APART ROCK IN RIO APARTMENT: 75896004 (COPA)

FLU BEATS CORINTHIANS ! UP TO 5TH PLACE

FLUMINENSE IS IMPROVING ....BEAT THE LEADER CORINTHIANS BY 1-0 AT ENGENHAO STADIUM;......FRED SCORED WITH A LUCKY FREE KICK (SEE HERE).

VASCO DA GAMA DREW 1-1 WITH FIGUEIRENSE,,,,,,,BOTAFOGO WENT DOWN 5-0 TO CORITIBA AND FLAMENGO ALSO LOST 1-2 (AGAINST AT.PARANA) ..FLA IS IN A CRISIS...LUXEMBURGO MAY GO !

Vasco da Gama wins! Great goal by Juninho Pernambucano!

VASCO DA GAMA WINS...SEE JUNINHO´S GREAT FREE KICK GOAL...NOW VASCO IS IN THIRD PLACE OF THE BRASILERAO...FLAMENGO LOST 2-1 TO CORINTHIANS....GOES DOWN TO 5TH PLACE ......BOTAFOGO IS IN 4TH PLACE...FLUMINENSE IN 6TH PLACE......TEAMS FROM RIO ARE DOING WELL................

RIO ROCKS AT UFC 134 !!

WHAT A NIGHT IT WAS ON AUGUST 27....THE BRAZILIAN FIGHTERS WON NEARLY ALL THEIR BOUTS (7-1). SOME RESULTS BELOW:



1) ANDERSON SILVA DEFEATED YUSHIN OKAMI BY TKO (2nd round). THE "SPIDER" WAS CLEARLY SUPERIOR. Maybe the best fighter of all time?

2) Antonio "Minotauro" Nogueira surprised everybody as he beat Brendan Schaub by K.O. Minotauro´s last fight had been 18 months ago, while Brendan had shown great form in his previous fights.

3) Mauricio "Shogun" Rua defeated Forrest Griffin by K.O .


4) Edson Barboza dftd Ross Pearson .

5) Thiago Tavares dftd Spencer Fisher.

Flamengo draws 2-2 with Internacional: goes down to 2nd place

Ronaldinho scored another great free kick but even so Flamengo went down to second place in the points table. The fans are very angry with Deivid that missed a clear goal,the striker coould not head in the ball from close range after a fantastic cross by Ronaldinho.

UFC RIO 134: BRAZIL CHALLENGES THE REST OF THE WORLD !

ALL IS READY FOR UFC MMA EVENT ON AUGUST 27, 2011:

VENUE : HSBC ARENA, RIO DE JANEIRO .

FIGHT CARD:

1) ANDERSON "SPIDER" SILVA VS. YUSHIN OKAMI (JAPAN)

2) MAURICIO "SHOGUN" RUAS VS. FORREST GRIFFIN (USA)

3) RODRIGO "MINOTAURO" NOGUEIRA VS BRENDAN SCHAUB (USA)

4) MIKE "QUICK" SWICK VS ERIC SILVA (BRAZIL)

5) YVES JABOUIN (CANADA) VS IAN LOVELAND (USA)

FLAMENGO CONTINUES FIRST IN BRAZILIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

YET AGAIN RONALDINHO HELPS FLAMENGO !

Another good performance by R10, he did not score but made the passes for Deivid to score twice against Figuerense. The match ended 2-2 and Flamengo shares the lead with Corinthians at 34 points. See the goals at this link :

Also we are getting near to UFC Rio on August 27. REDETV (CHANNEL 6) will broadcast the event live to all of Brazil. Anderson "Spider" Silva, Vitor Belfort and José Aldo have been confirmed to combat on the night, also there has been a change in the fixture: Rousimar "Toquinho" Palhares will now fight against Dean Miller of the USA.