Jungle Fight 3 news, Belfort's comeback to BTT on hold, Ninja is a married man, Brazilian Challenger 2 coming up, HEAT FC to return and more!
The Brazilian Beat:
It's October and The Brazilian Beat finally returns after a busy month for yours truly. One of the things I attended recently was Chute Boxe star Murilo Ninja's wedding, in a beautiful ceremony held in Curitiba, where the always aggressive and active young fighter was finally "stopped" by his fiancée Ana Paula and entered a new life as a married man, in times where lots of famous fighters have been following the same path. Needless to say, all of us at FCF wish the best for the couple. Looking into the activity up in the North of the country, Jungle Fight 3 has been gathering a lot of attention as maybe the promotion's best card ever is being assembled by promoter Wallid Ismail, and we bring you some news of that show as well. So, without further delay, we present you with all of this and more MMA news straight from Brazil, as this reporter will have to hurry to the airport to catch a plane to Sweden, but the Beat will never stop here at Full Contact Fighter, always in Brazilian style!
- Vitor Belfort's comeback to the Brazilian Top Team is now on hold. "The Phenom" was expected to return to his old team in late September, however with plans for the next UFC Japan and his likely bout against Tito Ortiz becoming uncertain, Vitor decided to postpone his return to the Brazilian Top Team until more is known about his upcoming UFC fight. Returning to BTT is not as simple as just walking through the door, re-joining BTT would mean a move back to Rio de Janeiro, and Vitor currently lives with his wife Joana Prado in Sao Paulo; adding to the mix is the fact that she is pregnant. All the details on the negotiations between the traditional team and Belfort have already been ironed out though, so as soon as solid news about Vitor's next fight materializes, he may then finally come back to BTT.
- Chute Boxe star and Pride veteran Murilo "Ninja" Rua finally got married to his long time girlfriend Ana Paula Sanson on October 8th in the city of Curitiba, Brazil. The wedding had around 500 guests on hand to witness a beautiful religious ceremony, followed by a dinner party that brought together, obviously, the whole Chute Boxe crew. The wedding party included MMA figures such as Wanderlei Silva, Master Rudimar Fedrigo, Master Rafael Cordeiro, Mauricio Shogun Rua, and even your humble reporter, Eduardo Alonso. Ninja travels to this month, where he will be teaching a series of seminars in countries such as Sweden, Denmark, Norway, England and France. His new bride will be traveling with him so the couple can take advantage of time in Europe to celebrate their honeymoon. FCF wishes nothing but the best for the couple in the years to come!
- The third edition of Jungle Fight, promoted by Wallid Ismail and Antonio Inoki, is getting set to continue the evolution of the show, bringing in some more well-known names from the MMA scene for some interesting match-ups. Scheduled for October 23rd, in the city of Natal (the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas) up in Northern Brazil, the show garnered everyone's attention with the announcement of the return of Pele Landi. Pele will face UFC veteran Renato "Babalu" Sobral. Although the date of the show is drawing near and the full card hasn't been announced yet, some fights have been signed that look good on paper. Pride veteran and former Chute Boxe fighter Assuerio Silva will be facing Italian standout Alessio Sakara, in a fight that promises to be a stand-up war. Jungle Fight veterans Leopoldo Montenegro and Bobby Hoffman will be returning to action to face each other, after their respective loses to Travis Wiuff and Carlos Barreto, looking to redeem themselves in another international match-up on the card.
- This past September 25th, a new MMA show debuted in Brazil as the first Juiz de Fora Fight took place, in the city of Juiz de Fora, located in the state of Minas Gerais, close to Rio de Janeiro. Since "The Beat" has been on hiatus for a while, it's interesting to report the results from this show for two reasons. One is that this was Pride, UFC and Heat veteran Ebenezer Braga's debut as an MMA promoter, and second because Heat FC veteran Marcelo Uirapuru was finally able to show his skills after two tough MMA outings to debut his career (including a loss to Babalu), and won an eight-men tournament, giving a boost to his record. Here are the results from the show:
Single matches:
Adriano Abu defeated Rafael Souza by judges' decision
Cassio Drumond defeated Passarinho by judges' decision
Peterson Mello defeated Adriano Nasal by judges' decision
8-man tournament:
Henrique Lango defeated Eric Tavares by judges' decision
Marcelo Uirapuru defeated Felipe Mongo by judges' decision
Leonardo Chocolate defeated Eder Chimanski by KO in R2
Pedro Santos defeated Renato Vieira by judges' decision
Semifinals:
Marcelo Uirapuru defeated Henrique Lango by heel hook in R2
Pedro Santos defeated Leonardo Chocolate by judges' decision
Final:
Marcelo Uirapuru defeated Pedro Santos by rear naked choke in R2
- On October 16th, the second edition of Vitoria Extreme Fight takes place in the city of Vitoria, in the state of Espirito Santo, in Brazil. Vitoria Extreme Fight 2 will feature two 4-men tournaments, one for fighters up to 88 kg, and another for fighters up to 75 kg, in addition to some single matches. The standouts of the show will be Meca veterans Leopoldo Serao and Cristiano "Titi" Lazarini, fighting in the up to 88 kg tournament, as well as Heat FC and Storm veteran Eduardo Simoes competing against Luciano de Paula in one of the single matches.
- Speaking of Heat FC, it seems that the Brazilian show is finally coming back. Word in Brazil has it that the third edition of the show that featured names such as Renato Babalu, Carlos Barreto, Allan Goes, Gustavo Ximu, Ebenezer Braga, Travis Wiuff, Forrest Griffin and others in only two editions of "life," will be back in December, likely on December 16th, still on the city of Natal. No news on the card has been released yet, but FCF will keep an close eye on developments.
- However, whether Heat FC 3 happens or not, the city of Natal has its taste of MMA guaranteed before the end of 2004. The sunny tourists paradise up in the Northeast of Brazil will witness the second edition of Brazilian Challenger, taking place on October 21st, at the Machadinho arena, the same venue used for the first two editions of Heat, capable of holding up to 10,000 spectators. In contrast to the first edition of Brazilian Challenger, the show won't feature a tournament, and instead will be composed of single matches, using some of the best talent the Northeast region of Brazil has to offer, keeping the show's original idea to give a new chance to proven fighters and help young ones to develop their career who are seeking a spot on bigger stages such as Heat. Brazilian Challenger 2 will feature Deep veteran Gleison Tibau facing Brazilian Challenger 1 tournament champion Josenildo Loquinha, in a very interesting match-up. Heat FC veterans Sergio Junior and Charles Andrade are also part of the card, as well as Bitetti Combat veterans Rivanio Aranha and Glauke Eugenio. Here is the card for the show:
Rivanio Aranha vs. Jesse Santiago
Davi Silva vs. Rondinelli
Glauke Eugenio vs. Valderi Silva
Patricio Pitbull vs. Marlon Silva
Sanderson Dantas vs. Fabricio Carletti
Sergio Junior vs. Charles Andrade
Gleison Tibau vs. Josenildo Loquinha
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