Chatuba fights in Rio, eyes the UFC

By Guilherme Cruz

Photo Eduardo Ferreira

Next Saturday, the second edition of Face to Face takes place on the the Nogueira brother’s training center, in Rio de Janeiro, and André “Chatuba” tried one more victory to dream with the UFC. Coming from a victory on Real Fight, where he won the welterweight title, Chatuba faces Jhonny Vigo, and his coach is excited.

“He’s 100% ready, training everything here. He’s going for the knockout or submission, all or nothing. The strategy is to go for it, to fight forward. We want a chance in the UFC“, Robson Relma said, who already defeatedVigo “I defeated this guy in Juiz de Fora Fight and he’s very tough... We’re training a lot Muay Thai, and the ground“.

After Face to Face, Chatuba will be back to rings on December 12, on NFC. “The objective is to go there and shine. He’s with 23 fights and 21 victories, most of them by submission... The ground here is great“, guarantees.

COMPLETE CARD (subject changing):

Face to Face 2

CT of Minotauro Team

Saturday, October 31, 2009

- Rafael Primo (Minotauro Team) vs. Eduardo Kiko (Gracie Fusion);

- Rodrigo Kanú (Mintauro Team) vs. Alexandre Pinheiro (JT Caverna);

- Bruno Machado (Viktor Gym) vs. Gabriel Conan (Of Brothers Fight Team);

- Fabio Tipinho (Minotauro Team) vs. Rodrigo Ximbica (Gracie Fusion);

- Paulo Rambinho (Minotauro Team) vs. Bananada (Tata Team);

- Eduardo Pachú (Gracie Fusion) vs. Junior Pqd (RFT);

- Edgar Casteldele (Minotauro Team) vs. Gogó (Gracie Fusion);

- André Chatuba (Minotauro Team) vs. Jhonny Vigo (Of Brothers Fight Team).