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Imortal FC Announces Punishment for Flyweights Who Continued to Fight After Bout was Paused

what a mess at Immortal – DQ all
Joao “Alicate” x Walter “Aires” pic.twitter.com/QLf6iRdk8M

Edvaldo de Oliveira defeated former Pride Fighting Championships competitor Wagner da Conceicao Martins by corner stoppage at the end of the first round in the main event of Imortal FC 9 this past weekend in São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil.

But what drew the most attention, unfortunately, was the scene that occurred earlier during a flyweight fight between Joao Elias and Walter Neto Martins. After the referee paused the contest and turned his back to bring a physician in to check a cut on Elias’ face, the combatants continued to throw punches.