One of Nova Uniao’s longest tenured veteran fighters is no longer with the famed Brazilian MMA camp. Andre Pederneiras released a statement to Combate recently, announcing that his team had cut ties with former Sengoku featherweight champion Marlon Sandro, following disturbing allegations of domestic violence.
In an Instagram post, a friend of Sandro’s fiance, Tayssa Wuensche, shared the details of the incident, as well as several pictures of Wuensche’s injures. Allegedly (via MMA Fighting translations), Sandro threw Wuensche to the ground as she attempted to enter a taxi in Rio de Janeiro, early Thursday morning, December 14th.