UNION TEAM victorious at AFRICA U.F.A.
July 12, 2005.
Carnival City Arena
Johannesburg, South Africa
I'm back home after two weeks of MMA events in South Africa and Brazil (Rio de Janeiro). I went to South Africa with three of my MMA fighters, plus one from the Nova Uniao Team, of Rio de Janeiro. Two of my fighters won ( an intercontinental title and a World Middle weight UFA title), one by submission and the other by KO, both at the first round. The event was a great success and it seems that the promoters are very interested to improve the level of the fights, due to the financial support of the investors.
UNION TEAM COACH - Ricardo Murgel
UFA Africa Middle Weight World Championship bout
Itamar Rosa (Union Team) vs. Xavier Foupa-Pokam
Itamar - winner by KO, round 1
UFA Africa Intercontinental Light Heavy Weight Championship bout
Valdir Linhares (Union Team) vs. Wiehahn Lesch
Valdir wins by submission, round 1
UFA Africa Intercontinental Light Weight Champion bout
Giovani Diniz (TEAM NOBRE ARTE e NOVA UNIÃO) x Olivier Elizabeth
Giovani wins by decision
Master Murgel will be visiting the United States in late August to conduct his annual series of MMA and BJJ seminars. Interested parties should contact sportmasters@msn.com for details
W. Hendricks
Pancrase USA
303-589-3394
www.Pancrase.US





