‘Formiga’-Pantoja Flyweight Duel Booked for Shooto Brazil 16
Jordan Breen May 12, 2010
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With a Fedor Emelianenko-Fabricio Werdum bout scheduled for next month, the heavyweight mantle in mixed martial arts will be on the line in June. However, despite a far lower profile, the month will now also see the sport’s flyweight throne contested.
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Silva’s South American Shooto 123-pound title will be on the line in the fight, but the stakes are more significant.
Last July, the 25-year-old Formiga headed to Tokyo, where he upset then-Shooto world champion Shinichi “BJ” Kojima in a non-title affair. Despite not walking out of Korakuen Hall with the Shooto world title -- which is now vacant and will be contested in a bout between Yasuhiro Urushitani and Ryuichi Miki on May 30 -- “Formiga” did gain rightful recognition as the sport’s top flyweight.
Silva has not fought since his upset of Kojima 10 months ago. The once-beaten Pantoja, undefeated as a flyweight, is coming off a split decision victory over Ralph Lauren under the Watch Out Combat Show banner last December.
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