IFL Finals: Silverbacks Part 1

The Pitbulls' Heleno (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) began things with a welterweight victory over Jake Ellenberger (Omaha, Neb.), who was filling in for injured Rory Markham for the Silverbacks. In an entertaining battle, Heleno and Ellenberger traded blows and submission attempts before Heleno got the last word, catching his Silverbacks opponent in an armbar to give the New Yorkers a 1-0 lead. Pitbulls lightweight Taurosevicius (New York) scored a surprise second-round submission victory, also by armbar, over Bart Palaszewski (Wonder Lake, Ill.) to double his team's advantage to 2-0. Heavyweights Ben Rothwell (Milwaukee, Wis.) of the Silverbacks and former UFC champion Ricco Rodriguez (Staten Island, N.Y.) of the Pitbulls slugged it out for three rounds in another exciting battle, with Rothwell winning the unanimous decision to shave the Silverbacks' deficit to 2-1. Middleweight Ryan McGivern (Bettendorf, Iowa) evened things at two wins apiece with a convincing second-round TKO over Fabio Leopoldo (Sao Paulo, Brazil), setting the stage for the winner-take-all light heavyweight bout. Gusmao (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) came out swinging from the bell, landing a series of nearly uncontested blows against Mike Ciesnolevicz (Williamstown, Pa.) before the referee stopped the bout less than a minute into the first round.

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[eventura9]

palaszewski is so full of shit. be a man and admit that you were beat fair and square by a better opponent in taurosevicius

[Muzonasxxx]

I think Taurosevicius is next big thing in MMA, can go to UFC, if he defeat Schultz for Title IFL

[akuonye]

lol

[TheClips]

Well holy shit, son! How about 48 seconds then? I'm sorry that I couldn't give you EXACT coordinates by which to enjoy the only armbar within the entire video

[akuonye]

nothing hahppened ay 50 sec u idiot

[Xcaipas]

go go !!

karkar

[cbtrn]

Taurosevicius is my grappling coach. He is really cool.

[TheClips]

That arm bar at 50 seconds is straight brutal! Gracie Jiu Jitsu at its finest!