Anderson Silva’s long-awaited farewell against Chael Sonnen, within the spade Fight Night, shown by Globo last Saturday (15), gave the broadcaster its best audience for a boxing fight since 2004. At the time, Acelino “Popó” Freitas beat Artur Grigoriam and became world champion in the lightweight category of the World Boxing Organization (WBO).
In Rio de Janeiro, the fight shown from 00:43 to 01:04, registered 12 audience points and 38% participation, three points more than the average for the range compared to the last four nights from Saturday to Sunday. In São Paulo, 10 audience points and 32% participation, also three points more than the average time for the four previous Saturday to Sunday mornings.
In addition to the duel between Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen, the event also featured two other boxing clashes (Kalyl Silva x Paulo Roberto and Hebert Conceição x Esquiva Falcão) and one Women’s MMA match (Bia Mesquita x Jojo Ramos).
Result of the fight
The confrontation ended in a draw, even with the superiority demonstrated by Anderson Silva in the five rounds, which displeased the public a little, as it was not announced that the duel would be an exhibition fight. Spider revealed after the fight that knockouts were prohibited in the fight against Sonnen, precisely because it was an exhibition fight.
The exhibition fight is a model that is very little used in Brazil, it has a reduced number of rounds and there is no winner. Therefore, the public was left without understanding and a little frustrated when the result of the fight was announced. Despite this, Anderson Silva made a great farewell in Brazil and leaves a historic legacy.
*With information from MKT Esportivo/ Cover photo: Leandro Bernardes/AgFight
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