Overview

• Brazil’s National Boxing Council suspended Wanderlei Silva and Acelino “Popó” Freitas for 180 days over the Spaten Fight Night 2 melee in São Paulo.
• Silva was disqualified during the exhibition for repeated illegal blows, including headbutts, moments before the ring filled with opposing teams.
• Coach Andre Dida received a 365-day ban, with Luis Claudio Freitas and Iago Gutierrez Freitas suspended 180 days and Lucas Pontes da Silva 90 days.
• Rafael Freitas, who knocked Silva unconscious in the fracas, was not sanctioned due to lack of licensure, though the CNB will recommend an indefinite ban from boxing events.
• Wanderlei Silva says he suffered two fractured orbital bones and a broken nose and will pursue criminal action, while the CNB has notified other commissions and questions over event security persist.