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The organization of Bitett Combat is in the works to sign legendary mixed martial artist Kazushi Sakuraba to fight in Brazil against Paulo “The Bullet” Filho, on Feb 25th. Alex Hooligan (staff) is going to Japan to negotiate with Japanese fighters this week and Yuki Kondo can be another great name to be announced for the show. There were interest from the athletes but nothing is definited, though.


“The Gracie Hunter” became famed after beating three honourable members of the Gracie Family, Royler, Royce and Renzo at extinct Pride Fighting Championship. Sakuraba fought for Dream 11 and 12, occasions in which the veteran managed two submission wins over Rubin Williams (Kimura) and Zelg Galesic (kneebar).


After losing his WEC middleweight belt to Chael Sonnen, “The Bullet” squared off Melvin Manhoef at Dream 10 in his return and finished the fight via submission (armbar), after suffering a flurry of punches from the vicious striker. Then Filho scored two additional wins over Alex Schoenauer and Tatsuhiko Nishizaka at Bitetti Combat, event where the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu expert has climbed the steps back to the spotlight.


So far, the card features:


Glover Teixeira x Jeff Monson

Fabio Maldonado x Valentijn Overeem

Cristiano Marcello x Luciano Correa Izzy

Ediene “Índia” Gomes x Amanda Nunes

Luiz Firmino “Buscapé” x Francisco Drinaldo “Massaranduba”

Not a fan of Filho but he would beat Sakuraba.................................badly.

Bitetti Combat has announced that former PRIDE and WEC star Paulo Filho will take on Japanese MMA veteran Yuki Sasaki in a Light Heavyweight bout.

bchs76 wrote:Bitetti Combat has announced that former PRIDE and WEC star Paulo Filho will take on Japanese MMA veteran Yuki Sasaki in a Light Heavyweight bout.

MUCH BETTER MATCHUP THAN SAKU

Thales Leites replaces Filho against Sasaki

Former UFC ttile contender, Thales Leites, who recently debuted at MFC with a unanimous decision victory over Dean Lister, replaces Paulo Filho at Bitetti Combat’s next edition, scheduled to February 25 at Brasilia, Brazil.

“Paulão is taking care of his problems so we came up to this decision. I think Thales is a great fighter, who recently fought for the UFC title. He’s trained are crazy to fight”, explains Amaury Bitetti.

Set to fight Fabio Maldonado, Valentijn Overeem won’t be able to fight in Brazil. “He said he’s hurt and can’t fight, what can I do. It happens and things go out of our control”, regrets Bitetti, who called the striker Guto Inocente to replace the fighter.

What a fucking mess this card is......................................

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Preliminary Card:

Ediene Gomes vs. Amanda Nunes
Luiz Cesar vs. Felipe Arinelli
Leandro Batata vs. Gustavo Sampaio Labareda
Luiz Firmino vs. Francisco Drinaldo “Massaranduba”
Yuri Villefort vs. Julio Cesar Merenda

Main Card:

Christiano Marcello vs. Emiliano Vatti
Cassiano Tytschyo vs. Danilo Villefort
Fabio Maldonado vs. Guto Inocente
Thales Leites vs. Rico Washington
Glover Teixeira vs. Jeff Monson
Paulo Filho vs. Yuki Sasaki