Wilian Poles entered the cage Saturday night time to face Daniel Alves—however his opponent by no means confirmed up.
Scheduled for a light-weight bout at BSB Combat in Brasilia, Brazil, Poles walked to the cage and instructed fee officers there can be no struggle, however they nonetheless utilized Vaseline on his face and did the traditional pre-fight routine. Seconds later, BSB Combat promoter Roger Vieira, who additionally occurs to be Alves’ coach, introduced on the microphone in the course of the occasion that Alves was nowhere to be discovered.
“I’m very upset with this example,” Vieira mentioned Saturday night time. “Wilian ‘Samurai’ got here from the South [of Brazil] to struggle, he was going to struggle an athlete from my health club, and the athlete disappeared. He merely didn’t come, doesn’t reply the telephone, doesn’t reply texts. He was paid and didn’t present up.”
A pissed off Poles then had his flip to vent.
“I’ve crossed 5 states to beat this man, and the place is he?” Poles mentioned. “That is bullshit, man. I lower 26 kilos in two weeks, 11 kilos on the final day, and this man just isn’t right here.”
Vieira instructed MMA Preventing on Tuesday that the final time he heard from Alves was 5 hours earlier than the occasion began. In line with the coach/promoter, Alves allegedly went to again his mom’s home and is feeling “embarrassed” with the entire scenario.
Alves is 8-3 with one no-contest in MMA, in line with record-keeping web site Tapology, and Vieira mentioned, “it’s not the primary time he’s carried out this.”
“He as soon as mentioned he wasn’t feeling properly throughout struggle week, and I used to be in a position to exchange him, and one other time he mentioned he wasn’t OK after the weigh-ins,” Vieira mentioned. “This time he hasn’t given explanations.”
Alves didn’t instantly reply to messages when contacted for this story.
Poles was paid his present and win cash, Vieira mentioned. Alves acquired half his present cash up entrance, R$ 500 (approx. $90 USD), and would obtain $90 after the bout — plus $180 if victorious.
The referee raised Poles’ hand after the weird scenario and mentioned he would attempt to embrace “a knockout or a submission” on his official file for the walkover, “so he leaves victorious and never harmed from this.” Vieira mentioned that’s the hope though it’s unlikely.
