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Esquiva Falcão (28-0, 20 KO) left the ring with a RTD-4 win against Arthur Akavov (20-4, 9 KO) this past weekend.
The fight itself was nothing special, with Falcão successfully implementing a style that - in the words of Andre Ward - "will lure you to sleep. Akavov took the first round against the Brazilian slow-starter but from round two onwards it was all Falcão. At the end of the fourth, Akavov's corner signaled the officials that their fighter was unable to continue due to a broken nose, and cross-eyed vision (maybe the result of a broken eye socket). Falcão turned to promoter Bob Arum doing the "give me the belt" gesture, and has claimed all over social networks that he
The winningest IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu champion of all time with 13 wins, Marcus Buchecha Almeida has a date set for his MMA debut. The BJJ fighter will face Oumar Kane on February 24th for the One Championship in Singapore. The information was released by Canal Combate.
Buchecha, at 30, also boasts two ADCC titles – the world’s largest grappling tournament – among other achievements in Jiu-Jitsu. The heavyweight signed with One and has been training in several MMA gyms like ATT, Kings MMA and AKA.
Buchecha’s Senegalese opponent “Reug Reug”, as he is known, also comes from the grappling world, but different from the Brazilian who specializes in Jiu-Jitsu. The base of the African’s game is in Senegalese Wrestling, known as Laamb. The 28-year stands 6ft 4 and is 265lbs and has only one fight as an MMA professional and beat Sofiane Boukichou by knockout in the second round, in a fight valid for Ares FC, in December 2019.