When is Felipe Froes going to finally get to defend his Shooto Brazil featherweight title?
Inside Rio de Janeiro's Hebrew Sports and Social Club on Sunday, the 24-year-old Froes picked up his sixth straight win in the Shooto Brazil 63 main event, dominating Marcos Vinicius Costa Silva from bell-to-bell en route to a trio of 30-27 scorecards. The fight was originally conceived as a contest for Froes' 145-pound strap, but Costa Silva weighed in at 146.1 pounds, necessitating the non-title bout.
It has been a familiar circumstance for Froes: After defeating Thiago Silva for the vacant featherweight title at Shooto Brazil 54 a year ago, the newly crowned champ saw his first slated title defense fall apart in December when opponent Reginaldo Corvao came in 11 pounds overweight.