If Brian Ebersole has taught us anything, it’s that a successfully executed mid-fight cartwheel (and some finely-sculpted body hair) can lead to instant notoriety in the world of combat sports. Clearly a follower of Ebersole’s career, Josh Llopez of the Maryland Renegades understood the near 100% cartwheel-to-Internet-glory turnover ratio, and used an off-season wrestling match to cement his name in the annals of college wrestling history with this absolutely insane cartwheel to double leg takedown.
Truthfully, we lack the necessary wrestling know-how to determine whether Llopez’s move was merely a brilliant act of trolling/showboating or a “legitimate” move used to set up his takedown. In either case, it worked, and it was easily the smoothest thing we’ve seen on the wrestling mat since Rasul Chunayev Azerbaijani’s dance celebration.
Just sayin’, if Ben Askren started doing sh*t like this, he’d be signed by the UFC yesterday.
If Brian Ebersole has taught us anything, it’s that a successfully executed mid-fight cartwheel (and some finely-sculpted body hair) can lead to instant notoriety in the world of combat sports. Clearly a follower of Ebersole’s career, Josh Llopez of the Maryland Renegades understood the near 100% cartwheel-to-Internet-glory turnover ratio, and used an off-season wrestling match to cement his name in the annals of college wrestling history with this absolutely insane cartwheel to double leg takedown.
Truthfully, we lack the necessary wrestling know-how to determine whether Llopez’s move was merely a brilliant act of trolling/showboating or a “legitimate” move used to set up his takedown. In either case, it worked, and it was easily the smoothest thing we’ve seen on the wrestling mat since Rasul Chunayev Azerbaijani’s dance celebration.
Just sayin’, if Ben Askren started doing sh*t like this, he’d be signed by the UFC yesterday.
Today’s featured video took place at XFC – Return of the Hulk on March 14th 2009 in Perth, Australia. The man performing the acrobatic knockout is Brian Ebersole, an MMA veteran of 56 fights at the time. His unfortunate opponent is Shannon …
Today’s featured video took place at XFC – Return of the Hulk on March 14th 2009 in Perth, Australia. The man performing the acrobatic knockout is Brian Ebersole, an MMA veteran of 56 fights at the time. His unfortunate opponent is Shannon Forrester, a professional kick-boxer making his MMA debut. In the first round Ebersole […]
