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Barbarian Fight Night 3 event preview

Event Preview: Barbarian Fight Time 3
Barbarian Fight Club (ID 230K+)
2014-01-29, Rio de Janeiro, The Underground - Rio
Author:Tony Rossi



Barbarian Fight Club will continue its ways of having big main events for its Fight Time events. At Barbarian Fight Time 3 there will be a huge Welterweight main event. Andokuhle Congo will be taking on the TWGC Champion Jared Gracie. Mango Nutrition will be presenting the event once again and it will be live at The Underground in Rio de Janeiro. Mango Nutrition will have booths located in and around the venue for any of your nutritional needs, and we hope are fighters here at BFC uses the fine supplements at Mango Nutrition.


 


Preliminary Bout Number One- Heavyweight Fight


 


Patrick “It’s paddy’s Day” Mc GInnley (1-0) {0-0} versus Yoko “Jelly” Zuna (1-0) {0-0}


 


Patrick is a boxer and wrestler that will be looking to stand in the pocket and throw punches. In his only fight Mc GInnley was taken down early but was able to control until there was a referee stand up. He also did a pretty good job of stuffing the other attempts at a takedown. Patrick then laid out his opponent with punches that landed at one hundred percent succession. He will be looking to do more of the same against “Jelly” in this one. Yoko Zuna is also is undefeated, but he won his fight in a different manner. The remarkable wrestler was able to takedown his opposition and pound them out from the ground. Obviously Zuna will be looking to get this fight to the ground, and with his far better skills in wrestling he just may do that. I am going to pick Zuna to win this fight after scoring a takedown. I see him knocking out or TKO’ing Patrick in the first round.


 


Preliminary Bout Number Two- Super Heavyweight Fight


 


Sa “Coracao De Leao” Pinto (1-0) {0-0} versus Roy “Sir Knockalot.” Bane (1-1) {1-0}


 


Pinto won a very close decision in his only previous fight. Pinto is a respectable Muay Thai striker but he is happy to fight from anywhere. At range seemed to be his only bad spot in his fight, but that did not stop him from throwing strikes there. He was very active on the ground and in the clinch as well. Pinto will want to stay away from the ranged striking in this one, and I will be suggesting the clinch. Bane looked great in his last fight. He was taken down but he was able to improve his postion all the way to taking his opponents back. From there he made a spectacular transition into an armbar to pick up the submission victory. Bane also looked really good in his first fight, and he was clearly winning the fight when it was stopped do to a cut on Bane. Bane is going to want to stay away from the clinch and use his boxing to mix up body and head punches. I see Bane winning this fight by knockout in the second round, unless he gets cut again.


 


Preliminary Bout Number Three- Welterweight Fight


 


Pedro “The Magician” Marcelo (0-0) {0-0} versus Rodrigo “Brazilian Sensation” Ribeiro (1-2) {0-2}


 


Pedro will be making his professional debut in this bout, and what better way to make a statement in Brazil than to take on the “Brazilian Sensation”. “The Magician” should be working his magic, mixing up his punches and kicks. Marcelo has the better striking in this fight, and should look to keep the fight standing at all costs. The eighteen year old Ribeiro has been TKO’ed in both of his bouts in Barbarian Fight Club. I foresee much of the same for him in the future. Ribeiro is young and most of his skills are widely spread out. In this fight he is outmatched by the older opponent at almost everything. I think his only chance of survival in this one would be to get the fight to the ground where his Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is on par with Marcelo. This is not a tuff fight for me to pick, as I have Marcelo winning by TKO in the first round.


 


Preliminary Bout Number Four- Light Heavyweight Fight


 


Abraham “Radioactive” Kurse (1-1) {1-0} versus Manuel “Matador” Fernandes (1-0) {0-0}


 


Kurse won his first fight in Barbarian Fight Club with a twenty five second submission over his opponent. Some stats from the fight would include Kurse takedowns one, attempted takedowns one, submissions one, and submission attempts one. That is pretty impressive even for a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. It may appear that Fernandez is out matched in this one, but the purple belt did win his only fight with a submission off of his back. Now Fernandez will not want to just hang out in guard, but as long as he defends submissions well and stays active on the ground this will become a very interesting grappling match. The obvious choice in the fight is Kurse, but Fernandes does have the ability to upset the favored Kurse. I am going to pick Kurse to win by submission, but I think Fernandes and make this fight last at least until the second round.


 


Preliminary Bout Number Five- Welterweight Fight


 


Janusz “Rzepa” Wiesiek (1-0) {0-0} versus Ranato Fernandez (2-0) {2-0}


 


Wiesiek is a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and will be looking to take this fight to the ground. He does not have much of a wrestling back round as we seen in his first fight. All of his takedown attempts where stuffed by his opponent, but he did get taken down himself. From the ground Wiesiek was dangerous and aggressive, eventually taking his opponents back and submitting him in the second round. Fernandez is a wrestler and boxer who likes to strike standing up, but he has gone to the ground in both of his previous fights. There is no way he will want to take down Wiesiek, since he is such a better striker. He is going to want to keep the fight standing to force Fernandez to the inside for a takedown attempt. Once on the inside he will want to lay his heavy hands upon Wiesiek’s face and look for his third win in a row. I am going to pick Ranato Fernandez to win this fight in the first round by knockout.


 


Main Card Bout Number One- Middleweight Bout


 


Ademilson “Pedra” Silveira (1-0) {0-0} versus Jerome “Machine” Lebanner (1-1) {1-1}


 


It was strange to go back and watch Silveira’s fight on tape. The book on his is that he is a great striker with a boxing and Muay Thai back round. I had seen none of this in his last fight as he continually took his opponent down and went for submission after submission until he finally got one in the second round. I am not sure he will be able to take down Lebanner who is the stronger wrestler so we might get to see this striking that I have heard so much about. Lebanner is also a striker with wonderful Muay Thai skills. If Silveira decides to exchange Lebanner will be happy to do so. Lebanner will throw head kicks from range and he loves to clinch but I think he should worry about the clinch in this one. He will not want to get pulled into guard. I am going to pick Lebanner to win with a head kick knockout in the first round.


 


Main Card Bout Number Two- Heavyweight Fight


 


Brandon “The White Tiger” Loveladdy (2-0) {0-0} versus Matheus “Mixxer” Souza (0-0) {0-0}


 


Loveladdy is a wonderful boxer who likes to take care of his opponents nice and early. Three minutes and eight seconds is all the time Brandon has spent in the ring in a two fights. “The White Tiger” walks into the cage punches you in the face and then goes home. That seems to be his basic strategy and I feel if it is working for him don’t try and change it. Souza is a respectable Muay Thai striker who will be making his fighting debut. If I was Souza I would want to throw some head kicks and then maybe see what Loveladdy can do from the clinch. Throw some elbows at him as well, since the word on the street is Loveladdy cuts easily. Once somebody gets busted open all bets are off and I think that might be the only way to slow down Brandon Loveladdy. It is a tuff fight to call, but I am going to pick Loveladdy to win in the first round by way of knockout.


 


Main Card Bout Number Three- Lightweight Fight


 


Rafael Silva (2-1) {0-0} versus Miguel “Sabia” Loureiro (1-0) {0-0}


 


Both of these fighters will be making their debut in Barbarian Fight Club, and it will be that classic striker versus grappler. Silva is the grappler as he is a competent wrestler and he holds a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He will want to shoot the double immediately to score the all-important takedown. In his previous fights he has yet to have a successful takedown and I know when he gets the first it will be huge. Once Silva is on the ground he is a monster, great at improving position and slapping on a submission hold. Loureiro will obviously want to try and stop the takedown and he is not bad at it. He was taken down two times out of twenty five attempts in his only fight to date. Even though he is a boxer and Muay Thai striker he seemed that he did not want to instigate the action in his last fight. If he wants to win his debut he will need to get a lot more aggressive. I think Silva is going to win this fight by submission in the second round.


 


Co-Main Event, Main Card Bout Number Four- Welterweight Fight


 


Andokuhle “Pumba” Congo (2-0) {1-0} versus Jared Gracie (5-1) {0-1}


 


Congo has absolutely destroyed his only two opponents. He has a very strong clinch and loves to strike from the inside. He possess a devastating uppercut that has ravished his opponents in both fights. With that being said this is clearly Congo’s biggest challenge. Even though he loves to clinch he may want to stay to the outside and try to box with Gracie. Gracie is coming off his first loss, and will be looking to jump back on the winning horse’s back. Gracie was submitted by Dustin Clare in his last fight, but he should not be worried about getting submitted in this one. He will want to take Congo down, or even pull guard if he can. On the ground this is Gracie’s fight, but standing up I don’t think he can win. It is a very difficult fight to pick, but I think Congo will win the fight by knockout in the first round. Remember though if Gracie gets him to the ground expect Congo to tap out with in ten seconds of hitting the mat.


 


Main Event, Main Card Bout Number Five- Light Heavyweight Fight


 


Daeron "Killer" Inglorion (3-0) {2-0} versus Sheldon "The Doctor" Cooper (3-0) {3-0}


 


Very interesting main event fight with this bout. Both of these fighters have brown belts in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and they are both wrestlers. Obviously this will be a difficult fight to break down as both fighters will be looking for the takedown. Once on the mat they will both be looking for a submission as well. Inglorion has three wins but only one by submission, as his first two wins came via decision. For Cooper all three of his wins have been by submission and they all have come in the first round. Clearly Cooper is the more aggressive fighter and that could work for him or against him. If he becomes too aggressive Inglorion could counter into a submission of his own. Then again the aggressiveness of Cooper could end up just getting a quick submission. I am going to toss a coin and it ends up tails, so I am going to go with Cooper to win via submission in the first round.


 


That will wrap up this event preview. As always Mango Nutrition will be our merchandise partner so please pick up all of your supplement needs from Mango. This preview is owned by Barbarian Fight Club and it may not be reused or reproduced without written expressed consent from the BFC.


 


 


 

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