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| Mauricio "Baboo" Da Silva | |
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| Born | Mauricio Da Silva November 28, 1967 Ivaipora Parana, Brazil |
| Other names | "Baboo" |
| Nationality |  Brazilian |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Style | Kyokushin Karate, Muay Thai, Kickboxing, Submission wrestling Brazilian Jiu-jitsu |
| Trainer | Seiji Isobe |
| Rank | black belt in Kyokushin purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
Mauricio "Baboo" Da Silva (born November 28, 1967) is a Brazilian kyokushin kaikan full contact karate practitioner and former professional kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He is a professional coach and trainer of K-1 and MMA (Mixed Martial Arts), who has trained a number of world class fighters including Francisco Filho (martial artist), Glaube Feitosa, Andrews Nakahara, Ewerton Teixeira, Ray Sefo, Aleksandr Pitchkounov, Takumi Sato, Jan Soukup, Kou Tasei (aka Hong Tae Seong), Jan Nortje, Doug Viney, Mighty Mo (kickboxer) and Akebono Taro. From 1998 to 2004 he worked as the trainer and sparring partner for Francisco Filho. He lived in Tokyo, Japan from 2005 to December 2010 and trained fighters from the IKO1 Kyokushin - Team Ichigeki and other fighters from visiting teams at the Ichigeki Plaza. He fought in the K-1 PREMIUM 2003 Dynamite!! and also in the Ichigeki events in Japan.