Jungle Fight Announces Six-Figure Tourneys at Lightweight, Strawweight

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Jungle Fight celebrated its 22nd anniversary in a big way over the weekend.

Jungle Fight 136, which took place on Saturday in Sao Paulo, Brazil, marked the beginning of a national television broadcast partnership with Rede Globo. At the conclusion of the event, Jungle Fight founder Wallid Ismail announced that the organization will hold a $1 million reais (approximately $180,000) tournament in the men’s lightweight and women’s strawweight divisions.

Ismael revealed that “Fight of the Million” will debut at Jungle Fight 137 on June 14 at Nilson Nelson Gymnasium in Brasilia, Brazil.

The men’s lightweight bouts are already set: Carlos Alexandre da Costa vs. Lucas Campos; Marcelo Medeiros vs. Bruno Guimaraes Santos; Eliwelton Travassos vs. Arcangelo Oliveira and Jorge Silva vs. Cleiton Morais.

Held at the Pelezinho gym in Sao Paulo, Jungle Fight 136 featured two title bouts. In the strawweight division, Laura Vasconcelos retained her title with a brutal knockout of Laura Fontoura in the first round, while Vanderlei Goncalves avenged a past defeat to Anderson Oliveira and unified the welterweight belts.Guilherme Alves vs Douglas Silva