Pezão saves Brazilian night - Photo: Disclosure
Another edition of Strikeforce was held in the early hours of this Sunday (05), in the city of St. Louis, in the United States. The show's card featured 13 fights, where four Brazilian athletes were in action: Renato “Babalú”, Antonio “Pezão”, Fernando Bettega e Lucas Lopes.
Of these, only “Pezão” emerged victorious from the Octagon. The Brazilian heavyweight won his fifteenth career victory by knocking out the North American Mike kyle in the second round. After being dominated in the first five minutes of the fight, even suffering a knockdown, “Pezão” began the second round taking the initiative of the actions. Using your efficient ground and pound, the Brazilian undermined the resistance of the North American, who did not present the same strength as at the beginning of the fight. After taking the fight to the ground and throwing several punches at Kyle, “Pezão” was declared the winner by technical knockout.
“Thank God I managed to reverse the situation and win the fight”, said “Pezão” on American TV.
In the main fight of the night, Renato “Babalú” faced the North American Dan Henderson. The Brazilian started the fight trying to avoid his opponent's blows at short and medium distance. However, Dan didn't give the Brazilian a chance and knocked him out 1 minute and 53 seconds into the fight. This was the American's first victory in Strikeforce since his signing in December last year. “Hendo” will now have the chance to compete for the organization’s light heavyweight belt against another Brazilian. Its about Rafael “Feijao”, current champion of the category in Strikeforce.
Brazilians are defeated in the preliminary card
Among the preliminary fights, Brazil had two representatives who ended up defeated in their fights. Lucas Lopes was submitted for the second consecutive time in Strikeforce. The Brazilian's executioner was the North American Cortez Coleman, who landed a tight guillotine, forcing Lopes to give up the fight with just over two minutes of action.
Another Brazilian athlete who was defeated this morning was Fernando Bettega. The fighter, who was making his debut in the organization, encountered difficulties in the first round of his fight against the North American Wayne Phillips. But, in the remaining two rounds, the Brazilian showed recovery power and balanced the dispute, which went to the judges' decision.
Upon hearing his name as the winner of the fight, Bettega celebrated his first victory in Strikeforce. However, minutes later, the judges performed a recount on their scorecards and reversed their initial decision. Final result: Wayne Phillips won by split decision from the judges.
knockout show
Between the main fights, two big knockouts shook the audience. O English Paul Daley made his debut with the organization in style. “Semtex”, as it is nicknamed, knocked out Scott Smith just over 2 minutes into the fight after landing a left hook that knocked Smith unconscious to the ground. Already Robbie Lawler rediscovered his winning ways after delivering a tough knockout to the veteran Matt lindland, also in the first round. Check out the full results of the Strikeforce: Henderson vs Babalu:
main card
Dan Henderson derrotou Renato “Babalú” by knockout in R1;
Paul Daley defeated Scott Smith by knockout in R1;
Robbie Lawler defeated Matt Lindland by knockout in R1;
Antonio “Pezão” defeated Mike Kyle via TKO in R2;
Ovince St Preux defeated Benji Radach via unanimous decision;
Preliminary Card
Wayne Phillips defeated Fernando Bettega in the judges' split decision;
Justin Lawrence defeated Max Martyniouk via unanimous technical decision;
Patrick Cummins defeated Terrel Brown via TKO in R1;
Cortez Coleman finished Lucas Lopes with a guillotine in R1;
Matt Ricehouse defeated Tom Aaron by unanimous decision of the judges;
Mike Glenn defeated Lee Brousseau via TKO in R1;
Booker DeRousse defeated Coltin Cole via TKO in R2;
J.W. Wright submitted Josh Epps with a guillotine choke in R1.
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