Initiating the schedule of Show Fight 4, MMA event that takes place on April 6, in São Paulo, Oscar Maroni, Showfight's event promoter, organized a tribute to prize the best Brazilian athletes nowadays in Fighting World. The ceremony was held at the Noble Room of Municipal Building in São Paulo on last Friday, March 31st and featured important names in the room, such as Brazilian Top Team Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Chuteboxer Jorge Patino “Macaco”, among others.
However, event promoter Oscar Maroni decided to make a last minute tribute to BJJ 3x champion Fernando Margarida, who is a controversial and famous BJJ black belt from Brazilian Top Team and the unexpected happened. Fernando Margarida caught the microphone to thank the tribute and challenged Jorge Patino Macaco, who will do the main fight of Show Fight 4 against Eduardo Pamplona, to a fight under MMA rules. Macaco accepted under a heavy mood and they posed for the picture.
According to the event's producers, the fight will not be featured at Show Fight, once Margarida did not fight at the show and he needs to fight other fighters before facing the champion Macaco, who has defeated Ryan Gracie's pupil Gabriel Vella in the second edition of the show. "Show Fight is not interested to promote this bout, once Margarida hasn't fought once.
We need a preliminary bout .to evaluate his performance and then in case of approval, he will be able to fight the champion," stated Gê Prates, Showfight's producer
Over the ceremony, others also recieved tributes, including Wanderlei Silva, Mauricio Rua "Shogun", Murilo Rua "Ninja", Mario Sperry, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira "Minotauro", Antonio Rogerio Nogueira "Minotouro", Montanha Silva and others.
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