Wanderlei Silva breaks nose in post-fight brawl

Wanderlei Silva, 1 of the astir fashionable figures of aboriginal mixed martial arts, received attraction astatine a infirmary connected Saturday, aft helium was knocked retired successful the aftermath of an accumulation boxing lucifer successful Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Silva, 49, was disqualified successful the 4th circular for throwing amerciable headbutts against 50-year-old Acelino Freitas. Immediately aft the bout, members of some fighter's camps entered the ringing and started an disfigured post-fight brawl. During the scuffle, Silva got deed with a close manus and crumpled violently to the floor. Brazilian media has identified Silva's attacker arsenic Freitas' son, Rafael Fritas.

Silva's cornerman and erstwhile UFC champion Fabricio Werdum aboriginal posted connected societal media that Silva suffered a fractured chemoreceptor from the punch and besides received facial stitches. He was released pursuing treatment.

"The images don't lie," Werdum said successful Portuguese connected societal media. "It was truthful evil for that feline to punch Wanderlei. He punched the backmost of the caput of Wanderlei. I don't cognize if it landed clean, but it could person been thing precise serious."

Freitas, a erstwhile boxing champion, blamed Silva's country for the brawl -- namely Werdum, who threw a bid of punches astatine Freitas and different members of his squad earlier Silva got knocked out.

"When the combat ended, the referee disqualified Wanderlei for the 3 headbutts, his manager went aft maine and punched me," Freitas said connected societal media. "Wanderlei, the combat was betwixt you and maine and had thing to bash with the team. If you headbutted me, cool, I don't care. But unfortunately, Werdum cowardly entered the ringing with your lad and went each implicit everybody. And I saw that idiosyncratic besides punched you."

Neither the Brazilian National Boxing Council nor the promotion, Spaten Fight Night, announced immoderate contiguous discipline. In a statement, Spaten Fight Night said the events did not correspond its values of "sportsmanship and respect to the rules."

The boxing lucifer was Silva's archetypal since helium retired from MMA successful 2018. He was expected to look chap Brazilian MMA fable Vitor Belfort, but Belfort withdrew and was replaced by Freitas connected little than 1 month's notice. The bout was scheduled for 8 rounds. Silva weighed-in 44 pounds heavier than Freitas for the exhibition.