Brazil finished the preliminary card of the UFC Washington, this Saturday (07) with one victory and one defeat. The Ceará Thiago Pitbull he put up a good fight, but was finished by Tim means, while the Bahian Virna jandiroba achieved his first victory in the octagon by landing a beautiful rear naked choke on Mallory Martin.
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With the results, Virna recovers from the setback in her Ultimate debut against the former strawweight champion Carla esparza. However, Pitbull is in a delicate situation on the show, which already has his fourth loss in the last five performances.
Thiago loses and gets complicated
Thiago Pitbull e Tim means had a duel of veterans at the end of the preliminary card of the UFC Washington. The Brazilian, with 39 professional fights, started the fight better, connecting good combinations of punches to the face and kicks to the waist of the North American, who has 42 appearances in his history.
Means, on more than one occasion, tried to take down the Brazilian, but Thiago made the saves with ease and continued to be better at standing up. However, in an oversight after an attack, the North American connected with a beautiful strike and Pitbull went to the canvas.
The 'Dirty Bird', as Tim is known, didn't miss the opportunity and threw several punches at the Brazilian on the ground. Thiago still tried to get up, but left his neck exposed and ended up submitting with a guillotine after 2m38s of the fight.
Virna wins first in UFC
Virna started the duel without taking any chances in the stand-up fight. The Brazilian even landed the best strikes in her striking, but quickly took the fight to the ground. During the fall, Martin even used a guillotine choke, but the Bahian woman got out of the choke well. However, when Jandiroba tried to get on top, the American used the guillotine again. However, once again, the Brazilian athlete got out of the choke again. Then, she arrived on mount and almost caught Mallory's neck with a katagatame. But the opponent managed to survive and return to the fight on their feet.
In the second round, Virna attacked the legs of Mallory Martin in the first few moments and quickly knocked it down. She quickly went to the back and grabbed the rear naked choke to get the victory.
UFC Washington results
MAIN CARD
Heavy weight (up to 120,2kg): Jairzinho Rozenstruik derrotou alistair overeem by knockout at 4m56s of R5
Straw weight (up to 52,1kg): Marina Rodriguez e Cynthia calvillo tied in the judges' majority decision (28-28, 29-28, 28-28)
Heavyweight (up to 120,2kg): Ben Rothwell defeated Stefan struve by technical knockout at 4m57s of R2
Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): Aspen ladd derrotou It's Kunitskaya by technical knockout at 33 seconds. from R3
Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): cody stmann tied song yadong in the majority decision of the judges (28-28, 29-27, 28-28)
Bantam weight (up to 61,2kg): Rob font derrotou Ricky simon in the unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
PRELIMINARY CARD
Welterweight (up to 77kg): Tim means finished Thiago Pitbull with a guillotine 2m38s from R1
Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Billy quarantillo submitted Jacob Kilburn with a triangle 3m18s into R2
Featherweight (up to 65,7kg): Bryce mitchell finished Matt Sayles with a twister 4m20s into R1
Light weight (up to 70,3kg.): Joe Solecki derrotou Matt wiman in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-26, 30-27, 30-26)
Straw weight (up to 52,1kg): Virna jandiroba finished Mallory Martin with a rear naked choke at 1m16s of R2
Average weight (up to 83,9kg): Makhmud Muradov defeated Trevor Smith by knockout at 4:09 of R3
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