Leonardo Silva (レオナルド・シウバ, Reonarudo Shiuba), also known as The Miracle of São Paulo (サンパウロの奇跡, Sanpauro no Kiseki), is a mainstay in Kengan matches. He is considered a member of the Supernovas, a group of up-and-coming fighters.
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Appearance[]
Leonardo is a tall man with ash blonde hair and a thin mustache. He wears a bright blue gi when fighting. Outside of the arena, he is always well dressed with proper shoes, a patterned shirt, and sunglasses
Personality[]
Leonardo, like most fighters, is very confident in his fighting prowess. While he mostly has a relaxed expression, Leonardo can be very hot headed when push comes to shove.
Power & Abilities[]
Leonardo specializes in simple, but proficient ground grappling. During the Berserker Bowl Leonardo displayed impressive submission skills when he was able to very quickly overwhelm his first opponent Alberto Himura, a fellow BJJ practitioner in just four minutes. In his second match he demonstrated his ability to negate his opponents striking when he caught the notoriously agile Hong Xiao-Hu and choked him into unconsciousness.
As described by Yamashita Kazuo, Leonardo is hardly ever aggressive and uses an extra-defense style, where his extraordinary striking talent is specialized in parrying. Leonardo also showed his resilience when he was able to withstand multiple strikes from Koga.
The Devil's Sleeper[]
Leonardo does a simple but very tight sleeper hold on an opponent. He has stated that this hold can knock out anyone, no matter how strong they are and that it's a one hundred percent pure killing move. This choke almost managed to knock out Narushima Koga.
Trivia[]
- Leonardo's family appears to be based on the Gracie family, which is a bit redundant considering the Kure Clan are also based on the Gracies. Incidentally, the Silva family are also distant relatives of the Kure Clan anyway.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 175 (Omega)
- ↑ 6 wins prior to first appearance(ΩCh149)
2 wins in the Berserker Bowl against Alberto Himura & Hong Xiao-Hu(ΩCh164) & (ΩCh167) - ↑ 1 loss against Narushima Koga in the Berserker Bowl