Ximbica on top of Chocolate. Photo: Carlos Ozório
With loads of submissions, knockouts and the presence of big names from the fight world like Murilo Bustamante, José Aldo, Carlão Barreto and Osvaldo Paquetá, among others, WOCS 8 went down this Saturday, June 20, at Rio de Janeiro’s Flamengo Football Club. In the evening’s main events, Rodrigo Zimbica, Viscardi Andrade and Fernando Bruno all added W’s to their records.
WOCS Beauties. Photo: Carlos Ozório
In the headlining fight, Rodrigo Ximbica had a hard-nosed Henrique Chocolate ahead of him. Chocolate held out to a rear-naked choke and a deep armbar, and caused his opponent some discomfort with a guillotine. But Ximbica, besides going for the finish the whole time, dominated the action on the ground throughout the three rounds, getting mount and back mount, earning him the unanimous decision win.
Viscardi por cima de Paulon. Foto: Carlos Ozório
Viscardi Andrade managed to contain BTT representative Fernando Paulon. The Gracie Fusion fighter did well in the standup action and landed solid takedowns. In the end, Vescardi took the unanimous decision win. Fernando Bruno didn’t have it easy against Alan Chatuba. Chatuba landed the better strikes, but Fernando landed good takedowns and dominated the ground action, mainly through ground and point, coming out of the decision after three rounds triumphant.
Paraíba gets the submission. Photo: Carlos Ozório
Not counting the three main events, all the other professional bouts ended by knockout or submission. Rodrigo Ratinho didn’t take but a few seconds to knock out Bruno Emílio with strikes. Now Bruno Orelha, Rogério Paraíba, Gustavo Coelho, D’Angelo and Atila Lourenço all submitted their opponents.
Combate channel crew challenged José Aldo. Photo: Carlos Ozório
Another attraction was the amateur fights, which turned out to look like professional fights, in quality and excitement. In these, Felipe Boanada displayed solid striking skills against Guilherme Nunes, who ended up losing by submission. Now Danilo Pelezinho managed the feat of getting the knockout, even with the protective head gear required for amateur bouts. “I don’t know how he did it. That equipment has a protective layer to keep blows from landing on the face that a car could run over and not break. I tested it! It must have been a really hard blow,” remarked event promoter Tatá Duarte.
Check out all the results:
WOCS 8
Flamengo Club, Rio de Janeiro
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Professional MMA bouts
Rodrigo Ximbica (Gracie Fusion) defeated Henrique Chocolate via unanimous decision
Viscardi Andrade (Gracie Fusion SP) defeated Fernando Paulon (BTT) via unanimous decision
Fernando Bruno (NU) defeated Alan Chatuba (Relma) via unanimous decision
Atila Lourenço (Infight) submitted Antonio Roberto (NG Combate) via guillotine in R1
D Angelo (NG Combate) submitted Francisco D Branco via rear-naked choke in R1
Gustavo Coelho (Gracie Fusion BH) submitted Claudiere Freitas (MT Nikolay) via heelhook in R1
Rogério Paraíba (TFT) submitted Matheus (Muzio De Angelis) via rear-naked choke in R2
Bruno Orelha (Relma) submitted Júlio César (TFT) via rear-naked choke in R1
Rodrigo Ratinho (TFT) defeated Bruno Emílio (Arifight) via KO in R1
Amateur Bouts
Danilo Pelezinho (BTT) defeated Alan Paulo da Silva (GFTeam) by KO in R1
Felipe Boanada (Honorio JJ) submitted Guilherme Nunes (Infight) via rear-naked choke in R2
Fernandinho (TFT) submitted Luan de Almeida (Infight) via armbar in R1
Leandro Lele (TFT) defeated Marcio Moreira (Viktor Gym) via split decision