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The fight in the style of MMA , broadcast on social networks, became in a sensation in Brazil, not because it was a broadcast with the champions of the UFC , but because the protagonists were two political rivals in Brazil
It was a mixed martial arts (MMA) fight between the mayor of Borba, Simao Peixoto, and former councilor Erineu Alves da Silva, where they sought to take their rivalry to another level.
According to local media, the lawsuit between the two politicians began in September, when Alves gave Silva published a video calling the mayor “scoundrel” and “shameless” for faults in the conservation of the city’s spa and threatened to beat him up. In response, Peixoto challenged the opposition politician to settle their differences in the ring.
As expected, given the rivalry between the two politicians, no proposals to make the controversial meeting a reality, which was organized last December 13 took a long time to rain down.
According local media, the dispute arranged to three rounds caused a furor, to the extent that tickets reached a cost of $ 17.5 dollars.
Thus, the gymnasium of a local school was transformed into a ring in the style of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the most important mixed martial arts company in the world and organizer of events in the United States, Japan, Brazil and the United Kingdom. Kingdom.
In the lawsuit, Peixoto, of 39 years, he quickly made his opponent fall, of 45 years. The former councilman recovered and gave the mayor several blows and kicks until he limped for several minutes.
Although the politicians beat themselves to death, the The fight was won by Mayor Peixoto by “points”, which left viewers and those who followed the broadcast on social networks, with a taste of revenge, which so far has not materialized.
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