I honestly can't believe I missed this video when it made the rounds almost a year ago.
First, what the hell was this guy thinking when he was flipping around like that? Second, why was he flipping around like that? And third, why was he doing this when he was about to fight a Marine...
The great thing about MMA is that most fights usually end in a knockout or a tapout. But how about when a fight ends in 8 seconds? That means that somebody got knocked out pretty badly.
After talking to Josh Gross on Saturday on Crunchtime about the Anderson Silva/Chris Weidman UFC 162 title fight, we both thought that Silva would win the fight because he's the best fighter in the UFC.
What we couldn't predict is that Anderson Silva would take Chris Weidman lightly and would start disrespecting Weidman by show boating during the fight...
If you've ever seen a MMA fight you know that it can go a couple of ways. The fight can go the distance, a submission or a knockout. But how bout a 4 second knockout?
It takes a combination of strength, stamina, precision and skill to knock out your opponent in the ring. But it takes a special kind of athlete to knock yourself out.
At its roots, boxing toes the line between ornate physical dexterity and ferocious physical violence. It’s a combination of the two that keep the hardcore fans entertained, but it’s the latter that brings new fans to the support.
The following is a multi-weight class assortment of some lesser known knockouts in an attempt to showcase this sports brilliance
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. stayed unbeaten Saturday night, knocking out Victor Ortiz in the fourth round and take hold of Ortz’s piece of the welterweight title. But it was the strange circumstances of the match, and a confrontation afterward, that has people buzzing.