The beauty Ronda Rousey and the beast Ronaldo Jacare they put on a show at the edition of Strikeforce held this Saturday (18), in San Diego, in the United States. In just 41 seconds of combat, the Tupiniquim black belt showed that he is sharpening his striking and knocked out Derek Brunson. In the main fight of the night, Ronda was also quick on the trigger and in 54 seconds, she locked Sarah Kaufman in an armbar and achieved her sixth victory in MMA.
Ronda promises and submits Kaufman
During fight promotion, Ronda Rousey promised that he would not miss the opportunity to submit, and even rip off Sarah Kaufman's arm. And the beauty, who is also a beast, needed just 54 seconds to fulfill her promise.
In the first few moves, Ronda closed the distance with punches and looked for the takedown, already landing in mount. From then on, the former judoka moved on to her specialty: the armbar. Kaufman still tried to defend with several rolls, but Rousey managed to hold the blow and come away with the victory.
The victory, which was worth the athlete's first title defense, was Ronda's sixth in MMA, all of which ended with an armbar in the first round.
Alligator runs over Brunson
The Brazilian Ronaldo Jacare He entered the Strikeforce cage with a goal. Win Derek Brunson and earn the right to challenge Luke Rockhold for the middleweight belt. And the black belt was also quick on the trigger.
And, showing an impressive evolution in stand-up fighting, the Tupiniquim athlete, specialist in jiu-jitsu, achieved the first victory of his career by knockout.
The Brazilian started the duel by taking initiative, using combinations of blows to hit Brunson. But when the North American tried to move forward to strike the Brazilian athlete, he was spectacularly surprised.
After dodging the blow, Jacaré delivered a direct hit that hit Derek square in the chin, which was knocked to the canvas. The fighter still tried to get up, but was hit by other blows from the Brazilian and fell knocked out.
With the triumph, Jacaré wins the right to a rematch against Rockhold, an opponent who beat him in 2011, in a disputed decision by the judges.
Check out the complete Strikeforce results below:
Main Card
Ronda Rousey submitted Sarah Kaufman with an armbar in R1;
Ronaldo Jacare derrotou Derek Brunson by knockout in R1;
Tarec saffiedine defeated Roger Bowling by unanimous decision of the judges;
Anthony Smith submitted Lumumba Sayers with a triangle choke in R1;
Ovince St Preux defeated TJ Cook by knockout in R3;
Preliminary Card
Miesha Tate submitted Julie Kedzie with an armbar in R3;
Adlan Amagov defeated Keith Berry via TKO in R1;
Germain de Randamie derrotou Hiroko yamanaka by unanimous decision of the judges;
Bobby Green defeated Matt Ricehouse via unanimous decision
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