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PFL’s Bruno Henrique Cappelozza Fell in Love with MMA After Watching Pride

If it wasn’t for Pride Fighting Championships, Bruno Henrique Cappelozza might have never taken up mixed martial arts. Cappelozza (15-5, 5-0 PFL) was barely 18 when he saw Wanderlei Silva, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Mauricio Rua, Quinton Jackson, and many other legendary fighters putting on epic battles in Japan. That is when he decided that MMA was his life, adopting the four-ounce gloves after a few years in muay Thai. While the Corinthians MMA representative never had the chance to participate in a Pride contest, he achieved his dream of fighting in Japan by locking horns with Jiri Prochazka at Rizin 11. Now, the Brazilian is competing under the Professional Fighters League banner, where he scored five consecutive victories and captured last year’s championship. Cappelozza will return to action as he faces Matheus Scheffel at the upcoming PFL 5 on June 24.



(00:00) Intro
(00:31) Enjoying Atlanta
(00:50) His camp and sparring partners
(01:49) His corner
(02:22) Competing often during the year
(03:20) Stopping Stuart Austin
(03:55) Looking to finish Scheffel
(04:40) Taking up mixed martial arts
(05:43) His favorite Pride fighters
(06:08) Watching Pride
(06:59) Commenting on Jiri Prochazka vs. Glover Teixeira
(08:00) Discussing Prochazka’s finish of Teixeira
(08:49) Hoping to vindicate the loss he suffered against Prochazka
(09:35) Outro

Tudor Leonte started writing about mixed martial arts in 2013 for Italian media outlets. His journey with Sherdog began in 2018 and he now covers One Championship and countless European shows. You can follow him on Twitter @MrTudorLeonte.



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