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Brazilian Leonardo Barbosa suffered a deliberate defeat in his fight against his Afghan rival, Ahmed Wali Houtak, in the “Truly Grand Fighting Championship” that took place in Afghanistan, due to being threatened.
Barbosa fell to the sand in the second round after receiving a knee blow to the abdomen, pretending to suffer severe pain, forcing the referee to intervene and stop the fight announcing the defeat of the Brazilian by technical knockout.
Barbosa admitted that he had intentionally fallen, as he was threatened in the locker room by a man armed with a pistol, which the fighter later saw near the cage during the fight.
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“I stopped fighting. In the second round, different thoughts were running through my head. I have a son and a family. (The man) kept shouting sharply. He approached the cage between the first and second rounds and started to say something similar when he said it in the locker room, but more bluntly. “
He added: “I was superior in the fight, I won the first round and my opponent had a broken nose, and the next day I needed surgery, and I think I would have won, but I felt like I couldn’t do it.” nothing in this confrontation. “
Leonardo Barbosa arrived in Afghanistan without his business manager and his scan for the Corona virus came back positive.
The promoter of the “Truly Grand Fighting Championship” offered mixed martial arts “MMA” to the Brazilian fighter to fight a retaliatory battle in Dubai, UAE, next May.
Source: Agencies
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