Bruno Cappelozza ignores broken foot and wins belt at Jungle Fight 77

The public that filled Ibirapuera on the night of this rainy Saturday in São Paulo watched excellent fights in the 87th edition of the Jungle Fight. The clashes lived up to expectations and the event resulted in three organization champions.

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In the main fight, Bruno Cappelozza and Klidson de Abreu dueled for the light heavyweight belt. In the first round, Cappelozza, from Corinthians MMA, fractured his foot, however, the injury was not enough to stop the São Paulo native, who had an advantage in the first two rounds, and managed the technical knockout three minutes into the third round.

“I would like to thank Wallid who gives me good opportunities and helps the athletes. Yesterday was my birthday and… mom, I want my cake. I broke my foot in the first round, but here we enter and only leave when we win. This is Corinthians”, said the birthday boy shortly after his eighth career victory.

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Polyana Viana needs three minutes to finish Debora Dias

Polyana viana she took no notice of Debora Dias from Paraná and completely dominated her opponent. The Sombra Top Team and Lobato Top Team athlete had the advantage on her feet and, when the fight took place on the ground, she showed a lot of resourcefulness and quickly secured an unappealable armlock, forcing the referee to stop the fight. It was the first title defense for Deivid's mother, who just wants to go home and see her son again.

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“I thank God, who is the basis of everything, and then my entire team. Now I want to go home and enjoy my son. I miss you so much.” Said Polyana, who now has eight wins and one loss on her record.

Paulo Borrachinha fulfills promise and takes interim belt to Minas

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Eduardo Camelo showed himself to be a warrior by accepting the fight for the interim middleweight belt hours before the event after two athletes withdrew from facing the undefeated fighter Paulo borrachinha. Used to fighting in a lower category, up to 77 kg, Camelo didn't think twice and embraced the opportunity, however, Borrachinha didn't give any chances and put pressure on his opponent from the beginning of the fight. With hard-hitting blows, he took advantage of a knockdown applied to Camelo to work on the ground. As he had promised, Borrachinha achieved victory in less than three minutes of fighting with a beautiful rear naked choke.

“I came and did what I said I would do. He said that the fight would not go to the judges, that he would try to win in the first round. It's my seventh consecutive victory and I'm waiting for the opportunity to fight against the best athletes in the world”, said Borrachinha, now undefeated with seven wins in seven fights – all of them in the first round.

Adilson da Silva ignores pressure and gets the better of Alisson Barbosa

Whenever an athlete from São Paulo stepped into the cage, he had the crowd behind him. This time Alisson Barbosa was the home fighter and received energy from the public. However, his opponent, Adilson da Silva from Pará, seems not to have felt the pressure coming from the stands and showed a lot of technical quality, raising the level of the confrontation. After three rounds of striking and good movement on the ground, the decision was left to the referees, who gave the victory to Adilson. It was the twentieth victory in the X-gym athlete's career.

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Aline Sattelmayer Defeats Monique Bastos by unanimous decision

Women's fights are always well received by the public and this one was no different. Monique Bastos and Aline Sattelmayer had a balanced fight in the first round, with a slight advantage for Aline from São Paulo, who connected her blows better both standing up and on the ground. In the following rounds, Monique was unable to reverse Aline's advantage, who ended up winning by unanimous decision from the referees.

Alex Poatan punishes Marcus Tatu and wins easily

The first fight on the main card brought two athletes with excellent stature to the Jungle Arena. In the blue corner, the São Paulo native Alex Poatán with 1,94m and, in red, Marcus Vinícius, 1,86m from Rio Grande do Sul. Despite being very big, both showed speed and good movement inside the cage. The Rio Grade do Sul fighter's strategy of taking the fight to the ground didn't work and Alex Poatán, exalted by the fans, punished his opponent and achieved a technical knockout at the end of the second round.