Missed Fists: Meeting with Savio Vinicius, 6-foot-6 boxing player, plus

Welcome to the latest edition of Missed Fists, where we highlight struggles from around the world that may have been neglected in these turbulent times, where it seems like an MMA show is taking place every day.

You know, in the combat sports community, we are sometimes accused of favoring hype, show and "monster fighting" to the detriment of real competition and merit, and frankly, I find these kinds of comments without deeply offensive foundation. And I hope our appreciation of inspiring efforts like those we saw in both fights at the head of the poster at UFC 236 is proof that we care about substance as much as style.

That said, let's start the week with a kickboxing match between 6-foot-6 Savio Vinicius and Pedra's 43-year-old Celso Mao at Favela Kombat 31 in Rio de Janeiro last Saturday.

Celso Mao de Pedra vs. Savio Vinicius

AL: As the Portuguese would say, "He's a big boy".

JM: You see, parents, I've always said that it was an educational column.

This guy looks like Mike Teevee after they had to put him in a tire puller to make him lie down again. It seems that Mr. Fantastic has lost the ability to recompose in normal dimensions. Most importantly, what he looks like is a guy who needs to gain muscle and compete in a proper weight class. 6 feet-6 is the height of heavy goods vehicles. It can not be healthy.

AL: If this fight is an indication, he also suffers from Struveitis. Mao de Pedra has no problem joining the great Vinicius and intimidating him throughout his five-round bout. This remains a fun visual because this type of match tends to do.

But you're right, what Vinicius does is not healthy, both in terms of diet and career choice.

If readers want to check the game on their own, they can watch the entire event on Facebook (Mao de Pedra vs. Vinicius starts at around 1:28:00).

A few days before the two best five round fights of the year, Malcolm Gordon and Yoni Sherbatov staged one of the best two – minute fights of the year at TKO 47 in Montreal.

Moscow-born Sherbatov, who fought in Laval, Que., Is about to break into the MMA's biggest stages and has been successful in his battles in Russia and the United States. Ultimate fighter Tries. No one would have been surprised if Sherbatov had dethroned the reigning TKO flyweight champion and it seemed like he was going to smoke Gordon at the beginning of it. But Gordon had other plans.

JM: Hell of Gordon's effort there. It was a wild affair (all the while it lasted) and Gordon is just like, "Nah, we're done here."

That's why Fight Pass is always worth your money. I know the UFC is moving from most live events to ESPN + with the new contract, but Fight Pass still has a library and a ton of great, smaller shows in an easy-to-use location. I'm going to TKO, Alaska FC and Invicta FC all day.

Yuto Hokamura against Toshinori Tsunemura
Yojiro Uchimura against Shinsuke Kamei
Kenta Takagi against Kazuma Maruyama

Speaking of great things to watch on Fight Pass, Pancrase continues to make progress, making great fights and strong moments in dope. For example.

This murder alone is worth $ 10.

AL: Yuto Hokamura, the weighty competitor, eliminating Toshinori Tsunemura with an absolute thunderclap. The discs on Hokamura are everywhere, but according to @VonPreuxit's his 12th win in 15 wins.

I must also give credit to the referee for not having abandoned the dismantling and for preventing Hokamura from sending Tsunemura to the cemetery and to put himself in jail.

Pancrase 304, which took place Sunday in Tokyo, Japan, also featured the best three-round bout of the weekend, an absolute battle between featherweight Yojiro Uchimura and Shinsuke Kamei.

I do not know if I would put this one in Senzo Ikeda's slogan against Yuya Wakamatsu last February, but whatever, Pancrase continues to bring it.

JM: I love the way we have to keep the qualifying fights with the "best three rounds" or "the best two minutes" because the co-main event of the UFC 236 was the One of the five best fights of all time and it's impossible for us to beat it the same weekend. By the way, did I already mention that I was sitting in the cage for that one? My heart is still beating.

AL: You spoke about it once or twice.

JM: Anyway, it's a great fight and Kamei picks a rolling knee, which we have not seen Adesanya-Gastelum, so you know, this fight has its own charms.

AL: We close this series of Pancrase clips with a fight that will probably not affect the title, while welterweight Kenta Takagi (16-16, 1 NC) and Kazuma Maruyama (9-5) clashed.

Well, face to face before Maruyama is left face down.

JM: It's just a perfect picture of the left hand. Place in the jaw while Maruyama left her chin raised and exposed. I'm still keen on a knockout of 180 facial plants and I'm glad Takagi overcomes this average bump at 500!

Shan Tuk against Petchubon

Now let's talk about one of my favorite things: the rules that I think should be changed in the MMA because it's the right thing to do. I've already mentioned that banning studio debut is a booty and here's why.

Torpedoing your skull against someone's chin is just as good a way to finish as to fight like any other technique. In addition, we do not have to worry about head clashes. Stand up, do them legal!

AL: The problem is that, as happened in Lethwei, probably one of the five most dangerous activities in the world, it was completely legal. Hard to argue against its use here too because it's not like Shan Tuk just throws it at random. He puts his skull on the jaw of Petchubon with terrifying precision. It's almost like a counter-whim, which should not be a thing.

Now imagine Tito Ortiz or Antonio Silva aiming at their melons. God's goodness.

JM: Tito would still be unbeaten. Jon Jones would have nothing on him.

The full event of Siam Kard Chuek Lethwei is available to be replayed on their Facebook page.

Nikita Podkovalnikov against Said Samadov
Dinislam Kamavov against Aman Abdraymov

AL: Back to MMA, first of all to once again appreciate the inimitable presence of the Russian announcer Alexander Zagorsky on the stage, presented this time by the smallest Bruce Buffer:

It took place on Sunday at Battle on Volga 10, in Togliatti, Russia, a show that featured some memorable finishes, including this absolute aggression by Said Samadov of Nikita Podkovalnikov:

Watch these follow-up punches and Samadov fills John Matua on the floor.

JM: It was awesome. I know it was hardly a fight, but Samadov looked lively with his left hand until he was hit by the hook. Even at that time, I thought that he would be fine and that he had just been buzzing, but the follow up of Podkovalnikov 's left hand was money. It must be the best fight of 14 seconds of the weekend.

AL: Top-3 at least.

Around the 2:27:45 mark of the series, which can be replayed on YouTube, Dinislam Kamavov is winning a dominant victory over Aman Abdraymov with a kind of modified triangle after beating him in the position of crucifix. 20 minutes in a row.

Unfortunately, no clips were available, but here's an overview for our readers:

MMA63RU, YouTube

JM: It looks like an inverted triangle finish for me. I can not say if Abdraymov's leg is tapping or desperate?

AL: It looks like he was trying to signal that he wanted to leave, to Tim Elliott using his feet to submit to Joseph Benavidez. Wow … it sounded unintentionally perverse.

To move on

Martin Nguyen vs. Narantungalag Jadambaa
Joshua Pacio against Yosuke Saruta

I wrote about two final fights for the title of the last ONE Championship show last Friday in Manila, Philippines, but I would like your opinion on "Who Finished Better?"

Was it the 155-pound champion, Martin Nguyen, crushing Narantungalag Jadambaa from a knee …

… or Joshua Pacio recovering his 125-pound belt by Marlon Moraes-ing Yosuke Saruta?

JM: Oooooooo. It's a very good one.

Nguyen's KO deserves the shot for his flying knee and landing cleanly, but he loses some style by not completely killing Jadambaa. Conversely, Pacio gets the most points for blowing Saruta, but loses points as he kicks and kneels Saruta instead.

I think I have to give Nguyen the advantage because a flying knee is colder than a kick to the head and, although Saruta falls down brutally, he moves a little to the end, indicating that He still has brain cells left.

Nguyen by decision!

AL: I am amazed that you have not used this opportunity to mention the two major decisions that you have taken closely on Saturday, closely and closely.

JM: Well, now that you are talking about it, did you know that I was at the edge of the cage for the UFC 236 …

AL: Hell, I got to the point!

Joe Riggs Jared Torgeson

Finally, we'll stop in Great Falls, Montana, for a show called Fusion Fight League: The Last Diesel Race (available offline on FITE TV PPV).

That's right, we're talking about Joe Riggs.

Considered to be Riggs' last fight in the United States, the 67-year veteran faced Jared Torgeson in the main light heavyweight tournament on Saturday, and handled the business with a strangling in the back in the first round.

Riggs, 36, apparently has at least two other fights booked overseas for his retirement tour, but this is a good time to take a moment and think about our best memories of Riggs.

JM: If your answer is not "to become the only winner of the Bellator contest Fight the master and then board the ship immediately to go to the UFC, "you are mistaken.

Some other highlights of Riggs' career include:

• Get a title title against Matt Hughes only to lose weight and submit
• Offering Herb Dean his first defeat as a pro MMA
• After fighting both Travis Fulton and Shannon Ritch
• Get knocked out by Wesley "Cabbage" Correira

Diesel had a super weird career.

AL: Be the only official in the world Fight the master is undoubtedly the number one, but there is probably a large number of fans who will reveal his legendary fight with Nick Diaz on February 4, 2006.

No, I'm not talking about their current match at UFC 57, which Riggs won at the unanimous decision. I am referring instead to their post-fight fight at the hospital that Riggs described as such:

"… Riggs said that the fighters took part in a real fight, trying to control each other and exchange insults as they went. They spilled into nearby rooms, struck the instrument trays, sending flying metal to the ground. Riggs' IV was stunned and blood splattered everywhere like a bad horror movie.

"We were like two pit bulls in a porcelain store," Riggs said. "It's one of the craziest things I've been involved with."

Tragically, it was before the advent of mobile phone cameras, so we will never know exactly how it happened.

Really one of the great lost fists of our time.

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