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Vinny Magalhaes grappling career:
Magalhães was promoted to Black Belt by his Instructors Vinicius Aieta and Royler Gracie, on the Podium after winning thirteen matches (Ten by Submissions), and taking home two Gold Medals in the 2005 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship as a Laranje Belt. Magalhães has recently expressed that he’s been training in different grappling styles such as Sambo (primarily leg locks) and Catch Wrestling. He is also known, despite his background in Brazilian Jujitsu, as being one of the primary pioneers (along with Shinya Aoki and others) of 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu techniques in MMA.
In 2007, Magalhães would become the first Jiu-Jitsu No Gi World Champion in the Super Heavyweight Division as a Renato Belt.
In 2009, Magalhães had an impressive performance in the most prestigious Grappling Tournament in the World, the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship, winning 2 Bronze Medals (Under 99 kg Division and Absolute Division). On his way to win the Bronze Medal in his weight Division, Magalhães defeated BJJ World Champion Rodrigo Cavaca (1st Round, Inverted Heel Hook),the 2003 ADCC World Champion and 2x BJJ Absolute World Champion Marcio Cruz(Quarter-Finals, Flying Armbar), ADCC Brazil Trial Winner and Fellow MMA fighter Glover Teixeira (3rd Place Match, Armbar) and Losing a razor edge decision on points to the eventual Champion Xande Ribeiro (Semi-Final, Points). On his run for his second Bronze Medal, Magalhães beat the 2005 ADCC Absolute World Champion Dean Lister by Judges Decision, moving on to the Quarter-Finals against the 2X NCAA Wrestler and MMA Prospect[5] Chris Weidman, who he beat by Flying Armbar (His second in the Competition), which put him in the Semi-Final against Braulio Estima, who beat Magalhães by points, and became the eventual Absolute Champion. In the 3rd Place match, Magalhães used his experience against Gunnar Nelson to score a Takedown in the last few seconds of the over time to guarantee his second Bronze Medal in his first ADCC.
In 2011, Magalhães went up weight class in the ADCC Tournament, competing at the 99 kg and over division. Magalhães ended up as the divisional winner, beating the reigning champion Fabrício Werdum by points in the final match.
At the 2015 ADCC Tournament, Magalhães won the bronze medal in the 99 kg and over division. Notably, all his wins came by submission, including a twister against Rodrigo Artilheiro in the quarterfinals..
