This Month’s MMA Birthdays: Bibiano Fernandes Turns 40

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Bibiano Fernandes has carved out quite a footprint in mixed martial arts, and he has done so while competing entirely outside the auspices of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The three-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion will celebrate his 40th birthday on March 30.

A former two-division Dream champion and a two-time One Championship bantamweight titleholder, Fernandes owns notable victories over Masakazu Imanari, Joachim Hansen, Joe Warren, Yoshiro Maeda and Martin Nguyen. Between Sept. 24, 2011 and March 24, 2018—a span of 2,373 days—“The Flash” compiled a perfect 14-0 record and emerged as one of the premier lighter-weight fighters in the sport. Fernandes operates out of the AMC Pankration camp, where he serves as the primary sparring partner for former UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson. He last competed in October, when he submitted Kevin Belingon with a second-round rear-naked choke to retain the One Championship bantamweight crown.

Others in MMA celebrating birthdays during the month of March:

MARCH 1

Taisuke Okuno, 43
Danielle West, 43
Anthony Njokuani, 40
Dominique Robinson, 38
John Howard, 37
Wuliji Buren, 30
Zabit Magomedsharipov, 29
Thanh Vu, 28
Aspen Ladd, 25
Sage Northcutt, 24

MARCH 2

Soichi Nishida, 53
Kito Andrews, 42
Heath Herring, 42
Lorenzo Hood, 31
Hunter Azure, 28
Joel Alvarez, 27

MARCH 3

Rodrigo Goiana de Lima, 1991-2019
Mark Hall, 59
Herschel Walker, 58
Rob Broughton, 37
Augusto Mendes, 37
Renato Velame, 37
Richard White, 33

MARCH 4

Jordan Radev, 44
Abe Wagner, 40
Josh Emmett, 34
Talita Bernardo, 33
Kazuki Tokudome, 33
Jim Crute, 24

MARCH 5

Tim Sylvia, 44
Chris Cope, 37
Roberto Sanchez, 34
Ericka Almeida, 31
Martin Nguyen, 31
Rafael Fiziev, 27

MARCH 6

Royce Alger, 55
Tsuyoshi Kosaka, 50
David Perron, 39
Anthony Johnson, 36
Brandon Girtz, 35
Mads Burnell, 26

MARCH 7

Eun Soo Lee, 38
Xavier Foupa-Pokam, 38
Steve Kennedy, 37
Joe Merritt, 36
Valentina Shevchenko, 32
Journey Newson, 31
Nikita Krylov, 28

MARCH 8

Marlon Sandro, 43
Wes Shivers, 43
Genki Sudo, 42
Viscardi Andrade, 36
Eddie Ng, 34
Seo Hee Ham, 33

MARCH 9

Pat Miletich, 52
Chinzo Machida, 43
Jun Nakamura, 36
Koji Ando, 35
Drakkar Klose, 32
Raphael Pessoa, 31

MARCH 10

Sean Pierson, 44
Wilson Gouveia, 42
Vitor Miranda, 41
Jesse Lennox, 38
Anton Zafir, 33
Lipeng Zhang, 30
Clay Collard, 27

MARCH 11

Renzo Gracie, 53
Rodrigo Gracie, 45
Sako Chivitchyan, 36
Chris Saunders, 34
Livinha Souza, 29
Jaleel Willis, 28

MARCH 12

Antonio McKee, 50
Alexis Vila, 49
Justin Wilcox, 41
Colleen Schneider, 38
Ricky Musgrave, 36
Rad Martinez, 33

MARCH 13

Kazuo Takahashi, 51
George Sullivan, 39
Lina Lansberg, 38
Justin Salas, 38
Nam Phan, 37
Timothy Johnson, 35

MARCH 14

Josh Samman, 1988-2016
Manny Tapia, 39
Kiyotaka Shimizu, 36
Jim Wallhead, 36
Guan Wang, 34
Lando Vannata, 28

MARCH 15

Norifumi Yamamoto, 1977-2018
Travis Wiuff, 42
Kyoko Takabayashi, 39
Juliana Lima, 38
Junior Albini, 29
Cheyden Leialoha, 26

MARCH 16

Shawn Tompkins, 1974-2011
Brad Imes, 43
Josh Pulsifer, 37
Vanessa Porto, 36
Antonio Carlos Jr., 30
Aaron Roberson, 30

MARCH 17

Antoine Hayes, 44
Fabio Maldonado, 40
Bae Yong Kwon, 39
Chan Sung Jung, 33
Jose Flores, 32
Jamie Moyle, 31

MARCH 18

Nate Quarry, 48
Kyle Noke, 40
Julie Kedzie, 39
Brendan Schaub, 37
Gregor Gillespie, 33
Tyler Diamond, 29

MARCH 19

Kain Royer, 40
Shawn Bunch, 37
Ryuichi Miki, 37
Magomedbag Agaev, 35
Jake Norsworthy, 30
Shane Burgos, 29

MARCH 20

Daniel Cormier, 41
Rogent Lloret, 41
Robbie Lawler, 38
John Moraga, 36
Goran Reljic, 36
Jingliang Li, 32
Aya Saied Saber, 29
Joe Hamilton, 28

MARCH 21

Rony Mariano Bezerra, 36
John Salter, 35
Brice Ritani-Coe, 34
Andrew Yates, 31
Austin Vanderford, 30
Alex Perez, 28

MARCH 22

Andre Pederneiras, 53
Houston Alexander, 48
Jamal Patterson, 46
Kyle Kingsbury, 38
Joe Soto, 33
Minna Grusander, 31

MARCH 23

Moti Horenstein, 56
Mark Hunt, 46
Leo Leite, 42
Mukai Maromo, 37
Yuri Villefort, 29
Thiago Moises, 25

MARCH 24

Jake Hager, 38
Brandon Melendez, 37
Josh Neer, 37
Andy Main, 31
Mackenzie Dern, 27
Fabian Edwards, 27

MARCH 25

Mike Medrano, 42
Rory Markham, 38
Besam Yousef, 35
Ben Wall, 31
Steven Ray, 30
Sabina Mazo, 23

MARCH 26

Tony Fryklund, 49
Bor Bratovz, 38
Irene Aldana, 32
Calvin Kattar, 32
Kai Kara-France, 27
Paige VanZant, 26

MARCH 27

Nuri Shakir, 41
Tat Romero, 40
Noah Thomas, 39
Matt Jaggers, 35
Alptekin Ozkilic, 34
Vanessa Melo, 32

MARCH 28

Hector Ramirez, 44
Joe Pearson, 42
Jake Ellenberger, 35
Joe Ellenberger, 35
Jessy Miele, 35
Matt Rizzo, 34

MARCH 29

Donald Cerrone, 37
Stephen Eakin, 37
Chase Beebe, 35
Jesse Chaffin, 31
Cody Durden, 29
Cristina Stanciu, 26

MARCH 30

Bibiano Fernandes, 40
Bojan Mihajlovic, 40
Melvin Guillard, 37
Rasul Mirzaev, 34
Dan Lauzon, 32
Miles Johns, 26
Kalinn Williams, 26

MARCH 31

Naoya Ogawa, 52
Reese Andy, 47
Rich Clementi, 44
James Zikic, 43
Mike Kyle, 40
Marloes Coenen, 39
Ayaka Hamasaki, 38
Fabio Silva, 38
Richardson Moreira, 36
David Parker, 35
Frank Gomez, 34
Terrion Ware, 34