Pride veteran Zuluzinho featured in the main event of AMC Fight Nights 114 last night in Minsk, Belarus. The Brazilian heavyweight was taking on local favourite Petr Romankevich. And it seemed like Zuluzinho was about to score a big win when something bizarre happened.
The hefty Zuluzinho (who has slimmed down since the early 2000s) had managed to trap Romankevich underneath him late in round one. From full mount, which Romankevich seemed to have zero chance of escaping, Zuluzinho patiently set-up an americana on his opponent’s left arm.
With Zuluzinho set to crank the arm, which surely would have forced either a tap or snap (and then a win), the referee broke up the action and ordered both fighters to their feet.