Felipe Froes Rolls, Mario Sartori Flaunts Body Punching at Shooto Brazil 63

When is Felipe Froes going to finally get to defend his Shooto Brazil featherweight title? Inside Rio de Janeiro’s Hebrew Sports and Social Club on Sunday, the 24-year-old Froes picked up his sixth straight win in the Shooto Brazil 63 main event, dominating Marcos Vinicius Costa Silva from bell-to-bell en route to a trio of 30-27 scorecards. The fight was originally conceived as a contest for Froes’ 145-pound strap, but Costa Silva weighed in at 146.1 pounds, necessitating the non-title bout. It has been a familiar circumstance for Froes: After defeating Thiago Silva for the vacant featherweight title at Shooto Brazil 54 a year ago, the newly crowned champ saw his first slated title defense fall apart in December when opponent Reginaldo Corvao came in 11 pounds overweight. Nonetheless, Froes knocked out Corvao 3:27 into their fight at Shooto Brazil 60. On this occasion, Froes was unable to get the stoppage, but he dominated “Imperador” every step of the way. The Nova Uniao rep had his man’s back for almost the entire first round, threatening with rear-naked chokes throughout. In the second frame, the Ananindeua, Para, native kept the bout standing, tagging Costa Silva with long kicks and precise, straight punches. The final round …

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