Geoffrey Pepey He is the first featherweight to secure a place in the TUF Brazil final. In the tenth episode of the reality show, shown this Sunday (27), the athlete from Ceará, who changed the Vitor belfort by the team Wanderlei Silva, finished Marcos Vina in the second round to secure a spot at UFC 147. Pepey in the decision he leaves the fight between Ron Jason e Hugo Wolverine.
Geoffrey Pepey complete Vina and is in the final of TUF Brazil
the episode
This Sunday's program began with the change of teams. With the team of Vitor belfort achieved 7-1 in the quarter-finals, he was forced to give up three semi-finalists to the Vitor belfort. Among the middleweights Thiago Bodão e Serginho Moraes, among the middleweights, and Pepey among the featherweights they are part of Wand's team, which in return passed on those eliminated Lead Foot, Renee Forte and Vina to Belfort.
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Soon after, the UFC president married the duels in the semifinals. Among the featherweights Ron Jason face Hugo Wolverine e Pepey face Rodrigo Damm. Among the middleweights Serginho Moraes measures forces against Daniel sarafian, While Cezar Mutant will have ahead Thiago Bodão.
Rodrigo Damm is eliminated and Vina back to the fight
Chosen to do the first TUF Brazil semifinal, Rodrigo Damm was forced to leave the contest. During the weight cut, the fighter from Espírito Santo felt severe pain in the kidney area and went to the hospital. After the treatment, the doctors did not allow him to continue in the dispute.
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As a result, the person selected to replace Damm was Marcos Vina, who was involved in the team change and is now part of Belfort's team.
The fight
The fight between Pepey e Vina It was basically a ground contest, in a very busy duel full of alternations. Known for his ground game, Pepey He soon looked for a takedown to work on his jiu-jitsu. But Vina He wasn't intimidated and managed to reverse the position, getting on top and applying some blows.
In its turn, Pepey, even from below, tried some attacks with armbars.
Soon after, the fighter from Ceará reversed his position and came out on top. But when he tried to pass the guard he was again surprised and swept, with Vina reaching the back and hitting the opponent's head.
At the end of the first round, even Dana White, who was in Brazil to watch the semifinal, enjoyed the fight and applauded the fighters.
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At the beginning of the second round, Pepey He repeated the strategy and took the fight to the ground. Working from above, the team's fighter Wanderlei Silva He tried to improve his positions, but again he was swept and ended up at the bottom. However, it was at this moment that the fighter took advantage of the moment and landed the blow to win the fight.
Under, Pepey grabbed his arm Vina and left for Kimura. When trying to defend himself, the fighter from Paraná was swept and ended up on the bottom. At this moment, Godofredo went for the American and forced the referee to interrupt the dispute.
With victory, Pepey guarantees presence on the UFC 147 card, an event that will define the winners of TUF Brasil, and is scheduled to take place on June 23, at Ginásio do Mineirinho, in Belo Horizonte.
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