The Memorial Day weekend was a sluggish couple of days for MMA followers in the USA with no UFC and PFL occasions, however battle followers have been provided loads of motion in MMA brasileiro.
LFA’s newest journey to Brazil happened at a high-end resort in Cuiaba, and the place highly-touted strawweight prospect—and two-time IMMAF world champion—Aieza Bertolso improved her successful streak to twenty with a third-round submission of ONE veteran Samara Santos. The 23-year-old expertise is now 6-0 as a professional with 4 finishes.
Later that night time, Combating Nerds welterweight Reginaldo Junior improved to 10-1 with an 88-second knockout of Gilberto Sousa. He’s now received 4 in a row, three of these by way of first-round end. Within the light-weight division, Juan Pablo Vieira improved to 4-0 beneath the LFA banner and 9-0 general with a slick first-round armbar of Carlos Cavalcante.
Within the co-main occasion of LFA 209, Joseilton Santos folded beforehand unbeaten Carlos Petruzzella with a monster proper hand late in Spherical 1. The 28-year-old welterweight, who’s made a profession within the regional scene in his residence state of Bahia, has positively caught the eye of the promotion in his debut.
On the early prelims, Cuiaba’s personal Neto Lopes left Lucas Farias unconscious with an ideal spinning wheel kick a minute into the battle. Lopes is now 4-0 as a professional with a 100% ending charge. Matheus Severino, Chute Boxe expertise and brother of UFC veteran Igor Severino, scored his 14th professional victory with a first-round ground-and-pound knockout of Jose Carlos Lima.
Whereas LFA relied on rising prospects, Thunder Struggle referred to as a veteran of the ring to headline its Saturday present in Sao Paulo as 71-fight veteran Jorge Patino “Macaco” made quick work of overmatched 1-3 fighter Clayton Monteiro in Spherical 1.
Within the co-main occasion, Caio Machado knocked out Everton Vasconcelos in his first battle again from an 0-3 run beneath the UFC banner. Israeli fighter Sean Pero, who moved to Brazil to coach with the Combating Nerds in Sao Paulo, floored Renan Gama with a head kick to go 6-1 as a professional.
Earlier that night time, Chute Boxe’s Ryan Butantan made cornerman Charles Oliveira with a slick kneebar.
Over at Jungle Struggle 136 in Sao Paulo, Laura Vasconcelos blasted by Laura Fontoura to defend her strawweight championship, whereas Vanderlei Gonçalves stopped Anderson Nascimento to unify the welterweight titles.
A flyweight bout between Guilherme Alves and Douglas Silva resulted in controversy after Alves scored the knockout in 31 seconds, however replay confirmed the strike that left Silva out was an unlawful knee. Alves was declared the winner by knockout, however the promotion overturned it to a no-contest on Monday.
Manuela Vitoria received her professional debut when a kick to the physique has Lara Gouterres damage within the first.
Wild end sequence at Jungle Struggle. Guilherme Alves knocks out Douglas Silva in 31 seconds, however replay exhibits it was a diving knee to the face.
The battle was nonetheless dominated a KO win for Alves #JungleFight136 pic.twitter.com/NMHCnnM18I
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Chingis Idrissov, a Pitbull Brothers’ protégé from Kazakhstan, efficiently debuted as knowledgeable at Brasil Grand Champion 5 in Paraiba, ending Valdeno Brito by way of first-round TKO.
The occasion additionally noticed violent finishes for Rodrigo Araujo, Kleybson Costa and Everson Souza.
Additionally on Saturday night time, SFT held its 56th card in Brasilia topped by two title fights. Within the headliner, Irwing Machado efficiently defended his belt in violent style, knocking Rafael Celestino out chilly within the first.
Bianca Sattelmayer received a five-round resolution over ONE Championship veteran Dayane Cardoso to assert the vacant strawweight belt within the co-main occasion and the undercard was action-packed one with a number of nasty finishes.
Elismar Lima entered the cage for his 51st skilled battle and stopped Alan Silverio in 77 seconds, whereas Wildemar Santos compelled Marcos Atila to faucet with a rear-naked choke in beneath three minutes.
Raul Soares and Altamiro Neto additionally secured good knockouts, dismantling Leonardo Ribeiro and Diego Costa for TKO victories.
