The world is so big that The mayor of Borba, Brazil, Simao Peixoto, and former city councillor Erineu "Mirico" da Silva, because of their political differences, have held an MMA match inside the iron cage to solve the problem.
According to local media reports, a video released in September by Silva, a 45-year-old former lawmaker, criticized the 39-year-old mayor Peksoto for the chaotic management of the tourist resort Oferio Dolira, and said that if the mayor had the courage to fight with his own real guns.
As an MMA iron fan Peksotto responded publicly in November, he posted on personal social media: "I'm not a street hooligan, I'm the mayor of this city, if he really wants to fight, then we're all ready, I've always been the winner." ”
So he meant that he would only participate in a regular and legal MMA match to resolve the dispute, provided that he entered the octagon cage to play under the rules of the MMA, and that referees and boxing fans were present.
A month later, the three-legged MMA match finally began, which was held at the city's sports center, and hundreds of local citizens who bought tickets crowded the scene to 100 reinars (about 112 yuan).
Before the match began, Peksoto walked into the iron cage with an MMA boxing sleeve and twice walked to the corner of his opponent Silva to cut his throat, and then under the sensational announcement of the host, the two politicians rushed to the other side shirtless and fought.
I have to say that although the two are amateur level, they play a similar way, but most of them are blow techniques, and it seems that neither of them has practiced Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
At the end of the game, Silva excitedly raised his arm, but in the end, the judges did not announce Peksoto's victory, and the audience expressed strong dissatisfaction with the penalty. After the game, the hostility between the two also disappeared, and the two embraced in a friendly way.
Peksotho later said the event was intended to promote local sports. It is also for charity events, and the proceeds of the tickets are used to buy food for people in need.
But local health regulators said asking the city to explain allowing such a crowd of unmasked spectators indoors violated covid-19 social rules. Others have criticized turning politics into cage fighting as a joke.