rorion always envisioned bringing the 'vale tudo' matches to larger audiences, and with this in mind, he created the united fighting championship with art davie and bob meyrowitz.

widely considered as one of the greatest footballers to ever grace the pitch, arthur antunes coimbra, or zico, as he's more commonly known, is one of rio de janeiro's proudest exports.

born in 1953, in the northern region of rio (zona norte), zico was a naturally attacking footballer, who went on to become the leading all time goal scorer for carioca club, flamengo, with 508 goals in 731 matches.