Brazilian judge bans kids from UFC 190

By Dave Meltzer, WrestlingObserver.com

Rio de Janeiro judge Pedro Henrique Alves issued a ruling Friday that would ban anyone under the age of 14 from attending tonight’s UFC 190 event at the HSBC Arena.

The UFC announced today that the promotion regrets the decision and will refund the ticket amount to those who are not allowed to attend.

The amazing part of this story is that the event will be airing live on Globo in Brazil, meaning probably 10 million or more people of all ages in Brazil will be watching on television.

There is a pro wrestling precedent from 1957, and for roughly the next 20 years, there was a ban on attending pro wrestling by anyone under the age of 14, which kind of puts all those MSG sellouts into perspective. This stemmed from the famous riot in the Dr. Jerry Graham & Dick the Bruiser vs. Argentina Rocca & Edouard Carpentier match.