Silva v Sanmartino

      This past Saturday, April 12th, a packed house of around 2,000 spectators witnessed the best Muay Thai show ever held in Brazil, and more than that witnessed all the drama fighting sports can provide. Those lucky spectators could watch some of the best Muay Thai Brazil can offer in the always astonishing venue of Opera de Arame, located on the middle of a small forest in the city of Curitiba, under a well done production with big screens showing the fights, lighting effects, fighter entrances, brutal knockouts, courageous comebacks, bloody fighters and a glimpse of pure art inside the ring, courtesy of the one and only Anderson Silva.

      In by far the most impressive display of technique, the cold Curitibian PRIDE veteran Anderson Silva needed little less than a round to prove his is way ahead his opposition in terms of technique and skills in what comes to stand up fighting.

Nunes v Pelezinho

Using amazing leg movement and more than precise strikes, the Chute Boxe stand out made a talented, and back then undefeated, fighter in Tadeu Sanmartino look like a fool in the ring. As simple as that, scoring three knockdowns at will, not wasting a single strike and displaying from high-kicks to punching-combos. There’s only one word to define Anderson’s technique: magnificent! On the other four single bouts presented at the card, one of the stand outs was IVC veteran Artur Mariano’s student Emerson Nunes, who simply overwhelmed Chute Boxe STORM veteran Fabio Pelezinho with punching and kicking combinations, despite the smaller reach, to putting him on the floor three times still in the 1st round. Chute Boxe Muay Thai stand out Marlon Matias once again showed good technique in his decision win over Paulo Carvalho, controlling most of the fight despite a lack of cardio on his part, while his teammate Fabio Tigrao proved to be very strong and with a sharp game to score a knockout victory over Alex.

Avila v Drago