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 Battle in Brasilia, Brazil, Poles walked to the cage and informed fee officers there could be no battle, however they nonetheless utilized Vaseline on his face and did the traditional pre-fight routine. Seconds later, BSB Battle 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 stated Saturday night time. “Wilian ‘Samurai’ got here from the South [of Brazil] to battle, he was going to battle an athlete from my fitness center, 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 stated. “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 informed MMA Combating on Tuesday that the final time he heard from Alves was 5 hours earlier than the occasion began. In keeping with the coach/promoter, Alves allegedly went to again his mom’s home and is feeling “embarrassed” with the entire state of affairs.
Alves is 8-3 with one no-contest in MMA, in response to record-keeping web site Tapology, and Vieira stated, “it’s not the primary time he’s carried out this.”
“He as soon as stated he wasn’t feeling nicely throughout battle week, and I used to be in a position to exchange him, and one other time he stated he wasn’t OK after the weigh-ins,” Vieira stated. “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 stated. Alves obtained 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 bizarre state of affairs and stated he would attempt to embody “a knockout or a submission” on his official file for the walkover, “so he leaves victorious and never harmed from this.” Vieira stated that’s the hope though it’s unlikely.
