A.K.A.:  The Best Fighter In The World, Mr. BKB, Total Domination
HOMETOWN:  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
HEIGHT:  6'2"
WEIGHT:  245
YEARS PRO:  18
AGE:  37
KICKBOXING RECORD:  8(5KO)-2(0) in a 5 years pro career 
BKB RECORD:  11-5-6     22 brawls in a 3 years career
FAVORITE MOVES:  Arantes Death Thrust (which broke his opponent's larynx and make him spit blood)

                                 Spinning back fist

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

- He is the most famous fighter on the planet

- Began training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Judo at the age of 5.
- Holder of 8 Black Belts
- 6 th- Degree Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (received his black belt at the age of 18)
- 3 th- Degree Black Belt in Judo (received his black belt at the age of 19)
- 3 th- Degree Black Belt in Shotokan Karate
- 1 st- Degree Black Belt in Combat Sambo
- 1 st- Degree Black Belt in Kyokushinkai Karate
- 1 st- Degree Black Belt in Kung Fu

- 1 st- Degree Black Belt in Aikido

- 1 st- Degree Black Belt in Kendo

- Over 400 Career Wins
- Former Quintuple Crown Unified King during one year and nine months
- Former Supreme Fighting Machine Tournament competitor
- Former Undisputed Vale Tudo Brazilian Champion
- Former Undefeated World Heavyweight Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Champion
- 8 Time Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Champion
- 3 Time World Judo Champion
- Brazil 4 Time National Judo Champion
- 1 Time Brazilian Rio de Janeiro Boxing Champion
- Gold Medal Winner in Combat Sambo
- 1-time World Amateur Kickboxing Champion

- Was the best Karate fighter in Latin America in his late 20's

         - Latin America full contact Karate champion

         - Latin America kickboxing champion

         - Latin America Kyokushin Karate champion

- Founder of the Arantes Brazilian Vale Tudo Fighting System
- RANKED NUMBER 6 IN THE 10 GREATEST SLAUGHTERSPORTS COMBATANTS OF ALL-TIME
- Voted by the Universal Shootfighting Organisation (now known as Slaughtersports Inc.) as "The Most Complete Fighter of the Century"
- Was seen as the best fighter of the planet by three leading publications; Fighting Magazine, Fighting Illustrated, and Combat.
- Was given the title of "The most perfectly developed man of all time"
- Was also took under the wing of Peter Martin to be promoted as the World's Greatest Fighter and intended to appear in a serie of Century's Fights, but unfortunately the project never came out.
- He is now a franchise player in the BKB.
- His best bench press is 440 lbs.


HYPE & CAGE ENTRANCE:  "Mr. BKB" was and still hyped to the max by BKB who sell him as a saver.  BKB running endless hyping vignettes for almost nine months before his debut.  Vignettes with his violin music, rain and thunderstorm sky visual plus the thunder sound.  With two phrases one after the other.  The first is: "The World is about to Change".  The second is:"The Best Fighter In The World". 

His cage entrance is very elaborate which is unseen in the BKB.  When he is about to be announced to brawl.  All the SLAUGHTERHOUSE lights close, his violin music playing, an expensive background of fake rain and thunder on a storm giant screen.  Dozens of seconds later; Arantes and his entourage make their entrance.  Arantes is in the middle of a Gracie train and only one big spotlight on him during his entrance.  Cesar Arantes is wearing a hooded black robe (so we can't see his face), a white towel around the neck, a BKB T-shirt of himself underneath, and his "Best Fighter In The World" award belt on his right shoulder and his hand on the shoulders of his brother/cornerman Ramon Arantes wearing a "Team Arantes" track suit, a white towel on his shoulder and carrying a sport water bottle and the mouthpiece case of Arantes.  Three students are first in the Gracie chain and four students are after Arantes in the chain.  The last one bearing The Brazilian flag.  Interesting facts:  the seven students wears a "Team Arantes" T-shirt and are in order of height (the smallest first and tall ones last).  And everybody in the chain has bald zero shaved head in sign of submission to Arantes. 

When he finally arrive to the cage: he retire his hooded robe, his towel and finally his T-shirt.  His cornerman rinse and put his mouthpiece on and put water onto Arantes's face.  But the brawl is not yet ready to start before Arantes does his ultra-fast paced martial arts shadowboxing.  The entire entrance lasts for the very least two minutes. 

BKB CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Without a doubt, his four clashes against Charles Santos counts amount the best BKB brawls of all times and arguably the best serie in all combat sports. 

A long time family grudge between the two most prohiminent fighters coming out of Brazil.  The all-time legendary fighter Cesar Arantes against the best fighter in the world.  You just can't do better!  Evidently, each brawl of the serie were all million dollars matches and box-office hits on the pay-per-view circuit.  This serie even put BKB on the map, gaining new audience worldwide.

OTHERS COMMENTS:
The PYGOD was always reluctant to use Cesar Arantes in the BKB.  In fear spoiles Arantes' reputation as one of the all-time great.  Even when Arantes was at his peak at 32 years old and recognized as "the best fighter in the world".  PYGOD backed down in organizing a lucrative BKB brawl between Cesar Arantes and Alfonso Alderson.  Probably to protect the reputation of both of his men.

But now, searching for four dominants representants of BKB.  He finally decided to hire the semi-retired Arantes in his quest to find indestructible brawlers in order to humiliate all comers from others combat sport and defend the honor of BKB.  Etablishing the Round Cage as the most violent place on earth!!!

Let's see why he is Mr. BKB