Filho wins at HW, Ishii goes crazy

http://mmajunkie.com/news/19438/weekend-mma-recap-filho-wins-at-heavyweight-ishii-dqd-krazy-horse-loses.mma
At this past Friday's Memorial Fight Qualifying event in his native Brazil, Filho dominated MMA newcomer Danier Gabriel and eventually forced a first-round stoppage due to strikes. Filho (20-1) inflicted the most damage after scoring a takedown and taking the fight to mat, where a barrage of punches from the mount position prompted Gabriel to tap out midway through the first round.

The former WEC middleweight champion, who previously struggled with depression and chemical-dependency issues, has now won four consecutive fights since his bizarre loss to Chael Sonnen at WEC 36 in late 2008. Although he had competed at light heavyweight in recent fights, this latest appearance was Filho's first at heavyweight.

He's expected to fight again next month with the upstart Impact FC organization in Australia.

Meanwhile, in his second fight in less than a month, 2008 Olympic judo gold medalist Ishii met Hawaiian Myles Tynanes in an exhibition bout at this past Friday's X-1 "Nations Collide" event in Honolulu.

Ishii scored a quick knockdown and spent the remainder of the round beating on his opponent in a rather lopsided affair. But as the ref intervened and as the bell sounded, the Japanese fighter continued striking his opponent – even as the referee continually tried to peal him off.

Although initially declared a disqualification, Ishii instead was tagged with a no-contest. According to the Japanese-MMA site nightmareofbattle.com, X-1 promoters overturned the DQ because they determined the referee acted too slowly to stop the fight.

Yo ninja is Filho still ranked in any weight class for you?

Filho must be one short hwy. he had average height at 185.

20-1 though. that's pretty good.

is there a video of this?

captain organic wrote:

Filho must be one short hwy. he had average height at 185.

20-1 though. that's pretty good.

He prolly looks like a dark Monson. lol

josh200612 wrote:

is there a video of this?

I'm interested in video of both Filho and Ishii.