E. Santos recognized that the attitude was wrong. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram @erberthsantos
Erberth Santos and Felipe 'Preguiça' were the protagonists of the main fight of BJJ Stars, held on Saturday (23), in São Paulo. However, the battle on the mat turned into a full-blown brawl. Mesquita suffered an injury to his right knee during an attempt to sweep Pena and this ended up irritating his rival's fans. The Maranhão native exchanged insults with members of the opponent's team and attacked the person responsible for the insults.
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After three days, Erberth broke the silence about his attitude. The black belt said that he suffered insults since arriving at the gym that hosted the event. In addition to being attacked from behind when taking a photo with fans.
Erberth reported that he interrupted the duel when he felt an injury to his right knee and began receiving racial insults. According to Santos, even his mother and teacher were offended by the fans. The insults bothered the fighter who attacked the person responsible for the act. The person apologized and he stopped the attack. However, the man from Maranhão was allegedly punched in the face, which ended up increasing the confusion.
Erberth acknowledged that he had a wrong attitude in attacking Felipe 'Preguiça' fans. “I know my attitude was completely wrong, but in the heat of the moment, I couldn’t resist. At that moment, a person I don't even know was cursing people I LOVE next to me, it wasn't on the internet or social media, this all happened less than a meter and a half away, no one would put up with that”, wrote the black belt .
Santos said he will release a video on his social network where he will tell more details about his version of the incident.
Check out the full statement from Erberth Santos
Hey guys, today I came to talk a little about what really happened this past Sunday.
As soon as I arrived at the event, the insults began, I let it go and continued entering the gym, I arrived with my students, we chatted and then I went down to the stands next to my teacher (Guigo), we watched the fights right there . We both went up to the food court to take photos with the fans, talk to the crowd, as I was taking a photo with the crowd I was punched in the ribs from behind, it was so crowded I couldn't see who it was.
I went down to the fighting area to concentrate, but every time members of other teams passed by insulting me and making gestures towards me, this continued until the start of the fight.
We started the fight, and after a few minutes I got injured and asked to stop the fight to see what had happened, they called the doctors, see you… At that exact moment they started calling me a 'monkey'; 'dirty black'; 'marginal', very prejudiced offenses, the offenses weren't just in relation to me, they cursed my mother who wasn't even there at the time, even my teacher was offended, after that I got up running towards the boy who was cursing everyone, when I arrived close to him, he apologized and I stopped, I was cool, then out of nowhere a guy from the opposing team punched me in the face and ran away, followed him across the mat, fell on the other side, all students from my opponent He hit me with punches and kicks, even my OPPONENT got off the mat to kick me, he kicked me in the face and one in my stomach, after which my team removed me from the place.
I know my attitude was completely wrong, but in the heat of the moment, I couldn't resist. At that moment, a person I don't even know was cursing people I LOVE next to me, it wasn't on the internet or social media, this all happened less than a meter and a half away, no one would put up with that. This text was just a preview of my statement, I'm going to make a video talking about everything that happened, how I felt at that moment and how I am today.
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