Brazilian Fighting Scene (Edition 3)

Text by Ed Preuss

Giving Jiu-Jitsu a break, Brazilian Fighting Scene hit the road and went to the South of Brazil, to check out from the ring side a Vale-Tudo show. Held at Multi Eventos Sergio Lorenzato Gymnasium, in beautiful city Balneário Camburiú, in Santa Catarina, the Sul Fight MMA debuted in Brazil with great bouts under Vale-Tudo rules, plus a Boxing and a Muay Thai super-fights. Held in September, Sul Fight showed the value of Brazilian South fighter, proving MMA in not only found in the major cities as Rio de Janeiro, birth city of Brazilian Top Team, or Curitiba (Chute Boxe).

Even having no fame as BTT or Chute Boxe, teams from Santa Catarina already proved their games in other countries, as Ataque Duplo. Thiago Tavares fought in England at Cagewarriors: 'Enter The Wolfslair', held in last march, in Liverpool, and submitted Daniel Weichel with a guillotine choke at 4min47s of the first round. On last Sul Fight the story ended similar. To fight the international champion, BJJ black belt Fefel presented his pupil Adriano Gonçalves, who had fought at Floripa Fight II, another Vale-Tudo show in the state.

Tavares imposes international experience to submit

The fight begin with Thiago Tavares applying a high kick in Adriano Gonçalves and in the sequence, he takes the fight to the ground. From there, he imposed his game punching and trying to find a submission way to win. Fefel's pupil showed a lot of resistance and took the fight to the second round. Trying to reverse the bad situation, Gonçalves proposed to exchange punches, but Tavares did not accept it and took him down after a beautiful double leg. In the ground, Tavares was way superior, applying several Jiu-Jitsu positions as a dangerous arm-lock from the mount. Tavares defended trying to stand up, but Tavares didn't forgive him, fixing a triangle choke, the fatal weapon to the victory.

And Tavares wasn't alone. His teammate Daniel Mexicano (Ataque-Duplo) also did a great job against Cúrio (Rômulo Reis), defeating him by referee's decision. The fight started with both fighters showing boxing and Muay Thai skills on the feet, but after clinching, the fight goes to the ground. Very balanced, Mexicano defends himself from the foot-lock's attempts from Curió, who ended suffering a big cut in the face, stopping the fight to see the doctors. Returning with a lot stamina, both fighters decided to exchange punches on the feet. Mexicano abuses from the knees and punch sequences, but Ataque Duplo's fighter was almost surprised by a left hook, which almost decided the fight. Getting recovered of the imminent KO, Mexicano insists in punishing his opponent with knees and takedowns, and he was pointed as champion by referees.

Girls kick ass at Sul Fight

Was not only boys which showed being tough fighters in the Sul Fight ring. The girls drove the audience insane with a great bout between Liliane Balle Loli (Noguchi) and Vanessa Conrado (Wado). Fighting at the -53kg division, Loli uses her experience to take advantage over Vanessa and after exchange punches, obliges Vanessa to do guard on the ground. Loli kept attacking her opponent with kick in the legs and jumping over her. Vanessa assumes her defensive posture, allows Loli to punshi from the mount and takes the fight to the second round. However, due to the bruises, he decides to abandon the ring, letting the victory with experienced Loli.

COMPLETE RESULTS:
Sul Fight MMA
Saturday, September 16, 2006
Multi Eventos Sergio Lorenzato Gymnasium - Balneário Camburiú

Boxing:
- 'Bispo' (Bahia) defeated Eduardo Lourenço (Paraná) by referee's decision;

Muay Thai:
- Sarion Adams (Muay Thai SC) defeated Alexandre (Boxe Thai Floripa) by verbal submission;

MMA:
- Claudir (Wado) defeated Felipe Cavart (Junior Aguiar) by referee's decision;
- Machado (Pelotas) defeated Júlio Pires (Paraná) by TKO;
- Henrique Mello (Nova União) defeated Feijão (Nobre Arte Floripa) by referee's decision;
- André 'Toquinho' (Noguchi) submitted Cris Nascimento (Wado) by guillotine;
- Thiago Tavares (Ataque Duplo) submitted Adriano Gonçalves (Fefel) by triangle choke;
- Daniel Mexicano (Ataque-Duplo) defeated Cúrio (Rômulo Reis) by referee's decision;
- Gilberto 'Giba' Galvão (Gracie) submitted Daniel Luditke (Pelotas) by referee's decision;
- Diego Nunes (Wado) submitted Luciano 'Macarrão' (Noguchi) by guillotine;
- Rodrigo 'Poderoso' (Poderoso jiu-jitsu) submitted Hélio Junior (Nova União) with punches;
- Liliane Balle Loli (Noguchi) defeated Vanessa Conrado (Wado) by verbal submission;