1) Johil De Oliviera vs. Rodrigo Jacome: De Oliviera is well into gatekeeper mode by this point, but still loves that PRIDE music.
FIGHT: De Oliviera Submission Rnd 1. Pretty easy fight, actually. Neither guy was particularly good standing and Johil was looking for takedowns from the start. When he finally succeeded on dumping Jacome off a double, he got to side control and worked for the kimura, forcing a tapout. Good kimura too, as he stepped over the head with his left leg to get leverage. Jacome was out of his element. (0)
2) Marcos Motta vs. Arimarcel Santos: Motta is basically the Brazilian Baroni, rocking a chain and wearing the gi top. Stylewise he's a fit too.
FIGHT: Santos Submission Rnd 1. Motta puts Santos on the mat and tries to bash him out with punches, but gets caught while punching in an armbar and gets swept over. He tries to fight it for a moment or two and taps. (0)
3) Erick Silva vs. Carlos Villamor: Villamor is the first guy with an ARG next to his name on the graphic. Silva is the #3 BE prospect at welterweight.
FIGHT: Silva Submission Rnd 2. (2)
Silva: Awful standing. His grappling lacks a lot of transitions or setups, so Villamor is often able to defend what should be fight ending positions (a heel hook he takes too long to setup in round 2, a pass to mount that Villamor rolls him in during the first). Needs to start throwing combinations and low kicks. Also needs to be more instinctive on the mat - throw some shots before trying to pass. Get his mind elsewhere, then make the move.
4) Anistavo Gasparzinho vs. Alex Nacfur: No idea who either guy is, to be entirely honest. Gasparzinho looks pretty young and has a half sleeve.
FIGHT: Nacfur KO Rnd 2. Rolled on Gasparzinho, taking him down multiple times, holding him on the mat and landing shots. Not very competitive outside of an initial blast of standup from Gasparzinho. Fight comes to an end with Nacfur having transitioned back to mount after missing a RNC and punching out Gasparzinho - high high mount too, with an arm of Gasparzinho trapped by Nacfur's leg. Early stoppage IMO. (0)
5) Alexandre Pimental vs. Joao Luis Noguiera: I don't think he's family, let's put it that way. Pimental's bout at JF 11 wasn't aired.
FIGHT: Pimental Unanimous Decision. Noguiera just doesn't have a standup game and Pimental kinda does. Its not anything spectacular - basic level muay thai, but its enough to get the job done. Most excitement of the fight comes fro the few moments of success Noguiera has - a takedown at the end of Round 1, a high kick that cuts Pimental in round 3. Noguiera isn't a threat off his back either, so when Pimental dumps him with a double in the second, he spends the rest of the round absorbing short shots and moving his hips. Fights like this are more like background noise than anything. I end up thinking about what to have for lunch and if I should shave more than what's on the screen. (1) Pimental is undefeated but no fights in 13 months.
6) Edinaldo Oliviera vs. Artur Tubarao: Tubarao is overweight. Seriously, why is this guy even there? Tubarao has that lanky frame people think is the best suited for MMA. His recent results are no joke too. These are heavyweights.
FIGHT: Oliviera TKO Rnd 1. Tubarao isn't any good, so let's ignore him in the breakdown. Tall dudes in MMA often have a problem - they don't know how to judge distance. Oliviera is in that class of guys. He just walks forward and negates his height, and when he punches, he drops his hands and leaves his chin out. It wasn't a problem here, and luckily for him, it wasn't an issue against Draggo, the midget Ferreira, or with the big Geronimo Dos Santos. Or here. But it will be if he en ds up with someone who can punch back. Ben Rothwell would jack him up. Tubarao drops to some combinations that barely land, rolls to his back, and is punched a few times until the ref stops it. (1)
Big Nog comes out at this point to say things to the crowd and there is much rejoicing.
7) Ivan Iberico vs. Jamil Silviera: Flavio Alvaro beat up Iberico in Rio Heroes. Silviera is some dude. Iberico looks 10 years old and also like he has seen some real shit.
FIGHT: Iberico Submission Rnd 2. (1)
Iberico: Its easy to see what Iberico's style is right away when he shoots the double. He's a grappler, like so many Brazilians are. But he's got a mediocre gas tank and while he controls the first round in top control, he spends a good portion of the second on his back after pulling guard in the opening secons. Silviera basically puts his head in Iberico's chest and asks him to choke him out. Iberico gets a d'arce (incorrectly labelled as an anaconda on Sherdog) and put him to sleep.
Silviera: If he is at all a striker, it didn't show in this fight. I didn't see much except that he can avoid submissions while inside the guard and briefly free himself up to throw shots.
8) Pedro Santos vs. Romario Emanuel Silva: Rio Heroes legend in Santos takes on Silva, who's nicknamed "Junior Killer".
FIGHT: Santos Submission Rnd 1. Man, this is a boring and sorta lousy fight. Santos and Silva do nothing when clinched with one another but push each other around. They separate and that's OK, but see another pause when a jab busts up Santos' nose and the ref stops it to clean that up. On the restart, Santos jumps from way outside and gets the shot, the takedown, and Silva doesn't know how to shrimp without giving up the d'arce. After going for it twice before, Santos finally tightens one up and wins the fight by tapout. (1)
9) Dion Staring vs. Antonio Rogerio Noguiera: Staring lives to fight on bad European shows. This represents the rare non-European based fight for him. He's here to lose, of course.
FIGHT: Noguiera Submission Rnd 3. Nice fast triangle from Noguiera in round 3. (3)
Staring: He's really a grappler first, which is rare for a Dutch fighter from Golden Glory. But he is. And that's a problem here, because Noguiera is better at grappling than him. And better at striking. So he can't win. He is running full force from Noguiera standing when he isn't trying to land lousy overhand rights. On the mat, he occasionally reverses position while Noguiera looks for a finish in round 3 and gets on top, but that just leads to the tapout.
Noguiera: His muay thai looked OK, his top control shaky (as is the case eternally with him and his brother), and I would have like to have seen him put away Staring when the chance was there in the first and second rounds rather than let this get to a third. But he finished the fight and was generally dominant.
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Pimental/Noguiera
KO OF THE NIGHT: Oliviera/Tubarao
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: Noguiera/Staring
OVERALL FOR THE EVENT: 4 out of 10. Man, if you want to sum up the next generation of Brazilian prospects, its "Arona Clones". And they are EVERYWHERE. Paixao and Wagenney Fabiano were the tip of the ice berg, real talk. With the talent being thin, that also means that we get lots of not competitive grappling based bouts where one guy is on top and does everything. I dunno, I don't care for those more than one sided boxing beatdowns.
D&R Rating: 20% (9/45)
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