Eder Jones foi um dos destaques do show. Foto: Carlos Ozório.

Aconteceu no último sábado, no CT dos irmãos Nogueira, no Rio de Janeiro, mais uma edição do Face to Face, evento organizado por Alex Gazé. Além dos combates, o evento contou com a presença de grandes feras da luta como os lutadores do UFC Junior Cigano e Mike Swick.

Nas lutas mais aguardadas, Eder Jones (Minotauro Team) venceu Alberto do Nascimento por nocaute, Toninho Furia (BTT) bateu Igor Chatubinha por decisão e o russo treinado por Roberto Gordo Igor Vafilyew nocauteou Anderson de Paula.

Confira todos os resultados:

Face To Face 3
Dia 13 de novembro de 2010
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Saulo de Souza (Minotauro Team) venceu Daniel Bastos (JT Caverna); arm lock 1º round
Tales Teixeira (Minotauro Team) venceu Ricardo Capoeira (TFT);K.O 2º round
Alan Chatuba (Minotauro Team – Relma) venceu Alex Oliveira (Tropa Thai – Gordo Jiu-Jitsu); TK.O 2º round
Rogerio Paraiba Souza (TFT) venceu Sandro China (Careca MMA Team); Decisão Dividida
Rodrigo Kanú (Minotauro Team) venceu Giumar Milhorance (Pit Bull Sandro Silva); decisão unanime
Pedro Nobre (BTT) venceu Bruno Menezes (Minotauro Team); K.O 3º round
Igor Vafilyew (Gordo Jiu Jitsu) venceu Anderson de Paula (Sandro Silva); TK.O 1º round
Toninho Furia (BTT) venceu Igor Chatubinha (Minotauro Team – Relma); Decisão unanime
Eder Jones (Minotauro Team) venceu Alberto do Nascimento Baiano (Pit Bull Sandro Silva). TK.O 2º Round

(resultados www.psicoticosporvaletudo.com.br)

Johnny luta no Face to Face. Foto: Carlos Ozório

Treinador da Minotauro Team, Alex Gazé ainda tem tempo para preparar a terceira edição do Face to Face. O evento acontece no dia 13 de novembro, a partir das 19h, no CT dos irmãos Nogueira (Rua São Francisco de Assis 486 – Recreio dos Bandeirantes – RJ).

Entre os lutadores escalados, vão estar feras como Johnny Eduardo, André Chatuba e Rogério Paraíba, entre outros.

Confira o card completo (sujeito à modificações):

Face to Face 3
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Dia 13 de novembro de 2010

Saulo de Souza (Minotauro Team) x Daniel Bastos (JT Caverna) até 77,5 Kg.
Tales Teixeira (Minotauro Team) x Ricardo Capoeira (TFT) até 77,5 Kg.
Alan Chatuba (Minotauro Team – Relma) x Alex Oliveira (Tropa Thai / Gordo-Evolve).
Rodrigo Kanú (Minotauro Team) x Giumar Milhorance (Pit Bull Sandro Silva) até 70,5 Kg.
Bruno Menezes (Minotauro Team) x Pedro Nobre (BTT) até 61 Kg.
Igor Chatubinha (Minotauro Team – Relma) x Toninho Furia (BTT). até 77,5 Kg.
Johnny Eduardo (Nova União) x Rogerio Paraiba Souza (TFT).até 66 Kg.
André Chatuba (Minotauro Team – Relma) x Alberto do Nascimento Baiano (Pit Bull Sandro Silva)

Luiz Alves with the Pride trophy in 2003, after the epic bout between Minotauro and Cro cop, in a never-before-shown photo by GRACIEMAG.com. Master, you will be missed.

Born in the Brazilian state of Ceará, Luiz Alves moved to Rio de Janeiro at 12 years of age, when he began his training in judo at the old Saga Academy, in the Catete borough of the city, as reported on the Boxe Thai team website. Soon thereafter he was taken to train at Gama Filho, where he stayed until 1984. Taekwondo was one of the popular styles at the day, and Luiz Alves began practice in the art with his late friend Flavio Molina. With his quality in taekwondo becoming ever more apparent, he abandoned judo to dedicate himself entirely to the art. With discipline and natural knack for the style, he soon became state champion, Brazilian national champion and classified among the best in the sport at an event in Ecuador.

In 1979 pioneering master Nelio Naja called up some athletes in Rio to teach the then little-known-to-Brazilians practice of muay thai in other states. To stand out on the Rio team were Luiz Alves, Flávio Molina, Wellington Narany, Gueri, Roberto, Pelé, Cocada, among others. One year later Nelio Naja held his first muay thai championship: Rio de Janeiro vs Curitiba, where the team from Rio won by 4 to 2 with the help of Alves. After that Luiz began teaching alongside Molina and Narani, when they set up Naja Academy in the Largo do Machado neighborhood of Rio. In 1984 Alves founded Boxe Thai Academy. Through several international exchanges, he learned new techniques from the greatest heavyweights in Holland, and also traveled to Thailand to learn from the source by practicing at the greatest centers for the sport in the Asian nation.

He became president of the Brazilian Muay Thai Confederation, and coached, among others, Artur Mariano, Amaury Bitetti, Zé Mario, Vitor Belfort, Murilo Bustamante, Alex Gazé, Rodrigo Minotauro, Rogério Minotouro and Ricardão Moraes. Cordial and demanding of his students, Alves will be greatly missed, but his teachings and students remain.