Renan Barão and Thiago Pitbull submit at UFC 138

UFC 138 arrived in Birmingham, England, this Saturday (5), with several local athletes on the fight program, but those who had the party in the octagon set up at the LG Arena were the Brazilians Thiago Pitbull e Renan Barao. Pitbull overcame his bad form and after knocking him down, Papy Abedi the Congolese naturalized Swede submitted with a rear naked choke. Renan put up a tough fight against Brad pickett, but he followed the path of his compatriot and after a knockdown he also finished the fight with a choke.

In the main fight of the night, Mark Munoz e Chris Leben They had a very moving duel. But at the end of the second round, Leben was unable to return for the third round and a technical knockout was declared.

In a great fight, Renan Barao concludes Pickett
In a fight highly anticipated by the public present at the LG Arena, in Birmingham, Renan Barao e Brad pickett they put on an electrifying fight. The fighters began the fight in a frank exchange of blows, with the Brazilian landing the most powerful punches.

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But following the instructions of his coach, Dedé Pederneiras, Barão was more cautious and waited for the English athlete's initiative to counterattack. In one of Pickett's attacks, Barão connected with a beautiful knee and knocked his opponent down. In a beautiful transition, Renan reached the Englishman's back, secured the rear naked choke and finished the contest.

Thiago Pitbull run over Papy Abedi
If on Friday Thiago Pitbull had difficulty reaching the 77kg limit. In the welterweight category, the Brazilian had no problems in the Octagon this Saturday. Against the undefeated Papy Abedi, the Tupiniquim athlete started the fight with a frank exchange of blows and landed a beautiful cross on the Congolese, which was the knockdown. Without wasting time, Thiago mounted and began a harsh punishment on the opponent who was bleeding profusely. To defend himself from the powerful punches, Papy turned his back and was submitted with a rear naked choke and suffered his first defeat in MMA.

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After the triumph, Pitbull stood up and with gestures showed that he didn't make an effort to beat his opponent.

Perosh recovers and submits Diabate
Considered one of the best strikers in the light heavyweight division, Frenchman Cyrille Diabate started with everything against a scared Anthony Perosh. With good punches connected, Diabate, who preferred not to enter the range of action to avoid being knocked down, controlled the fight well. But in the second round, Perosh came ready to take the duel to the ground and quickly took down the Frenchman. On the ground, the Australian fighter strolled. Anthony passed guard, mounted and worked some punches from the top. In an attempt to defend himself from the punches, Cyrille offered his back and ended up caught in a tight rear-naked choke.

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Terry emo ends quickly
In the first fight on the main card, Terry emo enjoyed the English public. Right at the beginning of the fight, the British athlete attacked Edward Faaloloto in the exchange of blows. The Hawaiian fighter attempted the takedown, but ended up caught in a tight guillotine right at the start of the fight and was finished in less than 30 seconds of fighting.

Check out the complete UFC 138 results below.

Main Card

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Mark Muñoz defeated Chris Leben by technical knockout in R3;

Renan Barao finished Brad pickett with a rear naked choke in R1;

Thiago Alves finished Papy Abedi with a rear naked choke in R1;

Terry emo submitted Edward Faaloloto with a guillotine choke in R1;

Anthony Perosh submitted Cyrille Diabate with a rear naked choke in R2;

Card Preliminary

John Maguire defeated Justin Edwards via unanimous decision;

Michihiro Omigawa in Jason Young in the unanimous decision of the judges;

Phil De Fries defeated Rob Broughton via unanimous decision;