'Matheus won on his return to Brazil. Photo: Marcos Santos
The former UFC Matheus Nicolau returned to Brazil in style. The fighter from Minas Gerais needed just over 70 seconds to submit Alan Gabriel Tilico, who replaced the injured Wagner Lima two days before the fight, and confirm his favoritism. The duel was an attraction at Future FC 5, held on Friday night (24), in São Paulo.
The triumph came after Matheus knocked down his opponent and followed up with a hand triangle.
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In addition to Matheus, another highlight of the event was Adriano Ramos. The Inside athlete submitted Elton Alves with a rear naked choke in the second round and became the organization's first champion. As a bonus, Adrianinho also received one of the performance bonuses, pocketing US$500 (around R$2) in addition to the scholarship, and the contract with the LFA. In the interview still inside the decagon, he sent a message to Cuban Maikel Perez, current champion of the American event.
“I want to challenge the LFA champion! The best in Brazil against the best there”, said the Future champion.
Another Minas Gerais native who shone was welterweight Bruce Souto, who had an eye-popping performance against the resilient Wiilian Cilli. Souto presented an immense variety of strikes while standing up, got away with a dangerous attack from the São Paulo native on the ground and was only unable to achieve a knockout due to Cilli's huge heart. In the end, Bruce Souto, who still had a point deducted for applying an elbow that, in the referee's view, was illegal, won by majority decision. Both he and Cilli earned $500 each for the best fight of the night bonus.
The third bonus, also worth US$500, went to the strawweight division Ariane Sorriso. A paulista começou a luta contra Ketlen Hot a todo o vapor, e parecia que o nocaute seria questão de tempo. Mas a manauara ressurgiu das cinzas, cresceu no combate e passou a levar perigo à favorita da noite. Mas, no terceiro round, Sorriso mostrou por que é considerada uma das melhores lutadoras em ação no país. Com um frontal no corpo, ela fez a adversária se dobrar, anotou a 12ª vitória consecutiva da carreira e, de quebra, ainda impressionou a lenda Rodrigo Minotauro, present at the event.
This edition also guaranteed a contract with the LFA for two other fighters: Edilceu Para-Raio and Flavio Queiroz. Para-Raio knocked the talented Wellington Kakaroto out of the fight with a stomp on the knee in the third round, while Queiroz sent Elvis Iron to the canvas in the first. Speaking of sending him to the canvas, Elismar Carrasco shut down Antônio Carlos Buiú with a relentless combination of punches in the third round, after being at a disadvantage for most of the fight.
Future FC 5 results
Adriano Ramos submitted Elton Alves with a rear naked choke at 3:57 of R2
Matheus Nicolau submitted Alan Gabriel Tilico with a hand triangle at 1m18s of R1
Bruce Souto beat Willian Cilli by majority decision (28-28, 29-27 and 29-27)
Elismar Carrasco beat Antônio Buiu by knockout at 4:35 of R3
Ariane Sorriso beat Ketlen Souza by technical knockout at 3:53 of R3
Edilceu Para-Raio beat Welington Kakaroto by withdrawal at 1m09s of R3
Vanessa melo won Mariana morais by split decision (30-27, 28-29 and 30-27)
Taigro Costa submitted Claudio Marcelino with a rear naked choke at 4:32 of R3
Flavio Queiroz beat Elvis Iron by technical knockout at 2:45 of R1
Rander Junior submitted Antônio Paulo Nego with a rear naked choke at 2:11 of R1
Bruno Viana submitted Maicon Miller with a guillotine choke at 2m04s of R1
Magnus Kelly beat Luan Oliveira by technical knockout at 2:00 of R1
Augusto Abdias beat Alan Francis by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28 and 29-28)
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