Ivan Batman on Giovane Brutos’s back at Jungle Fight 42. The Jiu-Jitsu black belt advances in Wallid Ismail’s GP. Publicity photo.
Jungle Fight’s promoters again could pat themselves out on the back for a job well done in São Paulo, having introduced the Brazilian domestic scene to new talent and showcased good Jiu-Jitsu in the main events.
Jungle Fight 42 featured eight fights this Saturday at Pacaembu gymnasium, with Ivan Batman and Edmilson Kevin being the highlights, in the main event and co-main event, respectively.
Batman didn’t need to sweat too much in tapping out Giovane Brutus and going through to the second phase of the lightweight GP. He landed strikes through the guard, passed, mounted and took the back, just like the Jiu-Jitsu primer teaches. Now he needs just one more victory before getting his shot at the divisional belt.
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Now Kevin overcame Henrique “Rasputin” Gomes in an electrifying fight. With both fighters having their good moments, Henrique nearly ended the fight by submission in the first round. IN the second, Kevin went all out and landed a kick full on to the face of his opponent. With a few follow-up strikes, Rasputin had to give up.
Check out the complete results from the event:
JUNGLE FIGHT 42
PACAEMBU, SÃO PAULO, SP
AUGUST 18, 2012
Ivan Batman defeated Giovane Brutus via rear-naked choke at 1:35 min of R1;
Edmilson Kevin defeated Henrique Rasputin via desistence in R2;
Jonny Iwasaki defeated Wagner Noronha via split decision;
Martin La Máquina defeated Armando Polêmico via desistence at 0.53 min of R1;
Elias Silvério defeated Giovani Almeida via TKO at 3:36 min of R2;
Daniel Correia defeated Elcio Bolado via unanimous decision;
Jonas Bilharinho defeated André Urso via knockout at 0.22 min of R3;
Atila Oliveira defeated Pilão Santana via unanimous decision.