Mayra Bueno Silva might face a monetary penalty from the Nevada Athletic Fee after she jumped up and over the cage following her loss to Macy Chiasson at UFC 303 in June.
The Brazilian jumped out of the cage after her struggle was stopped by the cageside doctor as a result of a ugly minimize she suffered over her eye.
On Tuesday, the fee revealed that $2,500 of Silva’s $100,000 purse had been withheld after she was given express directions to not leap out of the cage.
A decision in Silva’s case is anticipated on the subsequent fee listening to scheduled on Aug. 27.
Previous to competing, athletes are given quite a few directions about habits that might doubtlessly land them in sizzling water and leaping out of the cage after a struggle shouldn’t be allowed by the fee.
Diego Lopes confronted an identical sanction after he leapt over the cage following his win over Sodiq Yusuff at UFC 300 in April. UFC CEO Dana White truly mentioned on the time that he would pay no matter fines the fee handed down after he allowed Lopes to leap over the cage to greet him following the win.
The fee finally fined Lopes $2,500 together with legal professional charges for leaping over the cage.
Silva might doubtlessly face the identical actual punishment as a result of Lopes additionally earned $100,000 for his struggle, which resulted within the $2,500 tremendous handed down by the fee.
Silva learns her destiny on the subsequent fee assembly, however for now, $2,500 of her purse stays withheld till a decision is reached on her punishment.
