IVC Flashback ✨
IVC Council created in 1999 in São Paulo 🇧🇷 !
The International Vale Tudo Council was founded on July 30, 1999, in the city of São Paulo, in Brazil. Pictured left to right: Stéphane Cabrera, Sergio Batarelli, Stephen Quadros, Miguel Iturrate and Koichi Kawasaki.
BLACK BELT Magazine published in January 2000: Team Forms NHB Sanctioning Body. Sao Paulo, Brazil – A powerful alliance has been formed to organize and streamline the sports of vale tudo, no-holds-barred fighting and mixed-martial arts competition around the world.
Called the International Vale Tudo Council, the group recently held its first meeting here.
The members include Sergio Batarelli (Brazil, world president), Miquel Iturrate (United States, vice president in charge of North America), Stephane Cabrera (France, vice president in charge of Europe), Koichi Kawasaki (Japan, vice president in charge of Asia) and Stephen Quadros (United States, international coordinator and public relations).
🇧🇷 Batarelli is best known as the former world kickboxing champion who runs the International Vale Tudo Championship in Brazil & the most famous manager/promoter in Brazil.
🇫🇷 Cabrera is a former kickboxing champion who is now president of the World Kickboxing Network and was instrumental in convincing boxing promoter Don King to feature a muay thai title fight on the undercard of a recent Evander Holyfield pay-per-view championship defense.
🇺🇸 Iturrate is the matchmaker for Hool-n-Shoot, a growing United States-based NHB organization.
🇯🇵 Kawasaki is the matchmaker for the Pride NHB shows and has connections with every major fight organization in Japan.
🇺🇸 Quadros is a contributing editor of Black Belt and has worked with the K-1, IVC, Pride and Ultimate Fighting Championship as a commentator and official.