Bellator hires Augusto Sakai, another heavyweight Brazilian

Bellator's second largest MMA event in the world, continues to invest in Brazilian athletes. This time, the organization has signed with the American curitibano Augusto Sakai. The athlete, just 19 years old, possessed only three fights on his record, winning all by knockout.

The young promise of 1,98 m and 116kg, the fight between heavyweight category where we already compete Brazilians Thiago Vinicius Spartan and Big Monster, who are in the semifinals of the tournament of the season.

"He still has no date for release, but must fight this year. As he is a young athlete, I asked him to do Bellator three to four fights before debuting married in GP. I want to make him the heavyweight champion of the event, "said the manager Marcelo Brigadeiro, owner of Prime Fighters, who this week also signed a contract for the veteran Sergio Junior in the organization.

http://www.tatame.com.br/bellator-contrata-augusto-sakai-mais-um-peso-pesado-brasileiro/

Bellator getting better and better all the time. I love how they scout talent from around the world. Almost Pridesque.

Interesting, hopefully they feed him some total cans his first two fights then give him people like Abe Wagner and Azunna Anyanwu

nodogoshi wrote:Bellator getting better and better all the time. I love how they scout talent from around the world. Almost Pridesque.

Yeah Bellator seems to have the best talent scouts in the business. I´m pretty sure they also lurk here at G-MMA to find out what upcoming fighters to sign.