Welcome to the newest version of Missed Fists the place we shine a lightweight on fights from throughout the globe that will have been neglected in these hectic instances the place it looks as if there’s an MMA present each different day.
As any self-respecting fight sports activities fan will inform you, the best rivalry within the historical past of our trade is the blood rivalry between Eric Prindle and Thiago “Large Monster” Santos. Lengthy story brief, Prindle and Santos first fought in November 2011, with the bout ending in beneath 90 seconds when Santos caught a supine Prindle with a kick proper to the taint. Suffice to say, a no-contest.
Quick ahead 9 months, Prindle and Santos meet once more and this time it’s Santos on his again with Prindle hovering over him. Intrusive ideas gained out and moments later, WHAMMO, Prindle fired off an axe kick to the nuts. Prindle had his revenge, and by revenge I imply a disqualification loss that knocked him out of a heavyweight match.
I remind you of all this to queue up our first clip that in some way doesn’t finish in a no-contest or disqualification, however relatively a stunning knockout victory.
(Large thanks as at all times to @Barrelelapierna for his or her weekly lists of the perfect KOs and submissions, and to @Grabaka_Hitman for importing lots of the clips you see right here. Give them a observe and chip in on Patreon should you can.)
Shergazy Bolotbek Uulu vs. Khusniddin Nasriddinov
Murtazali Magomedov vs. Claudeci Brito
Sofiia Bagishvili vs. Marina Shutova
I’m not a physician, however that certain appears like an unlawful kick to the yabos, in my view.
Upon additional evaluate and about 50 replays, I can see that possibly Shergazy Bolotbek Uulu’s axe kick landed above the groinal area earlier than drifting downward. Both approach, I’m seeing a whole lot of below-the-belt contact and I’m not inclined to assume Khusniddin Nasriddinov is faking.
Screw it, let’s watch it a number of extra instances.
No matter how we would really feel about it, imagine it or not the official consequence was a third-round TKO for Bolotbek Uulu. That’s how the Octagon League web site has it, that’s how Sherdog has it, and Tapology has it as a KO/TKO by way of “unintentional groin kick.” Of all of the fighters who bought away with one in 2024, Bolotbek Uulu may take the cake.
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In the primary occasion, featherweight champion Murtazali Magomedov efficiently defended his title with this spectacular knee knockout.
He caught Claudeci Brito leaning in along with his jab and countered completely, driving that knee proper up into Brito’s chin. Observe-up pictures may need been pointless, however they undoubtedly sealed the deal.
Let’s test in on the newest exploits from strawweight submission specialist Sofia Bagishvili.
After we final wrote about Bagishvili, she was enjoying the position of fighter and referee, basically calling an finish to her personal struggle as she identified that her opponent’s arm was injured. That win improved her file to 7-1, however she’s seen combined outcomes since then, profitable simply 4 of her previous 10 fights.
That’s one of many 4 above, a nasty-as-all-get-out armbar preceded by a slick journey. Even when Bagishvili by no means turns into a champion, she’s leaving a path of mangled limbs in her wake.
Octagon League 67 is out there free of charge replay on YouTube.
Ion Surdu vs. Kaik Brito
Marek Bartl vs. Endrit Brajshori
If we go to Octagon League, it’s solely truthful we additionally give time to Oktagon MMA, which held an occasion in Munchen, Germany this previous Saturday.
In the primary occasion, former KSW fighter Ion Surdu gave us possibly the dirtiest head kick of the 12 months as he leveled Kaik Brito to seize a vacant welterweight title.
By dirtiest, I don’t imply unlawful, however how I felt inside watching it. Coming off of a separation, Brito simply occurs to circle proper into Surdu’s leg and it completely destroys him. He can’t even fall down straight along with his physique fully shutting down.
Marek Bartl had an equally filthy end on the preliminary portion of the cardboard, breaking out an inverted triangle to submit Endrit Brajshori.
Generally you see submissions like this seemingly materialize accidentally, however that regarded like sensible improvisation and execution by Bartl. He knew precisely the place he needed to get into to lock that one in. Nice stuff.
Cristian Rodriguez vs. Sebastian Vidal
Myllena Messias vs. Marinez Rodriguez
Gerald Morales vs. Leonardo Colmenares
From Open Struggle Latam 11 in Chile (replay out there free of charge on YouTube), we’ve Cristian Rodriguez turning a rolling blunder into a fairly candy triangle choke.
Keep in mind what I simply mentioned about cool finishes typically occurring accidentally? I’m guessing that’s a better description to what occurred right here as Rodriguez regarded like he was able to roll out the rattling cage have been it not for him crashing into the fence. Regardless, he had the wherewithal to kick off of it after which tangle Vidal as much as convey him to the mat. Then he took benefit of a scrambling Vidal to lock within the choke. Identical to coach drew it up, I’m certain.
In bantamweight motion, Myllena Messias used that lengthy leg of hers to straight punt Marinez Rodriguez within the abdomen, bringing an abrupt finish to their struggle.
And lastly from OFL, right here’s Gerald Morales locking in a punishing calf slicer.
Merely put, certainly one of my favourite submissions in all of MMA. I’ll by no means depart it out.
Ryogo Takahashi vs. Ginji Hara
Jin Aoi vs. Takahiro Ashida
From DEEP 123 Impression in Tokyo, a story of two soccer kicks.
Within the first clip, Ryogo Takahashi put an exclamation level on a knockout win with this highly effective kick on a fallen Ginji Hara. To me, it appears like Hara was already completed, and possibly the referee may have stepped in faster. However Takahashi additionally may have, like, chosen to not go full Ibrahimovich on dude’s head? I don’t know.
Jin Aoi, however, tremendous crucial! His opponent slipped and left themselves in a weak place, Aoi reflex kicked, and moments later he had one other notch within the win column. That’s simply good footy.
Jose Antonio Dimas vs. Nexar Pincay
Wish to see an arm simply get destroyed by an Americana? No. Effectively, skip forward, then.
In any other case:
At an Final Fight Problem occasion in Panama, novice bantamweight Jose Antonio Dimas caught Nexar Pincay’s arm and moments later it was uh-oh-SpaghettiO for the limb because it was bent in all of the fallacious methods. As soon as that adrenaline wore off, that needed to damage one thing fierce.
At Jungle Struggle 133 in Sao Paulo, Rafael Silva’s persistence paid off with this combo that fell simply in need of high marks, however was efficient all the identical.
Silva cracked Ariel Jaeger with a proper hand, which nearly stopped the struggle there, then tried a flying knee that whiffed. It didn’t matter, as a result of one other proper hand hammer adopted and Jaeger was knocked out chilly.
Roberth Batte vs. Moises Calatayud
Your “Blink And You Missed It” Award this week goes to Robert Batte, who closed out the primary occasion of Copa Ciclon Fight 2 in THREE seconds with this blitzkrieg of Moises Calatayud.
Hey, is that one other missed knee right into a proper hand knockout? Is lacking a knee the perfect setup to land a haymaker? Talk about.
Cristiano Oliveira vs. Davi Cadena
Joaquin Buckley fights this Saturday and what luck, we had Cristian Oliveira paying homage to him at a Paranagua Struggle Worldwide occasion this previous weekend.
All of us bear in mind Buckley’s unbelievable spinning heel kick KO of future millionaire Impa Kasangay and whereas Oliveira didn’t fairly replicate that feat, this can be a tremendous effort and one neither he nor his opponent will overlook anytime quickly.
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