Warlley knocks out Marmota and wins another one for Sonnen's team at TUF Brasil 3

The TUF Brazil 3 middleweight semi-finalists have been defined. In the ninth episode of the series, shown in the early hours of Sunday to Monday (05),  Warlley Ales from the Chael Sonnen, defeated Ismael Marmota, from the team of Wanderlei Silva, and advanced to the next phase. With the result, the controversial North American's team wins the third duel in a row and reduces the rival's advantage to 4×3.

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In another highly anticipated moment of the season, the North American Chael Sonnen the Brazilian beat Wanderlei Silva in a football challenge. The event was led by coach Joel Santana and awarded R$75 to the winner.

The fight

In a duel surrounded by a lot of expectation due to the tense atmosphere right away, the Minas Gerais native Warlley alves took no notice of Ismael Marmota. Sonnen's representative started the fight by working with kicks against the opponent's base. Soon after, he managed to close the distance and put Marmota against the bars. From there, he prepared the clinch and dropped two knees on Ismael's face that opened the way to victory. Afterwards, Warlley threw two more punches and achieved the technical knockout.

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As a result, Warlley alves joins Wagnão Gomes e Ricardo Demente, from the team Wanderlei Silva, and Marcio Lyoto, also from Sonnen's team, as middleweight semifinalists.

Sonnen beats Wand in football challenge

Before the fight between Warley and Marmota, the most anticipated challenge of the season took place. With Joel Santana leading the game, the technicians Wanderlei Silva e Chael Sonnen They went through a football circuit with jumps, ball control and goal kicks. And to everyone's surprise, the North American beat the Brazilian and won a prize of R$75. Of this amount, R$50 goes to Chael and R$25 is shared with the team.

Next program

The next program will define the last spot for the semi-finals among the heavyweights. Jollyson Sosaleta, It represents Wanderlei Silva, against Marcos Foot from the team of Chael Sonnen