Bad news for those of you who were looking forward to a little co-ed MMA this weekend. You know that man-versus-woman bout that Shooto spent all week hyping in Brazil? Yeah, that’s not actually happening . If this news surprises you, I can only assume you’re also going to be stunned when I tell you that Chael Sonnen really didn’t have his stomach opened up by a surgeon the day before his fight with Rashad Evans. As it turns out, the whole male-versus-female thing was a publicity stunt, which we all probably should have guessed when Shooto Brazil president and Nova Unaio head honcho Andre Pederneiras made vague reference to a secret set of rules that would only be revealed closer to the bout. What most of us probably didn’t guess is that it wasn’t a publicity stunt to promote Shooto (that appears to have been merely a side benefit), but rather to draw attention to domestic violence and “Lei Maria da Penha,” Brazil’s 2006 law stiffening the penalties for it.
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Was the right message communicated with Shooto’s male vs. female hoax? – MMA Junkie