Renato “Charuto” Verissimo Fights Lars Haven On Tap Out
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007Renato “Charuto” Verissimo, a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Fighter and Brazilian was just featured on Tap Out the versus show. He fought Lars Haven at the Icon Sport Epic Event in Honolulu Hawaii. BJ Penn was Renato’s mentor / cornerman… The event opened up with Lars Haven throwing down hard. I thought that Lars would potentially end the fight early, but then Renato stayed cool, backed off, and took Lars to the ground and defeated by TKO.
First off, this guy is a class act. When entering the ring, we greeted his opponent Lars Haven, as well as when he exited the ring. One criticism to his kindness, as he was grounding and pounding his opponent, he was clearly taking it easy on him. This could potentially be the difference between a win and a loss – he lacks that killer instinct, but who am I to say?
Renato “Charuto” Verissimo has fought some big names over the year, including Carlos Condit from WEC, Frank Trigg, Matt Hughes and Carlos Newton. Watch Renato’s fight against Lars Haven, as well as a video of him grappling with BJ Penn.