Renato Babalu in photo by Esther Lin/Strikeforce
The One FC promotion held its fourth event this Saturday, June 23, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and there was no lack of excitement or Jiu-Jitsu. The black belt Renato Babalu was quick on the trigger and needed just 31 seconds to take out Tatsuya Mizuno via armbar in the evening’s main event.
A black belt from the family with the most tradition in the martial arts world, Gregor Gracie couldn’t get his ground game working for him and ended up dropping a unanimous decision to local fighter Adam Shahir Kayoom.
Of the other Brazilians in the event, Zorobabel Moreira, a Roberto Gordo black belt, knocked out former UFC star Roger Huerta in the second round, while Leandro Brodinho took a unanimous decision over Masakazu Imanari. Now Marcos Escobar tapped out Rodrigo Praxedes via choke in the third round. Check out the complete results:
One FC 4
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
June 23, 2012
Renato “Babalu” Sobral subbed Tatsuya Mizuno via armbar in R1
Zorobabel Moreira defeated Roger Huerta via KO in R2
Leandro Brodinho defeated Masakazu Imanari via unanimous decision
Adam Shahir Kayoom defeated Gregor Gracie via unanimous decision
Eric Kelly defeated Bae Young Kwon via unanimous decision
Arnaud Lepont subbed Brian Choi via rear-naked choke in R3
Mitch Chilson subbed A.J. Vaa via rear-naked choke in R1
Marcos Escobar subbed Rodrigo Praxedes via choke in R3
Peter Davis defeated Kim Hock Quek via KO in R1