Two Brazilian politicians decided to settle their dispute inside an MMA cage. This story involves mayor Simao Peixoto and former city councilor Erineu “Mirico” Alves da Silva.
According to local website BNC Amazonas (via MMAFighting.com’s Guilherme Cruz), the 39-year-old Peixoto had gotten fed up with Mirico’s online criticisms and issued a challenge. The two men duked it out at an event in Borba on Sunday night.
Peixoto, who was visibly fired up upon entering the cage, even engaged in a little gamesmanship by flashing the throat slash. But as soon as the referee signaled the start of the fight, it was the 44-year-old Mirico who initiated the action with a hard outside leg kick that hurt Peixoto.