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Leader of the Brazilian Top Team, Murilo Bustamante talked about the declarations, that according to the black belt fighter had been bad interpreted by the Japanese maganize Gong, about a possible fight between him and Rodrigo Minotauro after the Nogueira had closed the contract with the UFC without talking to his team before. “That was a missunderstanding. Actually I said that I was a little bit upset because Minotauro didn’t tell the BTT that he did the contract with the UFC. Nodoby said in any moment that Rodrigo could be send out of the BTT. Even because he was the guy that ever showed to us his fidelity to the team”, told Bustamante, who will stay until May 12^th during an event of the brothers Yamasaki in Washington, . “I will stay here with Capoani because he will be fighting on May 12^th, but when I came back I will sit down with Rodrigo to finish this thing”, said Murilo.

The TATAME team was also talk to Minotauro, who said that doesn’t want to let the BTT. “I am going to Rio de Janeiro to talk about this situation, because my interest is stay in BTT. I am sure that if we get together, my way to UFC will be good for me and also for the BTT”, declared Rodrigo Minotauro.