Career
As of 2 November 2015, he is ranked the #3 middleweight in the world by GLORY.
He had his first fight not long after he started training. He dropped Pereira three times in round with low kicks. On 28 September 2013 he participated in Glory 10: Los Angeles - Middleweight World Championship Tournament, losing in the semi finals to Artem Levin by judges unanimous decision.
He fought Sahak Parparyan in the semi-finals of the Glory 14: Zagreb - Middleweight Contender Tournament in Zagreb, Croatia on March 8, 2014, losing by split decision after three even rounds.
He was expected to face Miroslav Cingel at FFC11: Sanchez versus Bekavac on April 4, 2014, but replaced with Sahak Parparyan because of back injury.