Will Ribeiro Cries For Help, Black House Turns Back on Injured Fighter

http://mrjamesryan.com/2010/09/28/will-ribeiro-cries-for-help-black-house-turns-back-on-injured-fighter/

For those of you who might not already know, WEC bantamweight fighter, Will Ribeiro (MMA record 9-2), is still making progress as he attempts to battle back from a life-threatening motorcycle accident, dating back to December 2008.

Ribeiro was critically injured while riding on the back of a motorcycle on rain-slick roads without a helmet. He was in a comatose state and lost vision in one eye. Doctors gave Ribeiro a 50/50 chance of ever waking up.

And he did.

Until recently however, Ribeiro has basically been out of sight and out of mind to many MMA fans



Until one day…

I was checking the daily news feed on Facebook, when I suddenly took notice of a message that Ribeiro had been pasting onto dozen’s of different Facebook walls.

It read (JR revision):

“I am Will Ribeiro. I fought in the WEC event against Brian Bowles and Chase Beebe. After fighting in the United States, I returned to Brazil and suffered a motorcycle accident.

“Half of my body is partially paralyzed. I am not able to work at this very moment, and my business managers Jorge Guimarães (Black House manager) and Ed Soares have not helped me.

“I need help urgently!

“Wanderlei Silva gave me one of his fight shorts for Auction in the United States to help me with my rehab. Michael Costa and Wanderlei will try to make the campaign to help me. Wanderlei is a very nice guy.

“I have no mother or father. Only my brother takes care of me. Thank you very much to heart.”

Honestly, I didn’t know what to make of this at first, so I decided to reach out directly to Ribeiro, but due to his injuries and lack of English, our conversation was kept short.

thats to bad and doesnt reflect well on black house

He was so talented. This is terrible. But what is Soaras supposed to do, support him because he managed him?

Soares should at least help him in some way, sad, wish him the best

Wanderlei stepping up. I imagine Big Nog might chip in if he knows him. I've heard several Brazilian fighters speak of Nog coming to their assistance for various things. Antonio Silva was stranded by a canceled event in the UK I believe once and Nog paid for his flight back. Gonzaga has said stuff like that too.

Can see that from Nog, good hearted guy, could tell on TUF.