Vale Tudo

Vale Tudo or vale-tudo, also known as No Holds Barred in the United States, is an unarmed, full-contact combat sport with relatively few rules. It became popular in Brazil... Wikipedia

• Also known as:  No Holds Barred (NHB)
• Focus:  Hybrid, Striking (Ruas Vale Tudo), Grappling (Gracie Vale Tudo)
• Hardness:  Full contact
• Country of origin:  Brazil
• Famous practitioners:  Hélio Gracie, Carlos Gracie, Valdemar Santana, Euclydes Hatem, João Alberto Barreto, Carlson Gracie, Rei Zulu, Rickson Gracie, Eugenio Tadeu, Marco Ruas, Wallid Ismail, Rafael Cordeiro, Carlos Barreto, Wanderlei Silva, James McBeath, Johil de Oliveira
• Descendant arts:  Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)
• Olympic sport:  No
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo