Mama said knock you out, but she didn’t say anything about doing it this quickly.
Four seconds is time enough for very few good things in life. It’s enough time to fall down the stairs, stub your toe or creep a girl out by staring too long. Generally speaking, only bad things happen in that amount of time.
Unless you’re Garrett Whitman, that is. In which case four seconds is time enough to banish a fellow cage fighter into the darkness.
According to Paul Sacca of Next Impulse Sports, Whitman is the fighter who ended a recent match against McKlaine McKinnon in the time it would take me to type his name into my cell phone.
The event was a Get Down Amateur Promotions fight in California, and I can only hope for the sake of these spectators that this was only one of the 10 fights Whitman was slated for on the night.
The match began with the usual touch of the gloves, and from there it was all unusual. Whitman (in the red) rounded on McKinnon quickly, and seeing an opportunity, he hauled off and kicked him in the face—a Brazil kick, to be exact—and the man in the black folded onto the mat like a lawn chair.
The crowd reaction was a mix of astonishment and excitement as Whitman hopped around the ring celebrating. McKinnon, on the other hand, lay limp-toweled on the mat, unmoving.
Fortunately for everyone, the downed fighter showed signs of consciousness and managed to raise his head and feet toward the end of the video. Whitman later accepted praise for the kick on Twitter, saying he practiced the move. He also said he hoped McKinnon was OK.
@fightparrotit felt great. practiced that brazil/questionmark kick a lot.i just hope Mac’s okay
— Garrett Whitman (@garwhitman) May 30, 2013
I have to say, you don’t typically see a man whose last name is phonetically identical to John McClane being dispatched so easily, especially by someone named “Garrett.”
Brush it off, McKlaine, and remember to mind those high-swinging branches next time.
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