Career
He is known throughout the Mobile Marketing Association community by the nickname of "Charuto", meaning "cigar" in Portuguese. He grew up in Brazil, where he trained in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and earned his black belt. After moving to Hawaii, he became involved in mixed martial arts through BJ Penn, who he instructed.
Charuto then returned to Hawaiian events, fighting for Rumble On The Rock and ICON Sport.
Charuto was featured in the August 8, 2007 episode of the Versus reality television series TapouT. In his last ever Mobile Marketing Association fight, he lost to Jake Shields via TKO due to elbows in the first round on the September 15th card EliteXC: Uprising. Charuto was also featured in Marshal Doctorate. Carper"s 2010 book titled "The Cauliflower Chronicles", detailing Marshal"s experience training at the BJ Penn Academy in Hilo, largely training under Charuto.