Jason (photo) celebrates victory on the fence at UFC Rio 3. Photo: AP
Finalists of the first edition of TUF Brasil, Serginho Moraes e Ron Jason were the highlights of the UFC Rio 3 preliminary card, an event held this Saturday (13), at the HSBC Arena, in the capital of Rio de Janeiro. Featherweight champion of the UFC reality show, Jason showed all his aggression and knocked out Sam Sicilia in the second round. Already Serginho Moraes showed the efficiency of his jiu-jitsu to submit compatriot Renée Forte via rear naked choke.
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Ron Jason puts on a show and knocks out the American
In the last fight of the preliminary card, Ron Jason he showed why he was the great featherweight champion of TUF Brazil. In front of the North American Sam Sicilia, the athlete from Ceará, who this time can enter the octagon with his traditional mask, showed a lot of aggression from the beginning. Rony almost managed to submit with a triangle choke in the first round.
But in the second round, Jason put on a show. The Brazilian abused elbows while standing to punish the North American. After a fall from Sicilia, Rony took the chance and launched a series of strikes on the ground to punish his opponent and fight for a technical knockout.
"Sam Sicilia He's very strong, a great opponent. Sam Sicilia, here is Brazil. Do you know who you are Ron Jason”, provoked the Brazilian.
Serginho submits Renée
The four-time jiu-jitsu world champion, Serginho Moraes scored his first UFC victory. After losing the TUF middleweight final to Cezar Mutant, the black belt used his ground techniques to submit his opponent with a rear naked choke in the final half of the third round.
Despite Reneé's slight superiority in striking, Serginho didn't miss the opportunity to take down his opponent and work on top. After some unsuccessful attempts, in the third round Serginho didn't miss his chance in the third round and took his opponent's back to finish the fight with a rear naked choke.
Cristiano Marcello wins with controversial decision
In the first fight of UFC Rio 3, Brazil's first victory at the event was controversial. Veteran Cristiano Marcello didn't have an easy time against Reza Madadi. In the first two rounds, the Iranian-born Swede was better, countering the dispute in striking and landing more blows on the Brazilian's face.
Cristiano balanced the dispute in the third round, but, despite punishing Madadi a lot, he was unable to finish the dispute. In the judges' decision, however, two of the three judges saw the superiority of the Brazilian, who won his first in the UFC, in a split decision (29×28, 28×29, 29×28)
Check out the UFC Rio 3 results below:
main card
Anderson Silva (BRA) defeated Stephan bonnar (USA) by technical knockout in R1;
Rodrigo Minotauro (BRA) submitted Dave Herman (USA) with an arm-bar in R2;
Glover Teixeira (BRA) defeated Fábio Maldonado (BRA) by technical knockout in R2;
Jon Fitch (USA) defeated Erick silva (BRA) in the unanimous decision of the judges;
Phil Davis (USA) submitted Wagner Caldeirão (BRA) in R2;
Demian Maia (BRA) submitted Rick Story (USA) with a choke in R1;
Preliminary Card
Ron Jason (BRA) defeated Sam Sicilia (USA) by knockout in R2;
Gleison Tibau (BRA) defeated Francisco Massaranduba (BRA) in the unanimous decision of the judges
Diego Brandao (BRA) defeated Joey Gambino (USA) by unanimous decision of the judges
Serginho Moraes (BRA) finished Reneé Forte (BRA) with a rear naked choke in R3;
Chris Camozzi (USA) defeated Luiz Cané (BRA) in a split decision by the judges
Cristiano Marcello (BRA) defeated Reza Madadi (SUE) by judges' decision
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