Renato Sobral looking to get back on top
Since his last UFC victory, which came almost one year ago, Renato “Babalu” Sobral has seen his career slip on a downward slide. He was unwelcome back to the UFC after choking out David Heath at UFC 74. But it wasn’t the choking out part that the UFC minded, it was the part where Babalu refused to release the anaconda choke even after Heath had submitted.
The end result rendered Heath unconscious and drew a fine as well as an unpleasant reception from the mma community. Since that time, Sobral has had only one fight while a couple of others were last minute cancellations.
Nevertheless, Sobral will finally get his chance to make good on all the negative publicity that has followed him over the past year. This Saturday, he will take on Mike Whitehead at Affliction: Banned. The fight presents an interesting twist in that Sobral, a submission artist, has not won a bout with the use of strikes in over eight years. Whitehead, on the other hand, has never been submitted. Yahoo Sports dives deeper into the world of Babulu.
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