The behind-the-scenes of the Fighting Nerds team gained prominence after a rift between Jean Silva and Maurício Ruffy stirred up fans on social media. With the estrangement between the 'Nerds', athlete Bruna Brasil , who fights at UFC Vegas 113 this Saturday (7), gave her view on the controversy, indicating that the scenario involves more personal issues than team decisions.
In an exclusive interview with Gabriel Reis, a journalist from SUPER LUTAS , the strawweight (up to 52,2 kg) highlighted that the environment within the academy has always been open to exchanges and training with athletes from different teams, which would make Ruffy's recent partnership with Alexander Volkanovski natural . The athlete said that this type of situation is part of the sport and does not necessarily represent a technical or strategic conflict within the team.
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“Caio (Borralho) himself has traveled quite a bit, he’s done training camps with (Khamzat) Chimaev, he’s become buddies with Sean Strickland . Every time they (Borralho and Strickland) are in Vegas, they spar. They’ve considered fighting each other, but both opted to only face each other in a title fight or if the UFC kind of forces it. These are agreements that people make among themselves…”
The issue isn't even that, because at the academy we're very open. Both for those who come to train, and for people looking for new things outside. Pablo (Sucupira) welcomes a lot of people from outside to visit and also encourages their development. Nobody is tied down. Everyone was happy, for example, to see Luffy training with Volkanovski. It's really cool. How can we say 'don't go'? You have to go. Training with Adesanya, for example, is incredible. You need to evolve your game.
I think it's more of a personal issue between them (Jean and Luffy). They're finding the situation strange, but it's part of the game. Currently, the crew doesn't have a rule about this. Maybe in the future it will change, become more restricted, and then I could give a better opinion. Since we've never had this kind of conflict before, I think it's new for the crew to know how to handle it. But I don't think Luffy will give information about Jean's game to Volkanovski. It doesn't make sense.
"Nowadays all the fights are recorded, everyone watches. So it's more of a personal matter between them. I can't really comment much, I don't know all the details. But it's gossip, right? Like 'Big Brother'... people like to see the circus on fire," said Bruna Brasil.
Watch Bruna Brasil's response to the controversy between Jean Silva and Mauricio Ruffy.
Jean Silva doesn't want Mauricio Luffy around.
While Bruna offers her perspective on the situation, Jean Silva has publicly confirmed that he prefers to keep his distance from Luffy , stating that the bond between the two has ended for internal reasons.
Maurício, for his part, adopted a conciliatory tone and said he did not understand the reason for the estrangement , stressing that he maintains respect for his academic colleague.
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