M. Lyoto hits P. Borrachinha and guarantees a place in the semi-finals
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The team of Chael Sonnen achieved his first victory in TUF Brasil 3. On this Sunday's program (20), Marcio Lyoto fought a great fight against Paulo borrachinha, from the team Wanderlei Silva, and won the dispute with a unanimous decision by the judges. With the result, the North American discounts Wand's advantage to 4×1.
The seventh episode of the show also featured crying Chael Sonnen and the expulsion of André Dida from the program in retaliation for the controversial fight Wanderlei Silva e Chael Sonnen in the last edition.
Dana White kicks André Dida out of TUF Brasil 3 and tugs at Wand and Sonnen
This Sunday's program started with excitement. Defeated in the last episode, Cabo Job suffered a broken finger during his fight against Rick Monster and was forced to leave editing. Sonnen did not hide his disappointment to inform that he had to leave the reality show. The heavyweight went to his teammates and asked his colleagues for their commitment, stating that he would like to see the green team champion TUF Brazil 3. Chael was surprised by Job's action and said: “You are special, you are very special”, said Sonnen, who left the locker room crying.
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after leaving Cabo Job, Dana White, president of the event, called the training sessions for a video conference to criticize the action of the fighters in the fight on the last program. The director spared no criticism of André Dida, Wand's assistant who attacked Sonnen from behind and expelled him from the program.
” I would like you to leave the program. What you did was a disgrace. Hitting Chael while he was on the ground with Wanderlei... That doesn't correspond to what this sport is, and you have to leave the show. You should be arrested, to be honest,” White shot at Dida.
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Furthermore, White demanded that the technicians finish the edit without incident. “I know you don't like each other. But we have been traveling the world for years trying to regulate this sport. If you want to fight for free, I'd love not to have to pay you. It would be amazing! You guys are on a show managing young fighters, and what are they going to do after seeing this? Show a little respect for the sport and let's keep things together until the end of the season.”
Choosing the fight and visiting the Shogun
After leaving Cabo Job and Dana White's ear tug, the new reality fight was scheduled. As she won the previous fight, Wanderlei had the right to marry the fight and selected Paulo borrachinha to represent your team, while Marcio Lyoto was chosen by the team Chael Sonnen.
Before the fight, Mauricio Shogun visited the Wanderlei team's locker room to support the yellow team's athletes. Already with bandages on his hands, Borrachinha declared himself a fan of Shogun since the light heavyweight was in Pride.
The fight
The fight between Sonnen's first choice and Wanderlei's second was full of expectation and considered the most balanced of TUF BRasil 3 to date. And inside the octagon it was Borrachinha who started better. The Wand team representative soon closed the distance and managed a takedown. Specialist in the ground game, he evolved in his positions, reached Lyoto's back and was close to ending the fight with a rear naked choke, but the Sonnen team fighter defended very well.
In the second half the story changed. Lyoto started the round with some front kicks and avoiding his rival's approach. When Borrachinha got the clinch, Marcio defended the takedown very well and even fell on top of some opportunities. In the final minutes of the assault, the athletes were already tired and threw blows without much force.
With the dispute even, a third round was necessary to determine the winner. Appearing to be better conditioned, Marcio Lyoto He landed good strikes in his striking, avoided his rival's takedowns again and controlled the fight. Borrachinha, showing a lot of fatigue, flew at Marcio's legs without any effectiveness and suffered some blows on his back on the ground.
As a result, Marcio Lyoto achieved the first victory for the Sonnen team and is in the semi-finals of the competition. He joins Wagnão Gomes e Ricardo Demente as middleweight semi-finalists.
Lyoto injury
Despite the victory, Marcio Lyoto He left the octagon with a heavy limp, due to a shot saved by Borrachinha, and was taken to the hospital. If he is diagnosed with a fracture, team representative Sonnen will be forced to leave the program.
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