Christian Uflacker: One Championship Will Shock the World in 2015
BJJ Black Belt Christian “Xaropinho” Uflacker is resuming his MMA career after a layoff of over two years. Uflacker signed with the newly-named One Championship last week, formerly known as One FC. Uflacker never planned on such a lengthy absence from MMA, but both injuries and business commitments got in the way. “The...
Jonatas Novaes TKOs Drew Fickett at ShoFight 20
Local fighter Jonatas Novaes stormed through 2011 with three straight first-round submission wins en route to the 155lb. Illinois State Championship. But the year ended on a bit of a sour note for Novaes when he lost in December to Eric Reynolds at XFC 15. Apparently, Novaes kept that loss fresh in his mind as …...
Novaes Drops Decision to Reynolds at XFC 15
Jonatas Novaes had his way with Eric Reynolds in round one of their XFC 15 bout on Friday night, but he couldn’t sustain the pace in a unanimous decision loss. Novaes came out and took Reynolds to the ground and easily passed into full mount. He looked to move into s-mount, but Reynolds bucked him …...
Chicago’s MMA Weekend: Novaes, Herrig, Cut Throat
Here’s a look at Chicago’s MMA this weekend… – Cut Throat returns with Invasion 4 in Aurora tonight. Doors open at 6:30 and fights — 22 of them — begin at 8pm. Tonight on HDNet, local fighters Jonatas Novaes and Felice Herrig will fight on the XFC 15 card in Florida. A win tonight for …...
Chicago Well-Repped at XFC 15
XFC 15 will take place on December 2nd in sunny Florida, but the event will feature some of Chicago’s finest fighters. The ageless wonder that is Shonie Carter will be back in the cage taking on Ryan Thomas. Carter got back in the win column with a unanimous decision win over Landon Showalter at Rumble …...
HFC 9: Fall Brawl on November 5
Hoosier Fight Club has lined up another excellent card for HFC 9: Fall Brawl, November 5th in Valpo. Here’s a rundown of some of the matchups on the card. Christian Uflacker, who we last saw cornering Rob Menigoz at Chicago Cagefighting Championship IV, will take on former TUF contestant Andy Main. Uflacker has not fought …...
Jonatas Novaes Breaks Sherron Leggett’s Arm to Win Title
FLO MMA instructor and Team Brasa fighter Jonatas Novaes faced WEC vet Sherron “Rob Roy” Leggett in the lightweight championship of the Combat USA Illinois vs. Wisconsin finals. Novaes needed little time to secure the win via submission. Congrats to Novaes on winning the championship, as well as to his coach Rodrigo...
Combat USA: Jonatas Novaes vs. Ryan Thomas
FLO MMA and Team Brasa’s Jonatas Novaes will be fighting Sherron “Rob Roy” Leggett in the Combat USA Illinois and Wisconsin season finals. The fight is for the 155lb. title, and it takes place in Green Bay this Thursday. You can watch the fights on Combat USA’s Facebook page. To get to the finals, Novaes …...
Combat USA Finals: Illinois vs. Wisconsin, July 21st
The Combat USA finals between Illinois and Wisconsin were pushed back to Thursday, July 21st, but the card is still worth taking the drive up to Green Bay to check it out. 145: David Sachs vs. Josh Sterry 155: Jonatas Novaes vs. Sherron “Rob Roy” Leggett 170: Neil Magny vs. Andrew Trace 185: Louis Taylor …...
JONATAS NOVAES: ILLINOIS STATE CHAMP
Congrats to FLO MMA’s Jonatas Novaes for becoming the Illinois state champion in the 155 lb. division of the Combat USA Fighting Championship. Novaes defeated American Top Team and former UFC vet Ryan Thomas via armbar at 4:08 of the first round to take the title. Now, Novaes will fight Sherron Leggett on June 16th …...
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