Missed Fists: Authorities storm cage to interrupt up post-fight brawl

Welcome to the most recent version of Missed Fists the place we shine a light-weight on fights from throughout the globe which will have been missed in these hectic instances the place it looks like there’s an MMA present each different day.

MMA is meant to be enjoyable!

That’s been my private mantra for years and although there are occasions (days, weeks, months even) the place the fight sports activities cycle is usually a little bit of a drag, in the long run, I wish to suppose all of us dangle on to this loopy enterprise as a result of we adore it.

That mentioned, generally, MMA is usually a little too enjoyable or unpredictable or loopy (or some mixture of these and quite a few different adjectives) and a agency hand has to step in to settle issues down.

In different phrases: Anyone name the cops!

(Massive thanks as at all times to @Barrelelapierna for his or her weekly lists of the most effective KOs and submissions, and to @Grabaka_Hitman for importing lots of the clips you see right here. Give them a comply with and chip in on Patreon in the event you can.)

Fakhriddin Hashimzhonov vs. Amanbekov Dastan
Talant Musakeev vs. Magomedov Magomed

This previous Sunday’s Ertaimash Preventing Championship present in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, noticed two situations of parents having to intervene to forestall a scenario from fully breaking down.

First, let’s take a look at this battle between Fakhriddin Hashimzhonov and Amanbekov Dastan that was principally uneventful till the ultimate seconds of the battle (and the few seconds after it).

Nearly all of this three-round contest noticed Hashimzhonov utilizing his superior dimension and grappling to floor Dastan and stop him from actually getting something off. One would possibly say there have been shades of Josh Koscheck vs. Paul Daley and, certain sufficient, Dastan went full Daley after the bell rang, chasing Hashimzhonov and trying to punch his head.

It wasn’t lengthy earlier than a damn-near military of uniformed officers spilled into the cage to revive order. Afterwards, Dastan appeared to apologize to Hashimzhonov and all was properly.

Later within the night, a battle between Talant Musakeev and Magomedov Magomed proved to be simply as unstable, with the seeds of chaos planted earlier.

Magomed was rocked in Spherical 1 and had a minimize opened above his eyes, which resulted in a prolonged pause within the motion to wash it up. This created rigidity between Magomed and the referee, however all the pieces was high quality till Spherical 3, when Magomed—who at one other level within the battle had wiped his personal blood throughout his face—had his minimize opened up once more, leading to a stoppage.

A dazed Magomed didn’t take the information properly and needed to be bodily restrained by the referee.

The dropping fighter refused to return to the middle of the cage for the elevating of his opponent’s hand, although he and Musakeev dapped it up after. Each fighters additionally had the possibility to do a post-fight interview, full with Magomed’s face nonetheless coated in blood.

You may watch a free replay of EFC 49 on YouTube.

Mike Bardsley vs. Alexei Bell

At Nationwide Preventing Championship 168 in Atlanta, Mike Bardsley and Alexei Bell have been testing the waters with their jabs earlier than Bardsley simply determined to cannonball into the pool and finish this.

Head kick beats jab most of the time, methinks.

This was an emotional win for Bardsley, who devoted the battle to his brother that just lately handed.

Ronald Paradeiser vs. Acoidan Duque

Ronald Paradeiser scored one of the vital wins of the weekend as he continued his Oktagon light-weight event run by smoking Acoidan Duque in slightly below 90 seconds.

That candy end units Paradeiser up for a large semifinal matchup with Losene Keita, which takes place at Oktagon 65 on Dec. 29. Mark your calendars.

Davon Duncan vs. Matheus Dino Jones
Alish Smith vs. Rhi Rhi Hudson
Marin Vetrila vs. Adam Shelley
Luke Riley vs. Alexandre Junior
George McManus vs. Dara Ward
Jair Ordinola vs. Gabriel Diaz
Cheyanne Bowers vs. Veronika Borisova
Jackson McVey vs. Ben Fowler
Tony Toro vs. Juan Alvarez
Alivia Bierley vs. Nadia Chmil

There’s no elegant solution to say this: Plenty of shit went down on UFC Combat Go final weekend.

Let’s go to Davon Duncan, who shut Matheus Dino Jones down with a spinning physique kick at a Shooto Brasil present in Rio de Janeiro.

There’s no shaking that one off. Jones had a delayed response to the ending blow, however in all probability knew immediately he was about to drop at any second.

Cage Warriors held two exhibits in Manchester, England, each of which delivered highlights in spades.

There was this boop knockout by Alish Smith…

After which one other boop delivered by Marin Vetrila within the very subsequent battle…

That’s back-to-back BOOPS! Soak it in.

Undefeated featherweight prospect Luke Riley headlined the second Manchester present and didn’t disappoint, placing Alexandre Junior away with strikes in about two minutes.

I can’t imagine Junior was acutely aware after that knockdown shot. Riley was an astronomical favourite heading into this battle, so a step-up in competitors needs to be across the nook whether or not it’s in Cage Warriors or if he indicators with an American promotion.

Right here’s a bizarre one.

Formally, this consequence goes down as an armbar submission win for George McManus. But it surely wasn’t almost that straightforward. McManus pressured a faucet from Ward within the second spherical, the issue being that the referee wasn’t in place to see it. So the bout continued, the spherical ended, after which they went to video evaluation.

After which McManus was retroactively awarded the submission win. Wait, we are able to do that? UFC, PFL, ONE, somebody, get on it!

Talking of easy-to-miss submissions, I needed to watch this clip a couple of instances to determine what Jair Ordinola did.

From Fusion FC 81 in Lima, Peru:

That may be a sneaky, sneaky armbar, and a intelligent manner for Ordinola to place away his cussed foe.

The most effective submission of the weekend could have come from new interim LFA flyweight champion Cheyanne Bowers, who claimed the title by reversing her fortunes to snag Veronika Borisova’s arm and earn a tap-out.

Membership and subs are commonplace, nevertheless it’s uncommon we get to take pleasure in a “clubbed and sub.”

It stays to be seen if this efficiency nets Bowers a Contender Collection reserving or if she’ll meet Shannon Clark in a unification bout. Clark just lately had her personal Contender Collection tryout by which she was closely favored solely to finish up on the mistaken finish of a stunning knockout loss.

From that very same LFA occasion, Jackson McVey scored a submission each grappler desires of, changing a superbly timed sprawl into an immediate choke-out.

Thirty-three seconds, that’s all it took.

Lastly, we noticed two fighters showcase some exemplary fisticuffs with Tony Toro going berserk on Juan Alvarez, and Alivia Bierley ending her battle with a convincing THUD.

And from the ICYMI division, ensure you try UFC veteran Damir Ismagulov doing a little severe harm on the Kazakhstan battle scene. As soon as a ranked light-weight, Ismagulov saved his rep intact by spin kicking Oberdan Tenorio’s face off.

If you recognize of a latest battle or occasion that you simply suppose could have been missed, or a promotion that would use some consideration, please tell us on X — @AlexanderKLee — utilizing the hashtag #MissedFists.