Brazilian wins and Cung Le loses to Bisping at UFC China

At a different time than usual for the local public, UFC Fight Night 48 took place early this morning (Brasília time), in Macau, China. A Brazilian victory and a Hollywood star's setback were the main highlights of the fight program.

Alberto Miná from Paraíba made his successful debut in the octagon by knocking out the Chinese fighter Shinsho Anzai. The Vietnamese Cung le, 42 years old, famous for his appearances in films such as: The Grandmaster, Tekken and Man with the Iron Fists, suffered from a lack of fighting rhythm and was knocked out by the Englishman Michael Bisping at the end of the fourth round.

Cung le starts well, but loses to English

The Vietnamese Cung le he had been away from competition for almost two years and the long time away from the Octagon weighed on the actor/fighter in his return to the UFC. After having a good first round against the English Michael Bisping, where he managed to work at close range and land good hand and foot strikes, Le lost pressure at the end of the first round.

In turn, Bisping, who is known for having great physical conditioning but lacking in the power of his blows, took advantage of his rival's wear and tear. In the second round, the Englishman used his greater wingspan to strike his rival at medium distance and when he entered the in fight hit the rival. With a jab, Michael managed to close Le's right eye. Soon after, another sequence of blows opened a cut on the other left eye.

With it difficult for the Vietnamese to see, the path to Bisping's triumph was laid. Physically better, Michael entered the fourth round to end the fight. The Englishman put Cung le against the bars and worked a good sequence of punches until a knee to the face knocked the Vietnamese down. On the ground, a few more blows hit the Asian fighter until the referee ended the fight via technical knockout.

Mina wins on debut

Acting on the preliminary card, Brazilian Alberto Mina had the debut he expected in the UFC. Born in Paraíba, but residing in China, the Brazilian fighter fought an electrifying duel with the Shinsho Anzai.

With a lot of movement, Mina worked with knees in her striking, combining it with good punches. But after taking a blow from the Chinese and almost going to the ground, Mina changed her strategy, managed a takedown and scored points. When the fight resumed on the feet, Alberto went to finish the fight and managed a knockdown. Despite not ending the fight, he continued to apply pressure, taking his rival to the ground once again with two punches and ending the fight with punches from above in the ground fight at 4:17 of the first round.

With the triumph, Brazilian Alberto Mina reaches his 11th MMA victory in 11 fights.