Thiago Marreta's UFC São Paulo rival arrives in Brazil wearing a Santos shirt

Anders arrives in Brazil wearing a Santos shirt. Photo: Reproduction / UFC

Called up at the last minute for the main fight of the UFC Sao Paulo, an event that takes place next Saturday (22), at the Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Erik Anders arrived in Brazil trying to captivate the fans. The North American performed in the country, this Tuesday (18), wearing the Santos shirt.

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Without giving further details about the reason for the uniform, Anders arrived at the room reserved for the athletes' training dressed in a blue shirt, without a sponsor, and only with the Santos team badge on the left side.

Before that, Anders sent a message to his rival, the Brazilian Thiago Marreta, in Portuguese through his Instagram account. 'See you on Saturday, brother'.

 

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Should be fun @tmarretamma see you Saturday brother ✊🏽 #yaboi #mainevent #letsgo #ilovethisshit #ufc #ufcsaopaulo

A publication shared by Erik Anders (@erykanders) on Sep 16, 2018 at 6:54 PDT

UFC Sao Paulo

The Ultimate organization suffered from problems in putting together the UFC card. UFC Sao Paulo. Initially, the attraction would be led by the duel between Jimmi Manuwa and Glover Teixeira. However, the Minas Gerais fighter suffered a shoulder injury and was removed from the event. Average weight (up to 84 kg.) Thiago Marreta He accepted to move up to the light heavyweight division (up to 93,1kg) and face his English rival. But with less than a week to go until the show, Manuwa was the one who suffered an injury and was forced to leave the fight.