Patolino (photo) guarantees a place in the quarterfinals of TUF Brasil 2.
The dispute between Rodrigo Minotauro e Fabricio Werdum in TUF Brasil 2 it is tied. After opening a 3-0 lead in the coaches' dispute, Werdum lost an injured Yan Cabral, who opened a new place after leaving the program, and saw William Patolino e Leo Santos draw in a duel in the fifth episode of the series, shown this Sunday (14). They knocked Thiago Marreta e Juliano Ninjarespectively.
the episode
As he had won the duel in the previous program, the coach Fabricio Werdum had the right to choose the first fight this Sunday. To represent his team, he called Thiago Marreta, While William Patolino was chosen by the team Rodrigo Minotauro.
Daffy Duck vs. Sledgehammer
In the fight Patolino imposed his game. With more initiative, he trapped Marreta against the bars and always went for the takedown or worked with short blows in the clinch. In the ground fight, the representative of Minotauro's team threw punches from above.
The story of the first round repeated itself in the second round. Thiago even tried a beautiful spinning kick, reminiscent of the one applied by Urijah Hall in TUF 17, in the United States, but the blow was empty. In turn, William maintained the center of the octagon and attacked whenever he had the opportunity. Tired, Muppet could no longer avoid Daffy's attacks.
At the end of two rounds, victory for William Patolino in the unanimous decision of the judges. The result marked Minotauro's first TUF Brasil 2 team victory.
Confusion at the gym
Before the announcement of the next fight, real confusion marked the fifth episode of the program. Werdum's team went to the Minotauro team's locker room and simulated a kind of 'witchcraft'. A 'work' made with candles, fruits, nails and stones.
When Minotauro's team saw the joke, they threw the fruits used in the game towards the Werdum team's locker room. From then on, a real battle ensued.
Benches, energy drink cans and tables were thrown into the rival team's locker room. After the request of Luiz Dórea, boxing coach of the Minotauro team, the general fight stopped.
Minotaur home Leo Santos vs. Juliano Ninja
With Daffy Duck's triumph, Rodrigo Minotauro received the right to choose the next duel. Those selected were Leo Santos from the green team and Juliano Ninja, from the team Fabricio Werdum.
With two jiu-jitsu experts, the fight between Leo and Ninja took place almost the entire time on the ground. Therefore, Leo Santos, who was the youngest jiu-jitsu world champion in history, came out on top.
In the first few moves, Juliano tried a kick, but the athlete from Minotauro's team defended well and took advantage of the moment to take the fight to the ground.
Despite reaching half-guard, Ninja also showed skills on the ground and kept the fight going, without giving Leo any space to advance in position or work with punches.
In the second round, Fabricio Werdum he instructed Ninja to work on the stand-up fight and avoid the kicks. However, the fighter did not follow the commander's orders and called Leo to guard, ending up on the bottom in the fight on the ground. The action irritated Werdum and Rafael Cordeiro, who were in the corner.
Leo Santos remained on top, until the referee ordered the two to get up in the final minute of the dispute. Ninja even tried a kick, but ended up falling and remaining on top until the end of the battle.
When announcing the official result, Leo Santos won Juliano Ninja in the unanimous decision of the judges and the dispute between the coaches was a draw, with each team placing two athletes in the quarterfinals so far.
With the result, Tiago Alves, Viscardi Andrade, from the Werdum team, and William Patolino e Leo Santos, are the four athletes classified for the quarterfinals of TUF Brasil 2.
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