Wanderlei Silva’s boxing debut descended into chaos after the final bell.
49-year-old Silva squared off against former two-weight boxing champion Acelino Freitas, 50, in an exhibition bout in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Saturday night.
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Silva was disqualified from the contest in the fourth round after committing multiple fouls, including an intentional headbutt.
Once the referee waved off the fight, members of both teams rushed the ring, and a mass brawl ensued.
Amid the disorder, Silva was caught by a wild right hand from a man in a tuxedo, believed to be part of Freitas’ entourage.
The shot sent Silva tumbling to the canvas, where he lay motionless on his back as the havoc continued around him.
Before the bad-tempered bout reached boiling point, Freitas had been getting the better of Silva.
The UFC Hall of Famer outweighed Freitas by 50lbs, but struggled to deal with his adversary’s superior speed and fundamentals.
Throughout the contest, Freitas forced Silva onto his heels with heavy looping punches.
Silva was rocked in the opening stanza and buckled again in the second.
In the third round, ‘The Axe Murderer’ started to grab hold of Freitas and lean his weight on the smaller fighter.
With the dark arts now in play, Silva proceeded to land multiple shots after the bell in a wild ending to the frame.
Getty - ContributorSilva was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2024[/caption]That energy carried over into the fourth, when both men had to be separated by the referee for punching each other after the break.
Silva was then deducted a point for a headbutt before two further sanctions led to his disqualification.
What did Wanderlei Silva and Acelino Freitas achieve in their respective careers?
It wasn’t quite the way Silva had mapped out his return to competition.
The MMA legend hadn’t fought since 2018, when he was knocked out by Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson at Bellator 206.
Prior to that, Silva enjoyed a fruitful career that included a dominant reign as PRIDE Middleweight champion, which lasted for almost six years.
Silva also competed 12 times (5-7) for the UFC and unsuccessfully challenged for the company’s light heavyweight title against Tito Ortiz in 2000.
GettyFreitas is a two-weight boxing world champion[/caption]Among the seemingly endless list of MMA icons he has defeated are Dan Henderson, Kazushi Sakuraba, Michael Bisping and Jackson.
Freitas hadn’t competed in a similar amount of time to Silva, with his last boxing bout falling in 2017.
During a glittering career in the squared circle, Freitas established himself as one of Brazil’s greatest ever boxers by winning multiple world titles at super featherweight and lightweight.
British boxing fans will remember him for his eighth-round stoppage victory over Wales’ Barry Jones in 2000 to retain his WBO super featherweight title.
He would later unify his WBO belt with the WBA strap by overcoming Cuba’s Joel Casamayor in a career-best victory in 2002.
Two separate reigns as WBO lightweight champion followed before his eventual retirement.
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