Alberto Mina

Alberto Mina
Born	(1982-05-02) May 2, 1982 (age 41) Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil
Other names	Soldier of God
Nationality	Brazilian
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Division	Welterweight
Reach	77 in (196 cm) [1]
Style	Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Stance	Orthodox
Fighting out of	Los Angeles, California, United States
Team	Epic MMA (formerly) Kings MMA (formerly) [2] Hybrid MMA Hong Kong
Rank	3rd degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu [1] 2nd degree black belt in Judo [1]
Years active	2005-present
Mixed martial arts record
Total	14
Wins	13
By knockout	6
By submission	6
By decision	1
Losses	1
By decision	1
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Alberto Mina (born May 2, 1982) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competed in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Biography

A native of Campina Grande in northeast Brazil, Mina began his career at the age of 5, when his parents decided to make him learn some sport for being very active as a kid. He started training Judo, being taught by an old friend of the family, the master Roberto Fialho. Since a very young age, Alberto started being noticed because of his competitiveness and sense of discipline inside the dojo.

The city and the gym where he was based was the perfect environment to develop his ability. Campina Grande, has a huge tradition in martial arts. Mina's sensei, Roberto Fialho, is a direct disciple of the great Ivan Gomes, a man who competed all over the world in the early Vale-Tudo era during the 1950s until the late 1970s with a non-official record of 600 fights with 570 victories and 30 draws, having never lost a fight. Roberto Fialho is a coral belt (red and white belt) in Judo and Black belt in Jiu-Jitsu. He was the coach of a lot of the city's best fighters like the four-time Olympic judoka Edinanci Silva. Fialho himself was a World Black Belt Senior Champion in 2001 and Bronze Medal in 2006.

Jiu-jitsu and submission career

Under the guidance of Fialho, Mina switched to jiu-jitsu in 1997, where he managed to understand the foundations of the sport very well, due to his prior experience in Judo, using his creativity to develop his own style and a fine technique. Mina soon began to be acknowledged in his local scenario, where as a teenager, he was able to compete and win in various Jiu-Jitsu championships.

His competitive soul always led him to learn different features of a lot of different sports to improve his technique in Jiu-Jitsu. As a natural athlete, during his teenager years Mina also practiced and competed in Judo, Swimming, Handball and Volleyball, always looking for ways to improve his athleticism to compete in Jiu-Jitsu. He also made his transition to submission grappling which was one important step for him to begin his career in Mixed Martial Arts.

In 2004, Mina was already an established jiu-jitsu fighter and instructor at Fialho Academy. By that time, he was experiencing submission grappling where he competed and had some of his best performances in fighting. Back then, there was a great rivalry between the fighting gyms in Campina Grande, where Mina's name was acknowledged as one of the best. Mina was then spotted and advised by his friend Jean Silva and finally made his transition to Mixed Martial Arts.

With over 15 years of experience, he is now a 3rd Degree Judo Black Belt and 3rd Degree Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt, representing Draculino Fight Team. Amongst several titles and participations in State, Northeast and North/Northeast Championships, one of his greatest titles was the double gold at the European Urban Gorillaz Submission Championship, where he conquered both welterweight and open class titles in 2006.

He has also won the Asian Open Championship twice, in 2015 and 2016 at Welterweight, and has participated in other events like Abu-Dhabi Pro.

Mixed martial arts

Mina joined the Jean Silva Combat Team in 2005. In MMA where he showcased all his talent by combining resources of the different sports he competed. He made his professional debut in October 2005 in a local event in his hometown called CageFight Nordeste.

He compiled a record of 10–0 interspersed with periods of inactivity, competing for several regional promotions around the world before signing with the UFC in January 2014. ^[3]

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Mina was set to make his promotional debut against Zak Cummings on March 1, 2014, at The Ultimate Fighter China Finale. ^[4] However, at the weigh-ins for the event, Cummings came in eight pounds over the welterweight limit. On the advice of his coaches, Mina would not agree to compete at a catch weight, so the bout was scratched from the event. ^[5]

Mina was expected to face Sheldon Westcott on August 23, 2014, at UFC Fight Night 48. ^[6] However, in the days leading up to the event, Westcott pulled out of the bout citing an injury and was replaced by Shinsho Anzai. ^[7] He won the fight via TKO in the first round and was awarded a Performance of the Night bonus. ^{[8] [9]}

Mina returned to face Yoshihiro Akiyama on November 28, 2015, at UFC Fight Night 79. ^[10] He won the back-and-forth fight via split decision. ^[11]

Mina next faced Mike Pyle on July 7, 2016, at UFC Fight Night 90. ^[12] He won via knockout in the second round. ^[13]

Mina faced Ramazan Emeev on May 12, 2018, at UFC 224. ^[14] He lost the fight via unanimous decision. ^[15]

Mina was expected to face Warlley Alves on May 11, 2019, at UFC 237. ^[16] However just days after the announcement of the pairing leaked, Mina indicated that he had never agreed to the fight and had not signed a bout agreement. ^[17]

Since his last bout, he was released from the UFC. ^[18]

Championships and accomplishments

• Ultimate Fighting Championship
  • Performance of the Night (One time) vs. Shinsho Anzai

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown

14 matches	13 wins	1 loss
By knockout	6	0
By submission	6	0
By decision	1	1

Res.	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Loss	13–1	Ramazan Emeev	Decision (unanimous)	UFC 224	May 12, 2018	3	5:00	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Win	13–0	Mike Pyle	KO (flying knee and punches)	UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Alvarez	July 7, 2016	2	1:17	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	12–0	Yoshihiro Akiyama	Decision (split)	UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Masvidal	November 28, 2015	3	5:00	Seoul, South Korea
Win	11–0	Shinsho Anzai	TKO (punches)	UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Le	August 23, 2014	1	4:17	Macau, SAR, China	Performance of the Night.
Win	10–0	Glenn Sparv	TKO (knees and punches)	Rebel FC 1	December 21, 2013	1	2:44	Kallang, Singapore
Win	9–0	Boy Eggels	Submission (armbar)	UFG 1	August 7, 2011	1	3:11	Kallithea, Greece
Win	8–0	Dean Amasinger	TKO (punches)	UCMMA 10	February 6, 2010	3	2:17	London, England
Win	7–0	Edgelson Lua	Submission (armbar)	UCMMA 10	October 24, 2009	1	3:26	London, England
Win	6–0	Steven Elliott	Submission (rear-naked choke)	Cage Rage 28	September 20, 2008	1	2:55	London, England
Win	5–0	Michel Ribeiro	TKO (retirement)	MCVT	December 28, 2006	3	1:31	João Pessoa, Brazil
Win	4–0	Jose Enrique Anton	Submission (rear-naked choke)	ZTFN 2	June 25, 2006	1	1:34	London, England
Win	3–0	Mickael Slomczynski	Submission (kimura)	Intense Fighting 3	April 1, 2006	1	3:55	Peterborough, England
Win	2–0	Michel Ribeiro	TKO (punches)	Instigação Combat 1	October 5, 2005	1	3:29	Campina Grande, Brazil
Win	1–0	Jeferson Fibiru	Submission (armbar)	Cage Fight Nordeste	May 31, 2005	1	3:37	Campina Grande, Brazil

See also

• List of current UFC fighters
• List of male mixed martial artists

References

1. "Alberto Mina - Official UFC Profile". UFC.com. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
2. Guilherme Cruz. "Alberto Mina wonders why he hasn't fought since flying knee KO over Mike Pyle in 2016". mmafighting.com.
3. Anton Tabuena (2014-01-24). "UFC signs undefeated Alberto Mina, set to debut at TUF: China Finale". bloodyelbow.com. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
4. Staff (2014-02-07). "UFC Macao – Alberto Mina Vs. Zak Cummings". epicmma.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-11. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
5. MMAjunkie Staff (2014-02-28). "Zak Cummings vs. Alberto Mina pulled from Saturday's TUF China Finale". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
6. Andrew Ravens (2014-07-13). "UFC Fight Night 48 gets five bouts added to the card". mmafrenzy.com. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
7. Anton Tabuena (2014-08-13). "UFC signs Shinsho Anzai as late replacement to face Alberto Mina in Macau". bloodyelbow.com. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
8. Ben Fowlkes (2014-08-23). "UFC Fight Night 48 results: Alberto Mina stops Shinsho Anzai with hammerfists". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
9. Mike Fridley (2014-08-23). "UFC Fight Night Macao bonuses: Bisping, Woodley, Mina, Sasaki win $50K". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
10. Antopn Tabuena (2014-08-24). "Ben Henderson vs. Thiago Alves, several other bouts set for UFC: Korea". bloodyelbow.com. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
11. Steven Marrocco (2015-11-28). "UFC Fight Night 79 results: Alberto Mina edges Yoshihiro Akiyama in slugfest". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
12. Staff (2016-05-03). "UFC Fight Night 90 adds number of new bouts, including Mike Pyle vs. Alberto Mina". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
13. Brent Brookhouse (2016-07-07). "UFC Fight Night 90 results: Alberto Mina blasts Mike Pyle with flying knee for second-round knockout". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
14. Staff (2018-02-04). "Alberto Mina vs. Ramazan Emeev set for UFC 224 in Rio de Janeiro". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
15. "UFC 224 results: Ramazan Emeev shuts out Alberto Mina over three rounds". MMAjunkie. 2018-05-12. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
16. Marcelo Barone and Raphael Marinho (2019-03-15). "UFC matches Warlley Alves vs. Alberto Miná for UFC 237 in Rio de Janeiro" (in Portuguese). sportv.globo.com. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
17. Marcel Dorff (2019-03-19). "Alberto Mina is angry about "Fake News" fight against Warlley Alves in Rio de Janeiro" (in Dutch). mmadna.nl. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
18. "Alberto Mina | UFC". www.ufc.com. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

External links

• Alberto Mina at UFC
• Professional MMA record for Alberto Mina from Sherdog