UFC 301: Marreta ‘smashes’ American’s face and Brazil wins 2nd in Rio

Two fights, two victories. Brazil started the season very well UFC 301, at Farmasi Arena, in Rio de Janeiro. In the second duel of the night, Ismael Bonfim, known as Muppet, beat Vinc Pichel by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

From the beginning, the Brazilian was far superior and dominated the fight from beginning to end, landing many more blows, dodging the American’s attacks and, above all, punishing his opponent’s face.

In the second round, a left punch left Pichel with a bruised eye and practically decided the fight. Not even the poke in the eye suffered stopped the Brazilian, who emerged victorious.

After the fight, he had a nice outburst in the octagon.

“I’m not going to lie to you. I was very scared. Last year was a very good year, but these guys know what I went through. Guys, I have a message for you: they judged me, they insulted me, but don’t let anyone say that you are capable. God wrote a beautiful story for your life, you just need to believe”, he said.

UFC 301 results

Main card

Alexandre Pantoja x Steve Erceg – for the flyweight belt

Jonathan Martinez x José Aldo – bantamweight

Anthony Smith x Victor Petrino – light heavyweight

Michel Pereira x Ihor Potieria – middleweight

Paul Craig x Caio Borralho – average weight

Preliminary Card

Jack Shore x Joanderson Brito – featherweight

Karolina Kowalkiewicz x Iasmin Lucindo – strawweight

Elves Brener x Myktybek Orolbai – lightweight

Joaquim Silva x Drakkar Klose – lightweight

Mauricio Ruffy x Jamie Mullarkey – Lightweight

Dione Barbosa beat Ernesta Kareckaite by unanimous decision – flyweight

Ismael Bonfim beat Vinc Pichel by unanimous decision – lightweight

Alessandro Costa beat Kevin Borjas by TKO – flyweight