Found January 14, 2012 on MMASucka: Yardbarker Blogger Network
Garbiel Gonzaga had seemingly fallen from grace, following his memorable jaw-dropping head kick defeat of the Croatian sensation Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic he has tough and go, during the remainder of his stay in the UFC he went 5-3 losing to any high-end challenger. After almost eighteen months away from the octagon and a lone victory outside of the UFC he made his return with pundits counting him out against Junior Dos Santos’ training partner Ednaldo Oliveira who was unbeaten in his professional career with eight knockouts to his name. After a few slow opening minutes Gonzaga slammed his fellow countrymen to the mat and after avoiding some knees of fury by the talented striker he leapt onto the back of his opponent and sunk in a rear-naked-choke that forced him to submit. To the pleasure of everyone in attendance “Napao” Gonzaga made a great return making quick work of a hot prospect, unfortunately for us his chest hair came back with him. Here’s what the combatants had to s...
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