(Turn down your speakers, then skip to the 3:50 mark for the KO. Props to Lucas Lutkus for the find.)
Although he might not sport that impressive of a record, Brazilian striker Claudiere Freitas is a goddamn nightmare when given a little space to fire off some kicks. Just take his fight with Lucas Mascena at last weekend’s Talent MMA Circuit 4 event, for instance, which ended two minutes into the first round via a spinning heel kick that had Mascena planking like it was 2011. (Author’s note: NERD!)
The best part? Mascena attempted a spinning hook kick of his own not ten seconds before Freitas used his face to demonstrate how one is properly done. That’s what we here in the States call “learning something the hard way” — a phrase that is typically followed by “Fuck this shit I’ll have Johnson in accounting explain it with a PowerPoint tomorrow.” The even more better part? It turns out that this wasn’t even Freitas’ first KO victory to come by way of that technique. Join us after the jump to see what we mean…
(Turn down your speakers, then skip to the 3:50 mark for the KO. Props to Lucas Lutkus for the find.)
Although he might not sport that impressive of a record, Brazilian striker Claudiere Freitas is a goddamn nightmare when given a little space to fire off some kicks. Just take his fight with Lucas Mascena at last weekend’s Talent MMA Circuit 4 event, for instance, which ended two minutes into the first round via a spinning heel kick that had Mascena planking like it was 2011. (Author’s note: NERD!)
The best part? Mascena attempted a spinning hook kick of his own not ten seconds before Freitas used his face to demonstrate how one is properly done. That’s what we here in the States call “learning something the hard way” — a phrase that is typically followed by “Fuck this shit I’ll have Johnson in accounting explain it with a PowerPoint tomorrow.” The even more better part? It turns out that this wasn’t even Freitas’ first KO victory to come by way of that technique. Join us after the jump to see what we mean…
(The KO comes at 5:30.)
I don’t care what needs to be done, match this dude up with Marcus Aurelio STAT and let the spinning shit commence.
After getting caught in a triangle choke during his first professional fight, Lelo has gone on to win six straight. None of his fights have ever gone the distance, and his only submission victory was a rear-naked choke over Canadian Muay Thai champion Ken Tran at Battlefield Fight League 7 last March. His most recent effort saw him KO Matt Dwyer with a slam just thirty seconds into their bout in April.
After getting caught in a triangle choke during his first professional fight, Lelo has gone on to win six straight. None of his fights have ever gone the distance, and his only submission victory was a rear-naked choke over Canadian Muay Thai champion Ken Tran at Battlefield Fight League 7 last March. His most recent effort saw him KO Matt Dwyer with a slam just thirty seconds into their bout in April.
In a press release sent out by Bellator, Bjorn Rebney had this to say about the signing:
“Marcus is an absolute explosive anomaly in our sport,” said Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney. “If you have never seen him fight, you are missing something totally unique and special. Marcus brings a completely unique style and confidence to the cage that I’ve never seen before. It will be great to see how his explosive Capoeira translates in the Bellator cage.”
Aurelio is set to make his promotional debut at Bellator 73 on August 24, although an opponent has not been named at this time. By the way, Bellator 73 also features both the bantamweight and featherweight tournament finals and Pat Curran defending his featherweight title against Patricio “Pitbull” Freire.
In a division of solid strikers, Aurelio should have some entertaining battles with the likes of Bryan Baker, David Rickels and Chris Lozano. But how will his ground game hold up against the deep end of the welterweight division? And is he elusive enough to to prevent a five round snoozer against Ben Askren? Tell us what you think.
It’s easy- perhaps even a bit lazy- to compare the embattled MMA fighter Drew Fickett to the similarly troubled Scott Hall. In their primes, both men performed on their respective sport’s biggest stages against recognizable names. In Fickett’s case, this meant a run in the UFC and notable victories over Dennis Hallman, Kenny Florian, Josh Neer, Josh Koscheck and Kurt Pellegrino.
Yet it’s arguable that both men are more famous for their self-destructive, chaotic lifestyles outside of sport than they are for their accomplishments. Both men have well documented struggles with addiction, have been fired from major promotions over their drunkenantics and have attempted to stay relevant in their respective sports with increasingly tragic results.
Yet it’s arguable that both men are more famous for their self-destructive, chaotic lifestyles outside of sport than they are for their accomplishments. Both men have well documented struggles with addiction, have been fired from major promotions over their drunkenantics and have attempted to stay relevant in their respective sports with increasingly tragic results.
Before the fight, MMAJunkie.com revealed that, aside from moving from Arizona to Florida to enter a rehabilitation facility and train at American Top Team, Fickett was in very real danger of becoming homeless if he did not receive a win bonus for his performance. And while Fickett walked to the cage with a sign proudly proclaiming his forty two days of sobriety, he did not last one minute into the fight. Fickett was caught with a head kick early and covered up until the referee stopped the fight.
As depressing of a result as this is for Drew Fickett’s 60th professional fight, “Night Rider” believes that he could retire with 100 fights under his belt.
In far less depressing news, John Gunderson quickly submitted Karo Parisyan by guillotine choke. After being taken down early by “The Heat”, Gunderson caught Parisyan with a huge left knee. Parisyan desperately dove in for a takedown, and was caught in the fight-ending guillotine for his efforts. Gunderson improves to 34-14, while Parisyan has lost four of his last five fights.
TUF 3 champion Kendall Grove won the ShoFIGHT middleweight title last night as well, earning a split-decision victory over the previously undefeated Derek Brunson. Brunson took the fight on only four days’ notice, as the original challenger, noted punching bag Terry Martin, was not cleared by the Missouri Office of Athletics to fight. Because of this, the bout was only three rounds, and at a catchweight of 190 pounds.
Grove was taken down often, yet remained busy from his back, attempting multiple submissions. When Grove landed an illegal upkick in the third round, the referee stood up the fight (?!), and Grove was able to pick apart Derek Brunson as the fight came to an end. Grove is now 15-10 with the victory.
Also of note, former Strikeforce lightweight Lyle Beerbohm battered and bloodied Marcus Aurelio on his way to a unanimous decision victory that all three judges saw 30-26. Aurelio was simply no match for “Fancy Pants” throughout the fight, being taken down at will and unable to threaten with any submission attempts. Beerbohm has now won three straight fights since being cut from Strikeforce.
Full Results:
Main Card:
John Gunderson def. Karo Parisyan by submission (guillotine choke), 2:04 of Round One
Kendall Grove def. Derek Brunson by split decision
Lyle Beerbohm def. Marcus Aurelio by unanimous decision
Mike Wessel def. Matt Kovacs by TKO (strikes), 4:50 of Round Two
Jonatas Novaes def. Drew Fickett by TKO (strikes), 0:51 seconds of Round One
Chris Greutzemacher def. Roli Delgado by TKO (elbows), 3:24 of round 3
Preliminary Card:
Sevak Magakian def. James Reese by unanimous decision
Chris McDaniel def. Charles Bennett by submission (triangle choke), 2:52 of Round One
Lucas Lopez def. Sam Alvey by TKO (strikes), 1:37 of Round One
Dustin Phillips def. Allen Gibson by unanimous decision
Matt Lucas def. Lucas Overcast by unanimous decision
Mike Brazzle def. Karen Darabedyan by TKO (strikes), 4:15 of Round One
Jacob Ritchie def. Robert Saborudden by TKO (strikes), 3:28 of Round Three
Jason Ignacek def. Gary Michaels via unanimous decision
Somewhere Steven Seagal is claiming he invented this knockout.
(Video courtesy of YouTube/DiggedyDrake)
Somewhere Steven Seagal is claiming he invented this knockout.
If anyone ever pulls off a breakdance/capoeira move like this in a televised UFC fight, the sport will instantly become a mainstream success thanks to the plethora of inevitable highlight-reel replays on shows like Sportscenter. Until then, we’ll just have to show our non-MMA watching friends highlights of Brian Ebersole, Marius Zaromskis and Marcus Aurelio KOs in the hopes that they’ll quit asking us when Kimbo is fighting next.
And here we have Marcus ‘Lelo’ Aurelio scissor-kicking Jose Cornejo’s head in mid-air like he was trying to score the winning goal for Brazil. The stoppage came just 43 seconds into their meeting at Saturday’s Battlefield Fight League event in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. Fun fact: Lelo is the very same dude who pulled off that insane capoeira kick knockout against Keegan Marshall in 2009. Good lord, get this guy on TUF already.
And here we have Marcus ‘Lelo’ Aurelio scissor-kicking Jose Cornejo’s head in mid-air like he was trying to score the winning goal for Brazil. The stoppage came just 43 seconds into their meeting at Saturday’s Battlefield Fight League event in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. Fun fact: Lelo is the very same dude who pulled off that insane capoeira kick knockout against Keegan Marshall in 2009. Good lord, get this guy on TUF already.
(Jon Jones photobombs the staredown – Video courtesy of YouTube/MCLHEA)
All of the fighters scheduled to compete on Thursday night’s MMA Live 1 card set for the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario, Canada made their respective contracted weight limits except for two, who hit their marks the second time after an hour in the sauna.
Main event participants Ryan “The Real Deal” Ford (169.4) and Karo “The Heat” Parisyan (171) shared a private conversation during an intense staredown, which concluded with the two welterweights exchanging a pat on the back and a smile, breaking the tension in the room.
(Jon Jones photobombs the staredown – Video courtesy of YouTube/MCLHEA)
All of the fighters scheduled to compete on Thursday night’s MMA Live 1 card set for the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario, Canada made their respective contracted weight limits except for two, who hit their marks the second time after an hour in the sauna.
Main event participants Ryan “The Real Deal” Ford (169.4) and Karo “The Heat” Parisyan (171) shared a private conversation during an intense staredown, which concluded with the two welterweights exchanging a pat on the back and a smile, breaking the tension in the room.
The fighters in tomorrow night’s second lasty bout, welterweights Marcus “Maximus” Aurelio (170.6) and Matt MacGrath (169.4) also hit their marks.
A bantamweight bout between Nick Denis and Kyle Dietz was put on ice when Dietz pulled out of the event Monday, blaming a broken hand on his last-minute removal from the card. Although a list of alternative opponents were submitted to the Ontario Athletic Commission, none were granted approval in time for the weigh-ins.
Bantamweight Brent Franczuz (136.6) and lightweight Theo Toney (157.2) each took two tries to make weight for their respective bouts, but both did so within the hour allotted by the commission and were greenlit for tomorrow night’s affair, and as such were not penalized 20% of their purses.
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MMA Live 1
John Labatt Centre
Thursday, May 19, 2011
London, Ontario, Canada
Ryan Ford (169.4 ) vs. Karo Parisyan (171)
Matt MacGrath (170.2 ) vs. Marcus Aurelio (170.6)
Daniel Langbeen (145.4 ) vs. Lyndon Whitlock (145.6)
Brent Franczuz* (136.6) vs. Bo Harris (135.6)
Derek Boyle (155.6) vs. Jason Saggo (155.6)
Theo Toney** (157.2) vs. Alan Wilson (155.2)
Chucky Mady (142) vs. James Haourt (146)
*Franczuz weighed in at 136 within the one hour time limit allotted by the OAC.
** Toney made 156 within the one hour time limit allotted by the OAC.
