Valdines (right) defeated J. Billharinho (left). Photograph: Jungle Fight/Leonardo Fabri
Considered as one of the biggest promises in national MMA, Jonas Bilharinho suffered his first career defeat on Saturday night (30). In issue number 86 of Jungle Fight, an event held in the city of Palmas, the Minotauro Team athlete was surprised by Valdines Silva, who dominated the cage and won by knockout in the second round. With the triumph, the Pitbull team fighter won the featherweight belt in the category
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In the main fight Jungle Fight 86, Amazonian Naldo Silva defeated the home athlete, Maike Linhares, in a unanimous decision by the judges and defended the event's lightweight belt.
“I am very happy to have achieved this dream. I faced a very tough athlete, with international experience and I am grateful for the opportunity. I'm going to keep training hard because now keeping the belt is going to be complicated. I know we have very good athletes in this category and I need to train hard to stay at the top”, he celebrated.
Ex-TUF wins and will fight for belt
In another standout fight of the night, Mateus Mattos, a participant in TUF Brasil 4, won well in his debut in the organization. Facing Carlos Soares, known as Carlin, Maateus completely dominated the first round, delivering hard blows to his rival. Mattos returned for the second round ready to end the fight and managed a beautiful rear naked choke, achieving his tenth victory in MMA – he remains undefeated in his career.
After the fight, Wallid announced that the Team Nogueira athlete will compete for the organization's bantamweight belt.
Jungle Fight 86 results:
Josenaldo 'Naldo' Silva beat Maike Linhares by unanimous decision 29-28 30-27 30-29
Valdines Silva beat Jonas Bilharinho by technical knockout at 3:52 2R
Michel Sassarito beat Diogo Fofão by technical knockout at 4:58 of 1R
Carlos Chicho Irigoitia beat Lenyl Stéfano by technical knockout at 1m45s
Denes Carvalho beat Franciherrison Sales by unanimous decision – triple 28-29
Heberth Sousa beat Nildo Katchau by withdrawal at 43 seconds of 3R
Mateus Mattos beat Carlos Soares with rear naked choke at 2m36s of 2R
João Paulo Roy beat Alex 'Canguru' Alves by unanimous decision 30-27 30-27 29-28
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Felipe Cabocão beat Jordano Abdon with katagatame at 3m25s of 3R
Manoel Moreira Jr. Beat Jackson De Oliveira by medical stoppage at 1m27s 2R
Luiz Carlos Crispin beat Mateus Glória with armbar at 1m47s of 2R
Marco Marcilio beat Adriano Gustavo by withdrawal at 3m28s of 1R
Eduardo 'Mano' Correia beat David Alan Silva by unanimous decision – triple 27-30
Adriano de Jesus beat Cristion 'Maguila' by technical knockout at 27 seconds of 3R
Cleiton Martins beat Marcos Dhone Sousa with triangle choke at 2m4s of 2R
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