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Marcio Cruz

  • Full Name:
    Marcio Cruz
  • Record:
    5-2-0
  • Weight:
    232 lbs
  • Association:
    Gracie Barra Combat Team
  • City:
    Rio de Janeiro
  • Country:
    Brazil

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Marcio Cruz Versus Sergei Kharitonov in Abu Dhabi

A heavyweight matchup between former top ten PRIDE heavyweight Sergei Kharitonov (16-4) and UFC veteran "Pe De Pano" Marcio Cruz (6-2) is set for the Abu Dhabi Fighting Championship May 14, according to Tatame.
Kharitonov is coming off a submission loss to "Snowman" Jeff Monson (33-9) at DREAM.8 in Nagoya in April 2009.
Cruz tapped Dave Yost (6-2) in a rear naked choke at Art of Fighting 7 in Tampa April 3.
The event comes right on the heels of UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi last Saturday, giving an encouraging sign that Abu Dhabi could become a reliable and profitable MMA destination from now on.
A heavyweight matchup between former top ten PRIDE heavyweight Sergei Kharitonov (16-4) and UFC veteran "Pe De Pano" Marcio Cruz (6-2) is set for the Abu Dhabi Fighting Championship May 14, according to Tatame. ...

Regardless who wins the middlweight matchup at UFC 102 in Portland Saturday, Demian Maia (10-0) and "Great" Nate Marquardt (28-8-2) might get a second shot at each other 25-27 September at the Abu Dhabi Combat Club Submission Fighting World Championships 2009 in Barcelona.

Both UFC title contenders will compete in the -87.9kg division, along with "Toquinho" Rousimar Palhares (11-3). Sengoku judoka Kazuhiro Nakamura (13-9) and DREAM welterweight Andre Galvao (3-0).

UFC welterweight champ "Rush" Georges St. Pierre (19-2) will compete in the -76.9kg division, along with the UFC's "Zenko" Yoshiyuki Yoshida (11-3), Japanese free agent "K-Taro" Keita Nakamura (15-4-2), and Brazilian free agent "Uirapuru" Marcelo Azevedo (3-5).
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Fighters.com's eighth-ranked middleweight “Grabaka Hitman” Kazuo Misaki (20-8-2) shot it out on his feet with "Pink Pounder" Logan Clark (11-2) for a unanimous decision at Sengoku Third Battle in Saitama, north of Tokyo, Sunday night. Misaki successfully countered Clark's aggressive stand-up for the "W". Ninth-ranked welterweight “The Goat” Nick Thompson (36-9-1) survived a "Maicon" Michael Costa (9-4) hook that detonated in the second round, leaving "The Goat" on the mat, to tap Costa at 4:13 of the round in a Kimura. YAMMA Pit Fighting Heayweight Champion "Diesel" Travis Wiuff (53-11) cemented his return to being taken seriously with a first-round knockout of "Ironhead" Kazuyuki Fujita (15-7) at 1:24, a feet never previously achieved. In the night's main event, heavyweight Hidehiko Yoshida (8-6-1) ended a three-loss streak by tapping 46-year old kickboxer "Mo" Maurice Smith (12-13) in a neck crank at 2:23 of round one. Sanae Kikuta (27-6-3) finished off Englishman Chris Rice (12-6), who entered the ring costumed as the Grim Reaper, in a first-round armbar at 3:54. "Pe de Pano" Marcio Cruz (4-2) also tapped Korean heavyweight Mu Bae Choi (7-3) in a rear naked choke at 4:37 of round one. Brazilian lightweight Rodrigo Damm (8-1) called out second-ranked lightweight "Fireball Kid" Takanori Gomi (28-3) after the referee ended "Gamebred" Jorge Masvidal's (13-3) night, controversially calling the fight at 4:38 of round two while Masvidal was recovering from a punch that dropped the brawler. Middleweight Fabio Silva (10-4) knocked out Yoshiki Takahashi (28-23-3) with a knee at :24 of round two. ...

Thompson to Fight Costa at Sengoku III

Fighters.com's ninth-ranked welterweight "The Goat" Nick Thompson (35-9-1) has been matched versus unheralded Michael Costa (5-2) at Sengoku III on 8 June according to the promotion's official website. Costa has won four fights by stoppage and one by decision and comes in on a two-knockout streak. "The Goat" hasn't lost in two years, piling up ten stoppages and, most recently, a unanimous decision over "Pitbull" Fabricio Monteiro (16-7) at Sengoku I in March. Other fighters who may get ring time at the event include former PRIDE heavyweights Hidehiko Yoshida (7-6-1) and "Ironhead" Kazuyuki Fujita (15-6), former UFC heavyweight "Pe De Pano" Marcio Cruz (3-2), Chute Box middleweight Fabio Silva (9-4), and Brazilian lightweight Rodrigo Damm (7-1). ...