Korea submits Higo at TUF Brasil 4. Photo: Reproduction
It turned into a rout! The team of Mauricio Shogun in TUF Brasil 4, he achieved another victory and increased the score to 5-0 against the brothers' team Rodrigo Minotauro e Rogério Minotouro. In the early hours of this Monday (18), the bantamweight Bruno Korea finished Leandro Pitbull Higo, one of the Nogueira brothers' greatest hopes, was present in the semifinals of the UFC reality show
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the episode
This week's program began by recalling the fight from the previous edition between Glaico France e Nikolas Motta. In a friendly atmosphere, the fighters talked about the blows they had suffered and exchanged compliments.
Then the edition showed difficulties that Leandro Pitbull had to make weight. The blue team athlete even said that he was 'locking up' during the last training session and had to rest and eat before continuing the dehydration process.
“Today I learned that rest is training. I hope that never happens again. I was distressed, because, if I came to train, I like to train until the end. And today I couldn’t”, revealed Higo after eating.
After the effort to cut his excess weight, Leandro stepped on the scale and confirmed his fight against Korea. As they faced each other, the atmosphere between the two became tense. Leandro put his face towards Bruno, who initially lowered his head. But after a few seconds he placed his forehead on his opponent with his eyes turned away. In the end, he gave a small smile that didn't please Pitbull.
The fight
the duel between Bruno Korea e Leandro Pitbull It was intense from the first second. In the very first movements, Korea showed his kicking skills and applied a round to his rival's waistline. He then landed a direct hit on Higo's chin.
Specialist in stand-up fighting, Bruno surprised when he took the fight to the ground, Pitbull's specialty. On the ground, the athletes exchanged superior positions and Higo ended up on the back and close to locking in a rear naked choke. Very well defended by the Shogun team representative.
Back in the stand-up fight, Bruno made use of his best striking. He landed a punch that knocked Pitbull off balance. Korea took advantage of the moment and went up and after landing a few punches from the top, he took the back, secured the rear naked choke and defined the dispute.
semifinalists
with the victory of Bruno Korea he joins his teammates Matheus Nicolau e Dileno Lopes as bantamweight semifinalists. Among the light ones, Glaico France e Nazareno Malegarie, also from the Shogun team, are among the four best.
Next fight
with the victory of Bruno Korea, the red team continued with the right to choose the fight. To represent his team, the coach Mauricio Shogun called Netto BJJ. O comandante passou o direito de escolha para seu atleta que convocou Erick “Índio Brabo” da Silva. O duelo vale a terceira vaga na semifinal do programa entre os pesos leves.
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