Drinaldo Scores Brutal KO Over Strikeforce Vet at Jungle Fight 28
Gleidson Venga May 22, 2011
Constrictor Team's "Massaranduba" (top) put on a show at Jungle
Fight 28. | Photo: G. Venga/Sherdog.com
RIO DE JANEIRO -- As Jungle Fight 28 unfolded on Saturday at the Flamengo Rowing Club, Francisco “Massaranduba” Drinaldo knocked out Strikeforce veteran Derrick Burnsed at 54 seconds of the second round to claim the promotion’s interim lightweight title.
Trained by Brazilian Fabio “Pateta” Prado at Team Alpha Male in Sacramento, Calif., Burnsed landed in Brazil with one only loss, but will return to the U.S. with a brutal knockout loss as a gift “Massaranduba.”
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“I think was a good fight, but I can do better,” said Drinaldo. “I trained a lot, but, next time I’ll back to show another great performance.”
As confirmed by Jungle Fight promoter Wallid
Ismail, Drinaldo now will meet Adriano
Martins to fight for the definitive crown at a tentative July
date.
Marcelo “Magrao” Guimaraes used his solid wrestling plus and an improved muay Thai game to defeat Lyoto Machida training partner Ildemar “Marajo” Alcantara by unanimous decision. Combining good mat skills and heavy ground-and-pound, he bested the brother of UFC newcomer Yuri Alcantara with a dominant performance.
G.
Venga
Lineker knocked Salgado out cold.
Known for his brutal low kicks, Bruno Capelosa pieced together his second straight win by surprising Jackson Mora with head kicks and flying knees to setup a sequence of five punches that ejected his opponent’s mouth piece and closed his eyes for the evening. The official time of the stellar knockout was 4:28 of round one.
Also at Jungle Fight 28, Iliarde Sabino Belo dos Santos scored a technical knockout (Cut) against Armando Gomes at 2:30 of the second stanza; Douglas Moura rear-naked choked Silvio Jose at 0:36 of round two; William Baudutte decisioned (unanimous) “Leo Gigante” Nascimento.
Colin Foster contributed to this report.
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