Reports: Bellator, Sengoku Veteran Marlon Sandro Allegedly Choked, Punched Fiancee
Former Sengoku featherweight champion and Bellator MMA competitor Marlon Sandro allegedly attacked his fiancee, Tayssa Wuensche, in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday.
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Sandro then allegedly choked Wuensche unconscious in the middle of the street and hit her multiple times after she regained consciousness. One of Wuensche’s friends posted an account of the incident — along with photos — to Instagram. Wuensche doesn’t plan on pressing charges against Sandro.
"What I plan on doing from now on is to find my peace. To be in peace,” Wuensche told MMA Fighting. "This episode will be in the past and I may get back up again and be well. I died inside right now. But I have no intentions of filing charges in the police station because we had a great family, I’m crazy for his kids, and I only think about him — even though he didn’t think of his kids when he did this, I think about them now. Of course that I don’t want any trouble for him, I simply want distance now.”
The 40-year-old Sandro is a veteran of 37 professional fights. He last competed at Shooto “Brazil 74” on Aug. 27, when he submitted Diego Arturo Huerto Jauregui in the opening stanza. Andre Pederneiras, the head trainer at Nova Uniao, released a statement to Combate revealing that Sandro is no longer part of the camp.
"I was caught by surprise on Thursday night with these photos online," Pederneiras said. "We haven’t been able to get in touch with Marlon yet, but given the severity of the facts, Nova Uniao announces that Marlon Sandro is no longer part of the team.”
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