Mixed martial arts is a tough sport to succeed in, perhaps the hardest of all combat sports given it’s top heavy payscale and ruthless nature. More fighters try and fail than we’ll ever know about, chasing a dream that to some seems far fetched and unrealistic, but it’s passion that drives these would be champions to seek glory, but the reality is that very few will even make it to the big leagues, let alone see the success of the truly elite.
That said, as with pretty much all other walks of life, it’s important to maintain an element of humour when discussing the sport we all know and love, hence the subject of today’s article.
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If we can’t all sit back and laugh a little about life and death and everything in between, well we’ll all just end up going crazy. So we’ve gathered up some notable MMA fighters who have either dropped the ball in a big way, been involved in some scandal, lost rather terribly or just generally had some bad luck over the last month or so, and put a humorous spin on their stories.
Ed note: ‘Bum of the month’ originated when Joe Louis defended his heavyweight boxing title 13 times between January 1939-May 1941. The somewhat suspicious calibre of his opponents mixed with the frequency and ease in which he beat them led to this rather hilarious collective nickname. The article means no disrespect or offense, it’s just a humorous way at looking in to current events, so untwist your panties and relax, bro.
So let’s get things started in the heavyweight division:
Bigfoot Silva
Brazilian heavyweight Antonio Bigfoot Silva was looking like a new man coming in to the fight with Stefan Struve at UFC Rotterdam, but it turns out it was only his haircut that had been revamped. Taking the stage and hoping to break his recent pattern of knockout losses, Silva got splattered by ‘The Skyscraper’ in just 16 seconds.
It was Silva’s fifth knockout loss in his last seven fights, of which he’s only won one. To make things worse, and to really earn his spot on this list, Bigfoot went on a nutty rant to UFC fans in Brazil, calling his own nation a ‘shithole’ and asking his followers to sit on a large vegetable and ‘f*ck themselves.’
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