Fedor returns to MMA with quick victory in 'Novo PRIDE'

F. Emelianenko (photo) returned to MMA with victory. Photo: Strikeforce/Disclosure

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Considered one of the greatest fighters of all time, Fedor Emelianenko returned to MMA with a peaceful victory this Thursday (31). At Rizin 2, an event held in Saitama, Japan, the Russian had no great difficulty dispatching Jaideep Singh via technical knockout in the first round.

At 39 years old and retired for more than three years, the “Last Emperor”, as he is known, took little time to clinch and take down kickboxer Singh. Once on the ground, Emelianenko just needed to find the right position to start striking, which earned him a technical knockout in just over three minutes.

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Thus, Fedor achieves his 35th victory in professional MMA, against only four defeats. In the last decade, the Russian commanded the heavyweight division with the title of the now extinct PRIDE event, even defeating names like Rodrigo Minotauro, Mirko Cro Cop and Mark Coleman.

Rickson's son, Kron Gracie finishes

The Japanese event also marked the victory of kron gracie by submission against Asen Yamamoto. Son of the legendary Rickson Gracie, Kron even managed a stand-up exchange, including landing good blows on the Japanese. However, it was on the ground where the Brazilian showed the greatest threats to his opponent's game: first with an armbar attempt, well defended by Yamamoto; Then, Gracie got the takedown and fixed it with a triangle, which ended the fight in just under five minutes.

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It was Kron's second fight in professional MMA, with his second victory via submission. Yamamoto, nephew of UFC fighter Kid Yamamoto, made his debut in the ring with defeat.

Gabi Garcia debuts in MMA with choke victory

A prominent name in women's jiu-jitsu, Gabi Garcia won in her professional MMA debut. However, she didn't make much use of her grappling skills to beat Lei'd Tapa in the first round of the fight.

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The fight started turbulently for the Brazilian, who suffered a knockdown in the opening moments of the action. However, after recovering, she got revenge, taking down her rival with some clumsy striking and finishing the job with strikes on the ground.

In her MMA debut, Gabi Garcia had in her corner none other than Rafael Cordeiro, trainer of names like Fabricio Werdum e Rafael dos Anjos, UFC heavyweight and lightweight champions respectively.

Bellator athlete takes tournament

King mo, a Bellator fighter, became champion of the heavyweight tournament, which started last Tuesday (29). In this Thursday's event, the North American won two fights to seal the victory.

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First, Mo beat Teoforas Aukstuolis by decision of the judges, in a fight held at the beginning of the Rizin 2 card. A few hours later, he returned to the ring to deliver a hard knockout over Jiri Prochazka, which came from victory over Vadim nemkov.

About Rizin

Led by Nobuyuki Sakakibara, Rizin is an attempt to revive Japanese MMA, which was very strong until the last decade. Sakakibara was president of PRIDE, an organization that was the biggest MMA competition between 1997 and 2007, even bigger than the UFC. It was at PRIDE that names like Rodrigo Minotauro, Wanderlei Silva, Mauritius Shogun, Dan Henderson, Among others.

Precisely for this reason, Rizin is known by fans as “New PRIDE”, since the concepts used in the new organization are similar to those seen in the past – such as, for example, the fact that fights are held in rings, and not in cages. as happens in the UFC.