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Lovato debuts in Bellator with quick KO win

Sat, 04 Mar 2017 16:56:51 +0000

World BJJ champion Rafael Lovato Jr. had a great performance in his first-ever fight under contract with Bellator. Lovato needed just 13 seconds to dispatch Charles Hackmann with a knockout. After landing a high kick that shook his opponent, Lovato ended it with a sequence of knees that was swiftly cut short by the ref. This is the undefeated Lovato’s sixth consecutive win in MMA.

Bellator 174 took place last night at the WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Okla., and had featherweights Marloes Coenen and Julia Budd face off in its main bout. Budd walked out with the belt following a round-4 knockout.

Complete results:

Julia Budd def. Marloes Coenen via TKO (2:42 – R4)
Fernando Gonzalez def. Brandon Girtz via decision
Justin Wren def. Roman Pizzolato via arm triangle (2:35 – R1)
Rafael Lovato Jr. def. Charles Hackmann via TKO (0:13 – R1)
Cody Pfister def. Jonathan Gary via RNC (4:04 – R1)
Justin Patterson def. Jason Witt via TKO (0:13 – R3)
Emmanuel Rivera def. Treston Thomison via decision
Gabrielle Holloway def. Alexis Dufresne via TKO (2:53 – R2)
Emily Ducote def. Katy Collins via RNC (4:53 – R1)

6th fastest KO in @bellatormma history!!! I did not expect anything like this, but I was very well prepared. This is 100% the result of my training with the brothers Mestre Mauricio @evolucaothai & Mestre @andredida at @evolucaothaibr in #Curitiba. Muay Thai plus #RibeiroJiuJitsu is a dangerous combination & I believe in it! #EvolucaoThai #MuayThai #MMA #KO #HeadKick #Knee #TeamLovatoMMA #Bellator174 #LovatoBellatorDebut

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Flashback to Fabio Gurgel’s first MMA fight twenty-two years ago

Fri, 30 Aug 2013 21:17:38 +0000

On September 26, 1991 Alliance leader Fabio Gurgel fought his first MMA fight almost twenty-two years to the date. Now an eight-time black belt world champion and co-leader of a dominating Jiu-Jitsu team, at the time he had been a black belt for almost two years after becoming the first to receive such promotion from Romero “Jacare” Cavalcanti. Perhaps the only reason he wasn’t a world champion in that time was because the first IBJJF World Championship was in 1996.

Despite being one of the best Jiu-Jitsu competitors at the time and even the head instructor of his own academy, his win didn’t come from a submission. At 9:55 of the first round he defeated his opponent Denilson Maia TKO.

Check out the match below and see a pre-Alliance Gurgel fight his first luta livre challenge:

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VIDEO: Watch Vitor Belfort TKO Michael Bisping at UFC on FX 7

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:02:37 +0000

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Watch Vitor Belfort TKO Michael Bisping in last weekend’s UFC on FX 7 main event in Sao Paolo, Brazil. GRACIEMAG.com brings you the video in the player above, courtesy of Fuel TV.

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