24-åriga Kinberly Novaes vann stråviktstiteln i den brasilianska organisationen Noxii mot Renata Baldan. Matchen visade hon sig ha gått gravid i tredje månaden.
Hur märkte hon det?
Hon hade problem med att gå ner i vikt inför sin nästa match – tre månader senare.
Här kommer en udda historia. Stråviktaren Kimberly Novaes (8-2) mötte i maj Renata Baldan (4-2) på den brasilianska galan Noxii 1. Matchen vann hon via enhälligt domslut, och tog därmed hem organisationens kvinnliga stråviktstitel.
Matchen skulle dock inte ha ägt rum. Efter en miss från arrangören gick Novaes matchen gravid.
”We did a morphology ultrasound last week and the doctor said I’m 24 weeks pregnant, almost six months, and my baby is healthy and strong,” sa Novaes till MMA FIghting. ”I was worried because I trained hard, fought, cut weight. I suffered a lot to make weight for my last fight, couldn’t dehydrate properly, and I was already training to fight again next week, but the doctor said everything is fine.”
Problem att gå ner i vikt
Inför hennes nästa match, som skulle bli hennes RFA-debut, hade hon det svårt med viktnedgången. Tillslut gick hon till sjukhuset – och fick direkt frågan om hon var gravid.
”I’m a little stubborn, I don’t like to go to the doctor. I’ve been feeling sick for a while, colic, headaches and cramps. I was feeling tired recently, couldn’t even run, and it was really tough for me to cut weight. I was cutting weight for my RFA debut, but couldn’t lose weight. I did a stricter diet four weeks before the fight, and I actually gained 2.2 pounds in six days. I was desperate. I realized my belly was hard, so I thought I had some intestine issue. I took laxative and other things, but a guy that does massages for me told me to go to the doctor.”
”I finally decided to go to the hospital, and the doctor immediately asked me if I was pregnant,” fortsatte hon. ”I insisted I was not, that I had an intestine issue, but he asked for a blood test. One hour later, he told us I was pregnant. I cried a lot, ran out of the hospital, but I realized that was good news. I thought I was sick, but I had a baby instead.”
Arrangören erkänner misstag
Galan reglerades inte av den brasilianska kommissionen CABMMA. Istället låg ansvaret på arrangören Bruno Barros, som erkänner att hans misstag förorsakade situationen.
”I didn’t ask for the exam. That’s the truth”, sa Barros. ”I didn’t even think about the possibility of a woman fighting while pregnant, going through a camp and dehydrating and everything.”
”That was my first event,” fortsatte han. ”I asked for HIV and hepatitis tests, but some fighters didn’t send me the results. I didn’t pull them out of the fights because they all wanted to fight. Some fighters claimed they had no money to pay for the tests, others said they didn’t have time to do it, but that’s my fault that I let them fight anyway. But thank God everything is fine with the baby.”
Som tur är gick allt bra och barnet verkar ha hälsan i behåll.
Foto: Maiara Bersch
