Lucas Hulk Barbosa Hands Jimenez First Submission Loss at Fight to Win 137
In an absolute barn burner, no.2-ranked medium heavyweight Lucas “Hulk” Barbosa took on no.6 pound-for-pound ranked black belt Roberto Jimenez. New to the black belt division, Roberto Jimenez has taken it by storm, undaunted by the level of competition with wins over some of the biggest names, like Keenan Cornelius and even submitting Felipe Andrew. While guys like Cornelius and Andrew have more similar games to Jimenez (relying on length, leverage, and dexterity in their guards) the match with “The Hulk” posed a different type of challenge, stylistically, for the new black belt, notorious not only for soul-crushing power and pressure, but an ability to go into deep waters, escape and come back on top.
Mar 8, 2020, Pro
