Highly touted top middleweight prospect Gesias “JZ" Calvancanti continued winning in impressive fashion with another exciting performance; this time against Andre Dada. The two Brazilians went toe-to-toe at the beginning of the first round with Dada seeming to get the better of the exchanges until JZ took Dada down and quickly submitted him by armbar. This is the second year in a row that JZ has won the K1 Hero's middleweight tournament.
Kazushi Sakuraba, Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto, and Sergei Kharitonov were also victorious.
Here are the quick results for the K-1 Hero’s Middleweight Tournament Championship courtesy of MMA Weekly:
-Gesias "JZ" Calvancanti def. Andre Dida by Submission (Armbar) at 4:48, R1
-Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto def. Bibiano Fernandes by Unanimous Decision
-Kazushi Sakuraba def. Katsuyori Shibata by Submission (Armbar) at 6:20, R1
-Sergei Kharitonov def. Alistair Overeem by TKO (Strikes) at 4:21, R1
-Melvin Manhoef def. Fabio Silva by TKO (Strikes) at 1:00, R1
-Dong Sik Yoon def. Zelg Galesic by Submission (Armbar) at 1:29, R1
-Ikuhisa Minowa def. Kevin Casey by TKO (Strikes) at 0:42, R2
-Gesias “JZ” Calvancanti def. Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro by TKO (Strikes) at 0:35, R1
-Andre Dida def. Caol Uno by Unanimous Decision
-Kazuyuki Miyata def. Harvey Harra by Submission (Armbar) at 1:13, R1
-Takenori Sato def. Kenji Nagai by Submission (Armbar) at 2:40, R1