Dida (right) is a muay thai coach on Wand's (left) TUF team. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook
André Dida will be back on the Spaten Fight Night stage, this time far from any controversy. The coach, who was part of Wanderlei Silva 's team and became known for the incident involving Acelino Popó 's team at the second edition of the event, will be in Maurício Shogun 's corner for the fight against Glover Teixeira , scheduled for August 29th.
In an interview with ESPN, Dida downplayed the previous incident and emphasized that the new edition of the event represents a completely different context, involving different athletes and circumstances. The coach also assessed that holding another edition of Spaten Fight Night reinforces the isolated nature of the past confusion.
“That was an isolated incident, a different situation. Glover and Shogun are a different story. I believe Spaten will hold the event again precisely to show that it was a very specific event,” said André Dida.
Glover Teixeira and Maurício Shogun face off at Spaten Fight Night 3.
Glover focused before fighting in the UFC. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook/UFC
Spaten Fight Night is back, this time with a heavyweight duel between former UFC champions. After delighting Brazilian audiences with the rematch between Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen , as well as the war between Wanderlei Silva and Acelino Popó , the event arrives at its third edition with Glover Teixeira , 46, facing Maurício Shogun , 44.
The clash between the former UFC champions will be fought under boxing rules, in eight two-minute rounds.
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