L.Machida (photo) beat G. Mousasi in Jaraguá do Sul. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC
It was harder than expected, but Lyoto Machida e Ronaldo Jacare made the Brazilian fans happy at UFC Fight Night 36, an event held this night (15), in Jaraguá do Sul, in the interior of Santa Catarina. In an event that equaled the record for fights decided by judges' scorecards, Machida fought a five-round battle with Gegard Mousasi to win a unanimous decision. Jacaré also found it difficult to get past Francis Carmont in the decision. With their victories, the Brazilians should be the next challengers for the middleweight belt that will be contested between Chris Weidman e Vitor belfort In may.
The fight
Known for his lethal counterattack, Lyoto Machida did not deviate from his style in the fight against Gegard Mousasi. The Brazilian waited for his rival to take the initiative to respond to the attacks. But, despite walking forward, the naturalized Dutch athlete released few blows. Even so, Machida connected the best blows.
In the second round, Mousasi continued to walk forward, however, connecting punches against the Brazilian's face. Without achieving a forceful counterattack, Machida lost control of the dispute.
In the third round, the Brazilian changed his strategy and moved all the time. Lyoto connected good punches and kicks on his rival, who despite a good blow to the Bahian karateka's face, was unsuccessful in the dispute.
The balance returned to the scene in the fourth round. Lyoto started better and managed to take down Gegard, but the Armenian managed the sweep and landed several punches on the Brazilian in the ground fight. With the fight completely open, the fifth round could be decisive on the judges' scorecards.
Determined not to lose the duel, Lyoto took control of the assault from the bell ringing. After landing two blows that ended up in Mousasi's guard, the Brazilian defended a takedown attempt by his rival and fell on top.
In control of the ground fight, he didn't lose his position and worked to score points until the end of regulation time. In the judges' decision, victory for Lyoto Machida (50×45, 49×46, 49×46)
Jacaré beats Carmont and scores third victory
Ronaldo Jacare He entered the octagon as the favorite to face Francis Carmont, but the Frenchman toughened up the fight and provided the black belt with a great challenge. The Brazilian started the first round with everything and soon put his training partner in Georges St Pierre in floor. After reaching his back, the black belt came close to finishing the contest with a rear naked choke. However, French managed to resist the choke and stayed alive in the fight.
In the return for the second round, Carmont grew in the fight. He managed to keep the fight going, provoking the Brazilian by opening his arms with each blow he received and leaving the duel open. But in the third round, Jacaré once again took control of the fight. Quick on the trigger, he repeated the recipe from the first installment.
As soon as the duel resumed, Jacaré attacked his rival's legs, fell on top and quickly reached his back. But, just as he had done in the initial round, Carmont defended the submission attempts until the end of the fight.
At the end of 15 minutes of fighting, victory for Ronaldo Jacare in the unanimous decision of the judges (29×28, 29×28, 29×28),
Erick shines and recovers
the capixaba Erick silva He entered the octagon ready to shake off his bad form. Coming from two defeats in three fights, the Brazilian athlete needed just 52 seconds to win the victory and get back on the path to victory. Against the Japanese Takenori Sato, Erick started with everything.
In his first movements, the Brazilian connected a kick to Sato's waistline, which he felt. In desperation, the Japanese tried to grab Silva's legs. But the man from Espírito Santo defended himself and even landed a few blows to his rival's head with his heel.
After completely defending the takedown attempt, Erick landed several punches on Takenori until the referee declared the technical knockout at 52 seconds.
main card
Lyoto Machida derrotou Gegard Mousasi in the unanimous decision of the judges;
Ronaldo Jacare defeated Francis Carmont by unanimous decision of the judges;
Erick silva defeated Takenori Sato by TKO in R1;
Nicholas Musoke defeated Viscardi Andrade in the unanimous decision of the judges;
Charles of the Bronx submitted Andy Ogle with a triangle choke in R3;
Preliminary Card
Joe Proctor defeated Cristiano Marcello via unanimous decision;
Rodrigo Damm defeated Ivan Batman via split decision;
Francisco Massaranduba derrotou Jesse Ronson in the unanimous decision of the judges;
Yuri Marajó derrotou Wilson reis in the unanimous decision of the judges;
Felipe Sertanejo defeated Maximo Blanco via unanimous decision by the judges;
Ildemar Marajó defeated Albert Tumenov via unanimous decision;
Zubair Tuhugov defeated Douglas D'Lima in a unanimous decision by the judges;
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