“The Gorilla” Grabs Submission of the Year

SALEM, N.H. – Jake "The Gorilla" Pilla's (Billerica, Mass) brilliant first round submission of Paulo Alves De Sousa at Combat Zone 48 was the overwhelming favorite for Submission of the Year.

Although “The Gorilla” was facing arguably his toughest opponent to date, he needed only 43 seconds to finish De Sousa and claim CZ’s Amateur Featherweight title . After starting the fight with a hard kick that knocked his opponent back into the cage, Pilla was able to record multiple take downs until he got him into a deep choke. De Sousa refused to tap and the fight was stopped when referee John English noticed he was unconscious. In winning that battle, Pilla improved his record to 3-0 and DeSousa, who also came into the fight undefeated, fell to 2-1.

Pilla is currently training for his upcoming title defense on January 30 at CZ 52, where he will take on Danny Abad in the main event of the evening.

2014 COMBAT ZONE SUBMISSION OF THE YEAR RESULTS

Voting calculated with front office votes accounting for 67% and the fan vote accounting for 33%. Jake Pilla over Paulo Alves De Sousa – 73.40%

Lucas Cruz over Jeff Anderson – 14.72%

Dave Spero over Sean Seaberg – 4.29%

Mike Scappichio over Corey Cohen – 3.63%

Dylan Lockard over Josh Harvey – 2.31%

Pete San Antonio over Ricky Sylvester – 1.65%

Stay current on all Combat Zone topics at CZMMA.com and social media Facebook.com/CZMMA, youtube.com/combatzonemma, and Twitter/Instagram @combatzonemma. For tickets, go to CZMMA.com or call (978) 361-6772.