Overview

• Brazil’s National Boxing Council suspended Wanderlei Silva and Acelino ‘Popó’ Freitas for 180 days over the Spaten Fight Night 2 melee.
• Silva’s coach Andre Dida received a 365‑day ban, while Luis Claudio Freitas and Iago Gutierrez Freitas were suspended 180 days and Lucas Pontes da Silva 90 days.
• Rafael Freitas, who knocked Silva unconscious during the brawl, was not formally sanctioned due to being unlicensed, though the CNB will recommend an indefinite ban.
• Silva says he suffered fractures to both orbital bones and multiple nasal breaks and plans criminal and civil action against Rafael Freitas.
• Other commissions in Brazil may mirror the CNB penalties, and Rafael Freitas has told Globo he acted in defense of his father and brothers during the chaos.