CURITIBA, Brazil — Chute Boxe was at the top of the world in the PRIDE days, collecting trophies and titles in PRIDE with Wanderlei Silva, Mauricio Rua, Anderson Silva and Murilo Rua, among others, but the scenario has changed when most of the stars left between 2003 and 2007.
Chute Boxe has had many representatives in the UFC over the past year, like Thomas Almeida, Felipe Arantes and Lucas Martins, but none of them came from the main gym in Curitiba — the trio trains at Chute Boxe Diego Lima in Sao Paulo.