Pedro Rizzo
Height: 6'1
Weight: 228 lbs
Record: 15-7
Hometown:
Rio de Janeiro,Brazil

Pedro "The Rock" Rizzo leads Team Brazil and will also be putting his IFA heavyweight championship belt on the line against Team USA’s Jeff Monson. Rizzo was successful in his Art of War debut by defeating former UFC heavyweight belt contender Justin Eilers to become the IFA heavyweight champion.

Rizzo became a fixture of the UFC and has defeated the best including four UFC heavyweight champions: Ricco Rodriguez, Andrei Arlovski, Mark Coleman and Josh Barnett. In addition, he has bested Tank Abbott and Team USA Team Captain Dan Severn.

In addition to his MMA career, Rizzo is also a professional Muay Thai fighter and a four-time Brazilian Muay Thai champion with a record of 31-1-1

(30 wins by KO). Under the guidance of Muay Thai and UFC legend Marco Ruas, Rizzo has become one of the best strikers in MMA.

Rizzo will have to keep Monson in range and pepper him with strikes to fend off the takedowns.

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