At Shooto Brazil 19 on Sunday, Hernani Perpetuo (blue gloves) took the vacant Shooto South America 167-pound title with a three-round unanimous decision win over "Junior Killer" Romario Silva. The fight was a rematch of an Aug. 6 bout which saw Silva win by technical submission when referee Mario Yamasaki waved off the fight due to an armbar. The show also hosted the opening two rounds of an eight-man 114-pound South American title tournament, where "Maicon" Willian Costa and Lincon de Sa each punched their tickets to the finals on Dec. 11. The winner of the tournament will likely head to Japan to challenge Shooto world champ Rambaa Somdet. Full results here. Photo by Eduardo Ferreira for Tatame.
Siyar Bahadurzada successfully defended his Shooto 183-pound world title in Rio de Janeiro on Friday, stopping Carlos "Indio" Pereira just 94 seconds into their main event bout at Shooto Brazil 17. UFC veteran referee Mario Yamasaki was on hand to officiate.
Shooto's South American branch is hosting one of its most important cards to date this Friday, with two world titles on the line and veteran referee Mario Yamasaki flying down to officiate.
"We'll probably have two world championship matches [at Shooto Brazil 17 on August 7th] and from now on Shooto Brazil will be responsible for deciding the American titles... We'll have the South American title and yet another title of the Americas," explains Andre Pederneiras, president of Shooto South America, revealing first-hand that Shooto will hold events in the United States or Canada in 2011. Source: Tatame
Shooto Brazil 125-pound champion Jussier "Formiga" da Silva (3-0; pictured) will defend his title against Alexandre Pantoja (7-1) at Shooto Brazil 16 on June 12th in Rio de Janeiro. Photo by Guilherme Cruz for Tatame.
Shooto South
Shooto's South American branch has released the full card for next Saturday's show in Flamengo, Brazil - and, as usual, it's loaded up with talent from Andre Pederneiras' Nova União camp.
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