Minotauro's interview before his fight with Bob Sapp, for those who don't know in Brazil (minotauro's country) 171 is the code for estelionate or scamming in general, coincidentally this was the same number referring to Bob Sapp's weight on that fight, in kilograms.
By that time Bob was a force to be feared, he was a massive roided monster had beaten the at the at time greatest kickboser in the world, Enersto Hoost in K1 twice in a dominate fashion, and was undefeated in MMA with two wins via knockout. His combined record on that year as 5-1.
His opponent on the other hand was a way more experienced fighter, with an MMA record of 16-1-1 at the time (not counting his BJJ or Judo bouts) with wins over Mark Coleman, Gary Goodridge, Valentijin Overeem, Jeremy Horn and Heath Hearing. But also way smaller, weighting only 110 kilos.
The fight started as one would one expect from a difference of 60 kilos and tons of steroids by one fighter in relation to the other. Minotauro got slammed over and over, thrown around, punched like a heavy bag... But by the end of the second round, the near dead BJJ black belt meneged to pull up a armbar out of his ass an thus won the fight against bob, fucking with the behemoth career forever, who after that fight would never get anything near the dominance that he had over a competent fighter.
By that time Bob was a force to be feared, he was a massive roided monster had beaten the at the at time greatest kickboser in the world, Enersto Hoost in K1 twice in a dominate fashion, and was undefeated in MMA with two wins via knockout. His combined record on that year as 5-1.
His opponent on the other hand was a way more experienced fighter, with an MMA record of 16-1-1 at the time (not counting his BJJ or Judo bouts) with wins over Mark Coleman, Gary Goodridge, Valentijin Overeem, Jeremy Horn and Heath Hearing. But also way smaller, weighting only 110 kilos.
The fight started as one would one expect from a difference of 60 kilos and tons of steroids by one fighter in relation to the other. Minotauro got slammed over and over, thrown around, punched like a heavy bag... But by the end of the second round, the near dead BJJ black belt meneged to pull up a armbar out of his ass an thus won the fight against bob, fucking with the behemoth career forever, who after that fight would never get anything near the dominance that he had over a competent fighter.