The BJJ world was shocked again in August when news broke that Leandro Lo was murdered in a nightclub in Sao Paulo. In response to witnesses, the BJJ world champion bought into an altercation with Henrique Otavio Oliveira Velozo after the person tried to take a drink from Lo’s desk. Lo allegedly subdued Velozo and restrained him on the bottom, however allowed him to stroll away as soon as he believed that the altercation was over.
Velozo then allegedly returned to shoot him within the head at shut vary and though Lo was rushed to hospital instantly, nothing might be executed to avoid wasting him. Now the wheels of the justice system have begun to show as the initial hearing has been set in the trial of Velozo for Leandro Lo’s murder. The listening to will happen on February third and the Brazilian authorized course of will unfold from there.
Lucas ‘Hulk’ Barbosa set to make PFL debut on the finish of January
It’s been fairly some time since Lucas ‘Hulk’ Barbosa signed a contract with PFL and he even had his debut scheduled for early 2022 initially till the struggle fell via. Barbosa didn’t find yourself making his promotional debut that 12 months as he needed to return to grappling with a purpose to concentrate on ADCC 2022. Barbosa got here out of that event with a silver medal within the 88kg division, dropping solely to the champion Giancarlo Bodoni.
Now it appears that evidently Barbosa should have instantly bought again to getting ready for his return to skilled MMA, as he’s been booked to compete in PFL Challenger Series on January 27th. He shall be combating Renzo Gracie Philadelphia product Itsi Babulaidze for the chance to compete within the common 2023 PFL season, which implies that this might be the beginning of an enormous 12 months for Barbosa if he wins.
Garry Tonon and Mikey Musumeci win massive at ONE Combat Evening 6
ONE Combat Evening 6 noticed two of America’s hottest grapplers moving into the cage for wildly totally different causes. First up was Garry Tonon, who was returning to MMA for the primary time since he suffered his first loss of his career against Thanh Le. Tonon set to work as quickly because the bell rang and he used a kimura grip to take down Johnny Nunez and force him to tap all inside of less than two minutes of the first round.
A lot later within the night time, Mikey Musumeci put his flyweight submission grappling title on the road in opposition to Fight Sambo world champion Gantamur Bayanduuren. It was his first title-defence and Musumeci seemed eager to get the finish, immediately attacking Bayanduuren’s legs. There have been a number of moments the place it appeared as if Bayanduuren would faucet however he survived till the top and Musumeci received by determination as a substitute.
Full results for the event can be found here.
Baret Yoshida Impresses at Combat 2 Win 216
Baret Yoshida is perhaps coming as much as 50 years previous quickly however he’s nonetheless competing and placing on electrical performances. Combat 2 Win got here to Hawaii for his or her 216th occasion and naturally Yoshida was the plain selection for the primary occasion match in his home-state. Yoshida confronted Garry Nakamura, the top coach of Silver Fox Hawaii and a fellow BJJ black belt with years of expertise.
Yoshida appeared simply as spectacular at present as he did over a decade in the past as he transitioned to a stupendous kneebar and compelled Nakamura to faucet. The remainder of the cardboard was stacked with dozens of matches that includes a number of the finest native expertise that Hawaii has to supply. As has turn into the usual for Combat 2 Win, the occasion additionally featured a handful of Judo matches alongside the submission grappling and BJJ matches as nicely.
Full results for the event can be found here.
