C. de Sapato landed an illegal knee on V. Magalhães. Photo: Reproduction/YouTube
The fight between Brazilians on the preliminary card of the fifth edition of the PFL in 2021, held this Thursday (17), ended with an unexpected outcome. In the first round, Antonio Shoe Guy he ended up delivering an illegal knee to the genitals of Vinny Magalhães, who was unable to continue in the fight.
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Thereby, Shoe Face He went by seven points and managed to qualify for the PFL light heavyweight (up to 93kg) playoffs. The native of Paraíba leaves with a record of 11 positive results, five negative results and two fights without results.
On the other hand, Vinny Magalhães was eliminated and is now saying goodbye to the tournament. 'Pezão', as he is known, has a record of 19 triumphs, 12 setbacks and twoI didn't answer'.
THE FIGHT
The combat began with a lot of study between the combatants. The first good initiative was given by Shoe Face, who worked combinations in boxing that hit Vinny Magalhães hard.
In the middle of the duel, the man from Paraíba attacked the fence to take him down, but landed an illegal knee on the Rio native. Vinny tried to recover, but felt a lot of pain in his genitals and was unable to return.
João Zeferino finishes with a katagatame and qualifies for the playoffs
J. Zeferino submitted J. Ponet in the second round. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram
He taught Brazilian jiu-jitsu. The first Tupiniquim representative on the preliminary card, João Zeferino submitted Jason Ponet and confirmed his classification for the next phase of the welterweight tournament (under 77kg). With eight points, he takes the momentary lead and secured his place in the playoffs.
The Brazilian started the round by putting pressure on the Frenchman, but received a cross that ended up unbalancing him. Still, he managed to hold off the initial pressure and, in the final stretch, he took down his opponent. In the second round, Zeferino soon took the fight to the ground and calmly caught his opponent with the katagatame.
Now, João Zeferino guarantees his fifth consecutive victory. Currently, the Santa Catarina native has a record of 26 triumphs and nine setbacks. On the other hand, Jason Ponet feels the 'bitter taste' of his 14th negative result. He also has 20 positives.
PFL 5 2021 RESULTS
MAIN CARD
Welterweight Weight: Gleison Tibau derrotou Rory McDonald in the judges' split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Welterweight Weight: Ray Cooper III defeated Nikolai Aleksakhin via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
Light heavyweight: Emiliano Sordi and Dan Spohn drew unanimous judges' decision (28-28, 28-28, 28-28)
Light heavyweight: Chris Camozzi defeated Cezar Mutant in the unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 29-27, 29-28)
PRELIMINARY CARD
Light Heavyweight: Antonio Shoe Guy x Vinny Pezão ended without result (No Contest) 2m45s from R1 due to an illegal blow applied by Sapato em Pezão
Light heavyweight: Cory Hendricks submitted Martin Hamlet with a rear naked choke at 4m09s of R3
Welterweight Weight: João Zeferino finished Jason Ponet with a katagatame 2m16s into R2
Welterweight Weight: Magomed Magomedkerimov finished Curtis Millender with an 'ezekiel choke at 1m57sec. from R1
Light heavyweight: Tom Lawlor defeated Jordan Young in the unanimous decision of the judges (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Welterweight: Sadibou Sy defeated Aleksei Kunchenko via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
judges (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
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