# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/renato-sobral
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:03:14.790Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/renato-sobral"
name: "Renato Sobral"
slug: "renato-sobral"
description: "Renato Sobral da Cunha, also known as \"Babalu\", is a retired Brazilian Luta Livre submission grappler, mixed martial artist, and was the former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion. Sobral previously fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he posted a 6–4 record and has also competed for Bellator, RINGS, Jungle Fight, Cage Rage, Affliction, and ONE Championship. He is the Head Instructor of Babalu's Iron Gym Cerritos and has a Luta Livre black belt under Marco Ruas and also a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Carlos Gracie Jr."
tagline: "Brazilian mixed martial artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Renato_%22Babalu%22_Sobral.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1975-09-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.7
  momentum:             17.29842061512884
  historical:           9.039857333333334
  currentAttention:     2.16
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  246
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1923025/"
    handle:    "nm1923025"
sources:
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    title: "Собрал, Ренату"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ريناتو سوبرال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renato_Sobral"
    title: "Renato Sobral"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "رناتو سوبرال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renato_Sobral"
    title: "Renato Sobral"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renato_Sobral"
    title: "Renato Sobral"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB"
    title: "レナート・ババル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renato_Sobral"
    title: "Renato Sobral"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renato_Sobral"
    title: "Renato Sobral"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2482623"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78555"
    title: "Renato Sobral"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump