Fighter who immobilized thief debuts in MMA with victory at Jungle Fight

O Jungle Fight 82 rocked the night of São Paulo, this Saturday (24). The event crowned three new champions and featured ex-BBB Vanessa Mesquista as a ring girl (see the photo gallery below) and the president of the new Pride, Nobuyuki Sakakibara, as a spectator of the show.

Inside the cage, in addition to three belts at stake, the highlight is Monique Bastos, the fighter who immobilized a thief in Maranhão. In his first fight as a professional he did well and submitted Jennifer Gonzales with a triangle.

Yes, Bruno Cappelozza, who in addition to winning the heavyweight belt, stamped his passport to the Rizin Fighting Federation, a Japanese event called the new Pride.

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After finishing the thief, Monique also takes the Jungle

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Monique Bastos was applauded by the fans present in the gym when she entered the Arena. She arrived for the confrontation against Chilean Jennifer Gonzales with morale after immobilizing a thief in the city of Açailandia, in Maranhão, last September. To the delight of the crowd, the scene was repeated and the Brazilian again managed an indefensible triangle in the first round.

Cappelozza wins belt and guarantees place in Japanese event

The fight for the belt in the new 100-kilo category was worth more than the event title. Bruno Cappelozza, from São Paulo, and Sandro Apaga Luz, from Ceará, were competing for the chance to represent Brazil in the Rizin Fighting Federation or, simply, new Pride, as the Brazilians dubbed the event held by Japanese Nobuyuki Sakakibara.

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At the weigh-in the previous day, Sandro commented on his opponent's knockout power. And it looks like he was right. Very strong in his striking, Bruno welcomed the category with a heavy hand and achieved a technical knockout at 4:17 of the first round.

“I was thrilled for the opportunity to fight for the belt and I will do my best in Japan to honor Brazil,” said Bruno after the fight. Sakakibara also spoke after the fight and liked what he saw. “In addition to him, many other quality athletes fought today and you can be sure that the Jungle Fight will always represent Brazil at Rizin Fighting” commented the Japanese.

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Eric Parrudo beat Ciro Bad Boy by technical knockout at 3:55 of 3R

The fight for the lightweight belt also shook up the fight card. Jungle Fight 82.Ciro Bad Boy, who was defending his title, entered the cage with one more objective: to avenge the defeat he suffered against Eric Parrudo, in a split decision, in 2012. The rematch atmosphere heated up the dispute and what was seen in the first round It was a more complete Eric Parrudo, finding better blows against Ciro, who bravely withstood the Bahian athlete's attacks.

On the other hand, at the end of the second round, Eric was saved by the bell when Bad Boy had the guillotine in place, which highlighted the balance of the confrontation. Sharp in boxing, Parrudo imposed his game again and punished Bad Boy in the third round, who succumbed and was knocked out after 3 minutes and 55 seconds. Beautiful performance by Parrudo and the belt goes to Salvador

Amanda Lemos erases Carol Cunha and takes the belt to Belém

The fight for the women's bantamweight belt opened the night's title fights. Amanda lemos, from Belém do Pará, faced Caroline Cunha from Rio and came out on top. Even though the Rio de Janeiro athlete specializes in jiu-jitsu and Amanda specializes in muay thai, the Pará native needed just over two minutes to lock in the guillotine and erase her opponent. Undeterred by her second consecutive victory at Jungle, Amanda has no intention of handing over that belt anytime soon. “I trained for this and I don’t like leaving it in the hands of the judges. Now I'm going to defend and the belt is with me. It’s going to be hard to leave,” she said.

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