Tonight the co-main event of Jungle Fight 82 in Sao Paulo, Brazil saw Bruno Cappelozza (6-3) take on the undefeated Sandro Bezerra (6-0) for the vacant Jungle Fight heavyweight title. After winning by (T)KO, it was confirmed by Nobuyuki Sakakibara on Twitter that Cappelozza punched his ticket to Japan with the win.
Bruno Cappelozza won Jungle Fight Heavy weight Title AND his ticket to Japan by KO! #rizinff #mmajp #junglefight pic.twitter.com/93n4JJqaez
— NOBUYUKI SAKAKIBARA (@nobu_sakakibara) October 25, 2015
The partnership between Rizin and Jungle Fight will feature more cross-over though, as it is expected that at least two Jungle Fight champions will fight on one of the two Rizin events in Japan to close out 2015.