Carlin (photo) wins the Jungle belt. Photo: Disclosure
O Jungle Fight closed 2018 with a flourish. In its 94th edition, which packed the Quinto SportMall, in Contagem, Minas Gerais, the event crowned two new champions. In the light heavyweight division, Marcelo Barbosa got the better of Marcus Silveira in a very busy duel, winning the category belt. In the bantamweight division, “Carlin” Soares didn’t give Elifrank “Lex Luthor the slightest chance”, submitted him in the first round and secured the interim division title.
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In the main fight, Marcelo Barbosa, known as “Animal”, had to survive the momentum of Marcus Silveira, “Tatu”, who started the fight at a mile a minute. However, without being intimidated by the pressure, the serene Barbosa, pushed by the crowd, balanced his attacks, cornered “Tatu” against the fence and, in the last minute of the second round, imposed a severe sequence of combinations that forced referee Flávio Almendra to call it a day. the combat.
Before, for the interim bantamweight title, “Carlin” Soares put on a show against Elifrank Cariolano, “Lex Luthor”. To open the way to victory, “Carlin” took the duel to the ground and advanced in position until he found space to apply powerful ground and pound. With his opponent stunned by the overwhelming sequence of blows, he risked a triangle from mount and adjusted until “Lex Luthor” gave the famous three taps, still in the first round.
Another big highlight of the event was the lightweight Ismael Marreta, who faced Mateus Nascimento in the middleweight category. With an impeccable performance, the Brasilia native spent the entire first round punishing his opponent with real sledgehammers using ground and pound. But it was in the second round, after a knee to the rib, that he took Nascimento out of the game. It was Marreta's sixth consecutive victory, undefeated since the defeat to Renato Moicano No. Jungle Fight 71, in 2014.
In the women's fight of the night, Kênia Smith showed herself to be a promising fighter. With a solid performance, she defeated Viviane Adne with authority in the first round, by technical knockout. Due to the large number of exciting fights, even those who did not have their hands raised are guaranteed to participate in the next editions, in accordance with the organization's traditional policy, which always values the spectacle, regardless of the result.
Jungle Fight 98 results
Marcelo Barbosa “Animal” beat Marcus Tatu by technical knockout at 4:16 of R2
Carlos Soares “Carlin” submitted Elifrank Cariolano with a triangle at 3:12 of R1
Elismar Lima “Carrasco” beat Deberson “The Prince” by technical knockout in R1
Adriano Correa “Índio” beat Wanderson Michel “Shaolin” by disqualification (finger in the eye) at 3:01 of R1
Alessandro Soares “Gambolino” submitted Rubiano Ferreira “Cicatriz” with a rear naked choke at 0:37 of R1
Ismael Marreta beat Mateus Nascimento by forfeit at 0:41 of R2
João Oliveira beat Alan Alves Vieira by unanimous decision
Fernando “Ben 10” beat Romario Silva “Caçador” by unanimous decision
Jean Felipe “Bugs Bugs” beat Luan Oliveira by technical knockout at 1:32 of R3
Daniel Ribeiro “Mudinho” beat Igor “Bolt” by unanimous decision
Kênia Santana “Smith” beat Viviane Adne by technical knockout at 3:27 of R1
Lucas Kenner ¨Xaropinho” beat Andre Rodrigues Moreira ¨Loirão¨ by technical knockout at 3:59 of R1
Leandro Camargo submitted Israel Vicente Moreira with a hand triangle at 1:45 of R3
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