Maiquel Falcao Released By the UFC, Removed From UFC 134 Card
by Scott Haber on May 11, 2011 9:50 AM EDT
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Some surprising news broke across the Brazilian MMA blogosphere last night, as just weeks after the UFC announced that he would be matched up with Tom Lawlor at UFC 134 in Rio, Maiquel Falcao has now been released from his UFC contract and removed from the Rio event. Tatame received an open letter penned by Falcao's manager, (and Team Kaobon luta-livre coach) Marcelo Brigadeiro, describing the situation:
We’ve received an e-mail from Joe Silva yesterday saying that the UFC decided to end Maiquel Falcão’s contract. They decided to do that because of some legal problems Maiquel got involved recently.
I decided to communicate you because of the respect we have with Maiquel’s fans. I always worked in a honest and clear way about everything, and wouldn’t act that way in this situation.
This news got us by surprise and left us very shocked, mainly after we signed to fight at UFC Rio. Anyway, we’re very grateful for everything the UFC have done for Maiquel and we believe we go out in a good way.
Besides the sadness, we respect UFC’s decision and hope to return to the biggest event on the planet soon. I think this type of thing happen to make us think about a lot of things, to learn and move on, and you can be sure that Maiquel Falcão will move on.
MMA Junkie also spoke to Falcao's management and got some more details:
The rep said Falcao's 2002 arrest still plagues the fighter, and with fans and media contacting the UFC and demanding his removal from the summer card in Rio de Janeiro, officials ultimately decided to sever ties with the middleweight.
The backstory on Falcao's legal troubles as recounted by the fighter himself, is somewhat confusing:
"In 2002, I was at a club with a couple of friends, and one of them had an argument with another group of guys," Falcao said. "They started fighting, and soon it became a fight between two groups. One girl got injured in the lips during this mess and took me and my friends to court. I was considered guilty for aggression.
"I was supposed to present myself regularly and could not leave the town, but I did not know that because the lawyer who was working on this at that time said that I had nothing else to worry about and that I could move. I moved to another city to train in a better team, and because this lawyer did not say anything to the judge about it, I was considered missing."
Reports earlier in the spring had suggested that Falcao was cleared of all legal troubles, but even if that's the case, and if his management is to be believed, it seems that outcry from the public and the Brazilian media led to Falcao's release, and not necessarily ongoing legal proceedings.
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Sonnen allegedly takes roids, launders money…it’s all in the game
Even Dana defended Michael Vick for torturing and mutilating dogs, saying he’s “done his time…”
So Falcao slaps someone ten years ago and gets cut. Ridiculous.
by Matt Nelson on May 11, 2011 9:47 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
And… Falcao was part of that horrible 3rd round against Harris, let’s not forget that. Dana was pissed off already about that fight and probably would’ve cut Falcao along with Harris after that performance if he could have.
So, this might’ve been the pretext they needed to cut him to teach him a lesson. He’ll be back soon, he’s too good, and was too good and exciting in the first two rounds against Harris to not bring him back. But they want to teach him a lesson.
Wait it that guy!? He look like he could have been a top prospect.
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so he has a shit fight, and they cut him AFTER booking him for Rio?
one of the most [arguably] important events in the sport’s short history?
i don’t follow your logic on that.
by Victor Rodriguez on May 11, 2011 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
certainly there is more to this story….
oh, and
Sonnenallegedlytakes roids, launders money…
Archer’d
Jonny Bench called.
by Sterling Archer on May 11, 2011 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Well, I guess the hypocrisy can be excused if the UFC flouts their mantra of doing “what the fans want to see”. Apparently the outcry against Falcao was much greater than his support, whereas Sonnen seems to have a lot of support despite being a felon and (doctor approved) roider.
by paythefighters on May 11, 2011 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
What's alleged about Chael's roiding?
The dude admits to being on synthetic testosterone, only he won’t use the S-word.
I'd like to know what's really going on here
This guy seems to have made some serious enemies — besides the legal issues, there were accusations of him being a dirty fighter and now media and fans actually harassed the UFC into taking him off the card? Damn.
I was looking forward to seeing him fight too, because he seems to be explosive and brutal.
by Wrestling Uber Alles on May 11, 2011 9:51 AM EDT reply actions
definitely there is something else
i am guessing here, but it might have something to do with him being in and out of cards b/c of personal issues… just guessing…
More than accusations ...
He is basically the Brazilian version of Mike Kyle
Now I'm fine with him being cut
Let the fighters fight, let the referees ref, but dear God, don't let the judges judge.
by halitosis on May 11, 2011 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
eh call me a monster all you want, but this doesn’t bother me all that much. Emotions run deep in a fight, and for all we know the guy being pummeled could’ve had some true bad blood between them. Of course it doesn’t make his actions right, but I mean it is a fucking cage fight. You have two animals locked in a cage trying to rip the other guy’s head off, it’s really some gladiatorial(?) shit and sometimes guys don’t instantly revert back to being “civil” once the ref stops the fight.
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
by SentientAndroid on May 11, 2011 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
They are professional fighters, not pit fighting animals.
by mmablitzkrieg on May 11, 2011 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions 7 recs
I lean towards agreeing with the general public on this one. Yeah, this looks bad. Really bad. And it isn’t excusable, ever. If you have issues, handle it on your own time. But… don’t judge a man without knowing the whole story. Every peice of evidence should be available if we are to deem him scum of the Earth.
there’s a difference?
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
by SentientAndroid on May 11, 2011 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Here’s the thing: This is a sport where it’s legal to hurt a man in pretty much any way you can think of. The rules in place need to be followed to a fucking T, and “stop punching when the ref is pulling you off” is one of the big ones.
by Tedd Welch on May 11, 2011 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions 8 recs
So you agree with those “human cockfighting” arguments? The only difference it seems to be is the referee, in your point of view.
by mmablitzkrieg on May 11, 2011 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions
What? No.
MMA is absolutely a violent sport. There’s no arguing that; it’s violent because you can do things like hit someone in the face or break his leg, but it’s a sport because there are hard-and-fast rules that must, at all times, be followed.
In this I agree, it is definitely violent, but, above all, a professional sport. Fighters are pro athletes who have families and make their living out of MMA, so that kind of behaviour should never be excusable. Breaking the rules is one (serious) thing, but fighting the referee to keep on breaking them until you are restrained by more people is totally criminal.
by mmablitzkrieg on May 11, 2011 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Sure.
And those who can’t control their gladiatorial shit shouldn’t fight in sanctioned MMA.
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by Disco1Stu on May 11, 2011 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Of course they shouldn’t. I never said that what he did was right, but I can understand that in a sport where 2 grown ass men of varying mental conditions and personalities are locked in a fucking cage and have to physically and violently hurt another man to “win”, shit may tend to get too real sometimes and we (man) can get on some real barbaric and animalistic shit.
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
by SentientAndroid on May 11, 2011 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Then if they can’t control those kind of impulses, they shouldn’t be fighting for a living.
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by Worldisart on May 11, 2011 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I agree
in a perfect world they shouldn’t…
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
by SentientAndroid on May 11, 2011 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Seems like a lot of guys have it under control. What you are trying to argue is something like the 3rd Rampage/Wand fight. The guy gets wrapped up in the moment and throws one punch or so, but when a fighter fights off a ref to hit a beaten fighter again its a different matter.
I’d rather just climb this fridge
by Riley_96 on May 11, 2011 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
yes, it is
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
by SentientAndroid on May 11, 2011 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions
This is exactly why MMA is misunderstood
I thank God that this didn’t happen on a bigger stage.
Let the fighters fight, let the referees ref, but dear God, don't let the judges judge.
This is not some backyard brawl. This is a mma fight, two people who consented to fight each other in the cage under mma rules. Assault charges are not out of the question here.
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but it's a brawl none the less
It doesn’t really matter where it takes place, at church, the president’s mansion, or in front of your wife, mom and kids, a brawl is a brawl. Emotions get involved and a situation can easily get blown way out of proportion. Again, I’m not saying that what he did was right because he did sign the contract and understands the rules, but he is human. Which does make him an imperfect animal, and sometimes shit happens.
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
by SentientAndroid on May 11, 2011 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions
He should be in jail because of this. The fight was over, it was assault. I don’t care about his emotions. Even in a brawl with both starting the fight, I would say this is assault as the fight was over, the other person was done.
I am free because I choose to be so-Me
ok
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
by SentientAndroid on May 11, 2011 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Man ok what the fuck ever
I can understand a display like this, or Rampage/Wand 3, or even to a much lesser extent Bisping/Henderson because those are actions that took place in the heat of the moment. I’m not saying that this is right, not by any means, but once again shit happens. Now let a guy like Nick Diaz jump another fucking fighter AFTER they’ve had time to calm down and get their adrenaline rush back under control and I see literally 100’s of comments about how they just love them some Nick! Man ok, seriously get the fuck on with that hypocritical bs.
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
by SentientAndroid on May 11, 2011 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
In my opinion, that’s grounds for criminal prosecution. Much of that beating took place outside the confines of the match since the match was clearly ended by the ref.
by Wrestling Uber Alles on May 11, 2011 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Jesus Christ. I change my mind. Im ok with him being cut. Wow.
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by ProfessorBLove on May 11, 2011 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm ok with this.
I knew about it since the Harris fight. It was a disgusting piece of shit thing to do, but I’m already long over it.
He’s done some other foul shit like this too.
This is the weakest of sauces
Conducting an experiment on knocking people out in particular ways would be unethical.
This is really confusing. I can’t believe they’d cut someone who’s already booked a fight for something that happened 10 years ago. Something else must have happened.
Are our bones not dust?
Is our Blood not Poison?
On my knees in the black light
Praying for Salvation, bitter Redemption
So throw your dice and cast your shadow
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But your children will not...
by ProfessorBLove on May 11, 2011 9:53 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Bear in mind
that Brazil’s legal system is lacking in our notion of due process. This could be coming back because he pissed someone off, or maybe it took this long for someone to remember to follow through on his conviction.
I am a Brazilian lawyer...
and this post is just incorrect. Brazilian law has a notion of due process, which is , if not identical, very close in several aspects to the American one. Due process of law (devido processo legal) is a constitutional right and several of its key concepts were imported whole from US common law. Now, the Brazilian legal system is very, very different from the American one, as we use a Romanic-Germanic model, as most do most European countries I know of, while the US has a common law based system and the Brazilian legal system is, admittedly, very slow and inefficient.
From the article linked there is no indication that Falcão’s troubles have anything to do with any new developments in his criminal case
by PlutoCps on May 11, 2011 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I am Brazilian too, but I don’t get what you mean by due process, what concept is this and how does (or should) it apply to Maiquel case.
It seems his was only found guilty in 2008, so it does not look like such a late call to me. That is, he was found guilty in 2008, put on probation, broke it and now is facing legal trouble.
What I could find about it is that he was a bouncer when he harmed the girl, and recently got back to his home city (where it happened) to give a radio interview, at the end of which he was taken by the local police.
by mmablitzkrieg on May 11, 2011 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Tomasz Drwal must have some serious connections.
Fight Rankings - I don't know more about MMA than you, but I'll certainly pretend that I do.
Somehow, I confused Maiquel Falcao and Rousimar Palhares. Let this be further evidence that I both lack reading skills and have no clue what I’m talking about.
Fight Rankings - I don't know more about MMA than you, but I'll certainly pretend that I do.
by krcampbell on May 11, 2011 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions 9 recs
Right. That’s what I thought, but wasn’t sure if there was a link between Falcao and Drwal that I was missing.
I could just make something up and say that Falcao is a massive xenophobe who hates Polish people, but that would be downright inflammatory.
Fight Rankings - I don't know more about MMA than you, but I'll certainly pretend that I do.
fuck.
this guy is a ball muscley potential
Jonny Bench called.
by Sterling Archer on May 11, 2011 10:00 AM EDT reply actions
preposition fail.
Jonny Bench called.
by Sterling Archer on May 11, 2011 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
prepositions are overrated
Conducting an experiment on knocking people out in particular ways would be unethical.
The Brazilian fans and media seems to have it in for this guy.
He might be a really unlikable asshole.
Well there goes one of the fights I was most excited for.
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by T.C. Engel on May 11, 2011 10:17 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Unfortunate and very hypocritical on Zuffa’s part. Hopefully there isn’t more to this story and Falcao lands on his feet somewhere.
→↓↘P
Well judging by the last paragraph of the article, it sounds less like a move that the UFC wanted to make and more like a move they had no choice but to make given the apparent public outcry.
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by Worldisart on May 11, 2011 10:27 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
If there was outcry against Falcao
wouldn’t it be safe to assume that there’s at the very least equal outcry against Leben and his dui’s. The plethora of fighters who failed steroid tests. And a litany of other fighters who have skeletons in their closets. I find it very hard to believe that there is so much bad publicity against a fighter with a single UFC fight than there is against other fighters who have done much worse in their tenure with the company.
Conducting an experiment on knocking people out in particular ways would be unethical.
Add Dana to the equation
Let the fighters fight, let the referees ref, but dear God, don't let the judges judge.
Well
Not being exposed to the Brazilian media or their reaction to things one can only guess right?
All I’m really saying is let’s get both sides of the story before we start shouting from the rooftops how these people are hypocrits or those people are evil monsters.
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At least I can tell you there was no mainstream media outcry, but maybe some lesser media outlet got upset about it.
by mmablitzkrieg on May 11, 2011 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Most likely, yes.
He’ll probably have a new opponent announced by the end of the week.
by Scott Haber on May 11, 2011 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Speculation Time!
You know who would like Rio?
Phil Baroni.
by CaptnAmerca on May 11, 2011 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Well, it’s gotta be a brazillian… why put Tom Lawlor and another random american fighter on UFC: Rio? Maybe Palhares can take off Lawlor’s leg first, and then do the same to Ferreira? No, but seriously, who else might be available? Maybe someone fighting in the next few events would be available for the August card? How about Santiago if he loses to Stann next week? How about Maia if he loses to Munoz at UFC 131 in June?
Dana might just have to let Royce fight after all.
Or they could shift Lawlor to another card if they want to make sure there’s a Brazilian in very match-up on the Rio card.
by Scott Haber on May 11, 2011 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Honestly, I feel that Lawlor got lucky that Falcao got released. While the Harris fight isn’t that great, Falcao is a savage when he wants to be, and we did see glimpses of it in the Harris fight. The UFC Middleweight division doesn’t have too many prospects, and Falcao is a very good fighter and a prospect that could have gotten far. Hopefully, he’ll somehow get back into the UFC.
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by chrisbboy82 on May 11, 2011 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Media and fan outcry?
There has to be more here, something that is being danced around, for media and the public to complain about this guy being in a cage fight.
A girl was injured in the lips? Are they saying this guy was charged with punching a girl in the face? It must have been serious for the public to remember this after nine years – how many nine year old bar fights are still discussed in North America?
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This guy must be pretty bad to have media and fans demand he is removed. He must have done way more than just hit a girl 10 years ago if its still haunting him.
Maybe someone here from Brazil can give us some more info on what was going on with the media outcry there? Seems kinda weird they’d try and crucify one dude over a mishap in a bar fight (if that is what really happened..)
I am from Brazil and never heard about this story, nor saw any commotion about him fighting in Rio. But it seems he was in probation for some years and violated it, so he deserves punishment. Don’t think the USA must be very different in this, but here some fighters like to get into fights, guys who are big muscled and know how to fight. This is the kind of behaviour which should not be tolerated, especially coming from a pro fighter. If he falls in this category (which I don’t know) then he should be kept from competing here.
by mmablitzkrieg on May 11, 2011 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions
As evidenced in the gif above,
he does have somewhat of a history of continuing to attack fighters after the bell or while refs are trying to stop him, and I believe this has happened in more than one fight as well.
That sort of behavior might be contributing to some of the “outcry” surrounding Falcao.
by Scott Haber on May 11, 2011 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
War Machine! War Machine!
Let the fighters fight, let the referees ref, but dear God, don't let the judges judge.
by halitosis on May 11, 2011 11:18 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Ffffffffuuuuuuuuu
So wanted to see this guy fight a few more times. He was so perfectly violent in round 1
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Falcao’s manager, (and Team Kaobon luta-livre coach) Marcelo Brigadeiro
I don’t think he coaches at kaobon anymore, pretty sure he’s moved to brazil full-time
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He didn't get cut for the arrest
He got cut for the 3rd round against Harris. The arrest gave them cover to do it.
by The Ghost of Spike Owen on May 11, 2011 1:03 PM EDT reply actions
chael and this?
Falcao seemed like he would be a bad ass contender to the MW div, this really is shitty.
who the hell is going to contend for the mw title now
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