MMASWISSNEWS.COM: Cacareco submits again; ready for the UFC

By Eduardo Ferreira

Photos Eduardo Ferreira

Place where historical fights as Carlson Gracie vs. Waldemar Santana took place, in the 1950’s, Maracanãzinho is becoming MMA’s new house. Not even the rain the fell for all the day on Rio de Janeiro scared the audience, which were there to see Jungle Fight. After receiving Ricardo Arona, Paulo Filho and Pedro Rizzo at Bitetti Combat 4, who shone this time was Alexandre “Cacareco” Ferreira. Almost so fast as on his last five fights, the Chute Boxe athlete submitted Walter Mazurkievicz and gets closer to the UFC. Cacareco passed thru bad moments at the beginning of the bout, with a right cross, but took the fight to his area and submitted with a kimura with 70 seconds.

“The punch got in, I swing, and I just started to fight again when I was at the ground. I fought half knocked out. Then I was on my submission, that even sleeping I can make (laughs). This time I took time to submit, I think I’m getting older (laughs)”, Cacareco joked, revealing that he’s almost signing with the biggest event of the world. “My first goal is to be on the event, that’s the bigger of the world, where the better athletes are. Then, my second goal is the belt. The negotiations are moving, the results are coming”.

To Rudimar Fedrigo, Chute Boxe’s leader, Cacareco is coming to make some noise in the biggest MMA event in the world. “Cacareco, efficient as always, showed his champion’s spirit. He was hit at first, but could recover. Cacareco will bother a lot of people when he gets in UFC. It’s almost signed“, bets Rudimar. “He’s going to win, that our focus. As everyone, he has his right to want to be a champion and we’ll work for it“.

MORAES LOSES THE INVINCIBILITY

Two times BJJ World champion, Sérgio Moraes was making a success trail also on MMA. Undefeated, Moraes was confident to face Brett Cooper and started well, taking the fight to the ground, passing the guard, taking the back and trying a rear naked choke, and then an arm lock. But things changed on the second round. Alliance’s black belt couldn’t take Cooper down and went to the stand up fight, opening the guard down and asking the American to hit him. With five minutes, Cooper hit an upper and knock Serginho out, shutting the Brazilian crowd in Maracanãzinho. “I think he underestimated me”, confessed Cooper.

MONDRAGON POUNDS ASSUERIO

With a large international experience, fighting in events like UFC and Pride, the former Pancrase champion Assuério Silva was the favorite on the fight against Gerônimo Mondragon. But it fell down with the bell. Mondragon went for Assuério with a lot of will and could get a knock down. On the ground, Mondragon punished Assuério until the judge’s interruption on 1min01s. The emotion took the fighter and his trainer, Ricardinho, that started to ask for Brock Lesnar, champion of the heavy weights of UFC. “No one beats Mondragon. I want Brock Lesnar”, screamed Ricardinho, Zuluzinho’s former coach. Mondragon cried and dedicated the victory to his daughter. “When I left home, my little daughter asked me: ‘daddy, win this fight for me’”, the fighter said, with more than 220 pounds and almost 6,56 foot, crying inside the octagon.

COMPLETE RESULTS:

Jungle Fight Championship

Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro

Saturday, October 17, 2009

MMA:

- Brett Cooper defeated Sérgio Moraes by KO on 2R;

- Alexandre “Cacareco” defeated Walter Mazurkievicz by submission on 1R;

- Vanessa Porto defeated Roberta Torno by submission on 1R;

- Geronimo Mondragon defeated Assuério Silva by TKO on 1R;

- Jhonny Eduardo defeated Francisco “Diabo San” Chagas by TKO on 1R;

- Junior Killer defeated Henrique Negão by unanimous decision;

- Gil Freitas defeated Pedro Manuel by KO on 1R;