Den nyaste UFC-mästarinnan, Jessica Andrade (20-6), blev tillsammans med sin fru utsatta för pistolrån i Brasilien i torsdags.
Stoppade bil
Via Facebook meddelade Andrades fru, Fernanda Gomes, om hur de hade åkt i sin bil i Niterio när de plötsligt blev stoppade av beväpnade män som rånade dem på både telefoner och bil.
Till MMA Junkie så berättarde Andrades manager, Tiago Okamura, att de båda mår bra trots omständigheterna.
“She’s okay. They took her documents, they took the car, they took phones, so we just spent the day doing paperwork and canceling credit cards… She did a [police] report, and also people are looking for the car. But right now, we’re just glad that nothing bad happened. Nothing major that can’t be regained. Both her and her wife are safe, so that’s all that matters.
They were a bit shook, so I didn’t get into much detail. We just had to make sure the damage wasn’t bigger than it was, so that was the main work for the day. They are traveling to the U.S. in a couple of weeks [for a holiday], and Jessica had her passport on her, so we had to sort that out too.”
Stannar i Brasilien
Många brasilianska fighters har över åren flyttat till USA i takt med att de slagit igenom i just UFC. Det är dock inget som Andrade ämnar göra den närmaste framtiden trots det inträffade, enligt managern Okamura.
“She’s not going to be the first one [to be robbed], she’s not going to be the last one – it’s just unfortunate. She has her whole structure down there. She has her whole team, so I think it would be a terrible problem to move them. She’s got a great structure there. We have some of the best coaches there training with her on a daily basis. Her family is there. As much as there is crime there, it’s safer than Rio.”
Andrade slog Rose Namajunas (8-4) via KO (slam) i början av maj för att bli ståviktsmästarinna. Hon har i dagsläget inget bältesförsvar inplanerat.
