Sucuri (left) and Sertanejo (right) lost in the UFC Singapore. Photo: Montagem SL MMA Press
If the Brazilian team's situation at the World Cup begins to improve, the country's athletes selected for the UFC Singapore They weren't as lucky. Viviane Sucuri and Felipe Sertanejo They entered the octagon this Saturday morning (23), were defeated and have a delicate situation on the show.
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The first Brazilian to enter the octagon, Viviane suffered her second consecutive defeat in Ultimate. Before yan xiaonan, the Brazilian was overcome in the unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 29-28, 30-27). Sertanejo was in a more complicated situation. He was knocked out by Yadong Song at the end of the second round and suffered his third consecutive setback.
Sertanejo loses and gets complicated
Pressured by two consecutive defeats, Sertanejo entered the Octagon at risk of being fired. With this, the Brazilian clearly showed haste in making his decisions. Song took advantage of the situation and opened up his game. He showed good boxing moves and dangerous kicks. When trying to respond to the attacks with a beautiful high kick, Felipe ended up losing his balance and falling. The Chinese took advantage and threw some elbows from above until the end of the partial.
In the break. Felipe was already showing frustration with his performance. Song took advantage of the moment and Song started the partial by kicking the Brazilian in the head, who managed to defend himself. Afterwards, however, the Chinese took the fight to the ground and threw several elbows at Sertanejo. They managed to dominate the back and tried to finish the dispute, but Felipe defended himself well.
The Brazilian still managed to get up, but the punishment was worse. In the clinch fight on the fence, Song landed a hard elbow and Sertanejo went to the ground, falling already knocked out.
Viviane Sucuri loses second consecutive
After debuting in the UFC with two victories, Viviane Sucuri suffered her second defeat in a series in the octagon – the first of her career. This Saturday morning, the Brazilian had an apathetic performance and lost to yan xiaonan in the unanimous decision.
Since the beginning of the dispute. Sucuri found it difficult to enter the rival's range of action. Xiaonan, taller, took advantage of her wingspan advantage and fired several straight shots to score points and gain an advantage on the judges' scorecards.
In the third round, Xiaonan continued to control the distance with great speed. She hit and left the range of action, while Sucuri had no response until the end of the dispute.
UFC Singapore preliminary card results
Petr yan defeated Teruto Ishihara by technical knockout at 3m28s of R1
Yadong Song defeated Felipe Sertanejo by technical knockout at 4m59s of R2
Shane Young defeated Rolando Dy by technical knockout 4m40s into R2
Kenan Song defeated Hector Aldana by technical knockout at 4:45 of R2
Jake matthews submitted Shinsho Anzai with a rear naked choke at 3m44s of R1
yan xiaonan derrotou Viviane Sucuri in the unanimous decision of the judges (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Matt schnell defeated Naoki Inoue via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Ulka Sasaki submitted Jenel Lausa with a rear naked choke at 4:04 of R2
Ji Yeon Kim defeated Melinda Fabian via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
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