Wanderlei Silva disqualified and knocked out in boxing debut

Brazilian fable Wanderlei Silva volition not retrieve his debut successful nonrecreational boxing fondly. His archetypal lucifer successful Sao Paulo ended successful implicit chaos - a disqualification, and past a shocking knockout successful a monolithic brawl.

The MMA legend, known arsenic "The Ax Murderer" and erstwhile hostile of Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović, faced Brazilian boxing large Acelina "Popó" Freitas successful the main lawsuit of Spaten Fight Night 2. Although Silva weighed astir 23 kilograms much than his rival, the quality successful acquisition and method was obvious. He tried to predominate with powerfulness and aggression, but Freitas punished him with precise shots.

Already successful the archetypal round, Silva was earnestly shaken, and successful the 2nd helium received cleanable blows again. The 3rd circular got wholly retired of power – Silva ran implicit Freitas and pushed him to the floor, but the referee did not admit the knockdown. As the circular progressed, determination was a implicit chaos, with punches flying adjacent aft the bell.

Fourth round

The climax was melodramatic successful the 4th round. Wanderlei landed 2 headbutts, mislaid points, and past took a almighty near hook. After different foul, the referee took distant his 3rd constituent and disqualified him.

Then the country exploded – members of some camps ran into the ring. Silva was flanked by Fabricio Werdum and Andre Dida, portion Freitas’ men defended their corner. The monolithic brawl culminated erstwhile Silva, successful the midst of a jostling, was knocked retired by a tuxedo-clad subordinate of Freitas’s team.

Rather than his archetypal introduction into the boxing ringing being marked by a historical comeback, Wanderlei Silva’s debut volition spell down arsenic 1 of the astir arguable and infamous episodes of his career.

There is simply a batch of absorption via societal media, and astir of them are amazed by this outcome, stressing that nary 1 expected specified a scenario. However, erstwhile you're successful the satellite of martial arts, there's a batch that comes naturally.