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Darina Madzyuk Signs With Bellator After Knocking Out 529lb Man

Darina MadzyukDarina Madzyuk has reportedly signed for Bellator after becoming a viral sensation last month. The Russian female fighter knocked out blogger Grigory Chistyakov in a cross-gender contest. The big twist in this fight wasn’t just that it was a cross-gender bout, but that Chistyakov weighed 529lbs almost 390lbs more than his opponent. The bout took […]

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Darina Madzyuk has reportedly signed for Bellator after becoming a viral sensation last month.

The Russian female fighter knocked out blogger Grigory Chistyakov in a cross-gender contest. The big twist in this fight wasn’t just that it was a cross-gender bout, but that Chistyakov weighed 529lbs almost 390lbs more than his opponent. The bout took place in Russia in an event named “Our Business”

Bellator clearly saw some potential in that fight and have snapped up Madzyuk according to Robbie Fox of Barstool Sports took to social media to break the news, he wrote.

“BREAKING: @BellatorMMA has signed Darina Madzyuk (3-1) to an exclusive contract. She will compete at flyweight and went viral earlier this month for KOing this 529lb man in Russia….”

The fight was widely condemned by the MMA community. Referee Marc Goodard took serious issue with the bout labelling it “shameful, sickening and abysmal”, he said.

“This is what we are dealing with – in 2020. This is what we are fighting against as the parallels & negative connotations are continually drawn. To outsiders & detractors this is MMA. Shameful. Sickening. Abysmal.”

Do you think Darina Madzyuk will find success in Bellator?

VIDEO | Female Fighter Stops 529 Pound Man In MMA Fight

FemaleIn one of the more surprising MMA news of the week Russian female MMA Bantamweight Darina Madzyuk TKO’d blogger Grigory Chistyakov in a cross-gender contest. The big twist in this fight wasn’t just that it was a cross-gender bout, but that Chistyakov weighed almost 390 pounds more than his Russian female opponent. The bout took […]

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In one of the more surprising MMA news of the week Russian female MMA Bantamweight Darina Madzyuk TKO’d blogger Grigory Chistyakov in a cross-gender contest. The big twist in this fight wasn’t just that it was a cross-gender bout, but that Chistyakov weighed almost 390 pounds more than his Russian female opponent. The bout took place in Russia in an event named “Our Business”

The fight started with the 529 pound man, Chistyakov pushing Madzyuk up against the cage. Then the Russian man can be seen attempting some kind of submission but eventually he failed. After Madzyuk escaped the submission attempt the referee stepped in to separate the fighters due to a lack of action. Once separated Madzyuk decided to let start throwing punches which led to Chistyakov being stunned. After some follow up punches from Madzyuk, her male opponent got knocked down to the canvas. Then, Madzyuk followed up with some ground and pound which then ultimately resulted in the Russian man tapping out from strikes.

The video of the fight can be viewed below (via Caposa on Twitter):

Following his disappointing loss Chistyakov stated “After this fight, I will start to train actively, I will try to lead more or less a healthy lifestyle. Blogger Nastya Tuki-Tuk will be my coach.” When talking about the fight itself the 500+ pound man said, “It happened. She hit me fine and I fell. Although she is small … I lay on her back, but she did not fall, and than I didn’t know what to do.” (Transcribed by RT Sport)

What are your thoughts on cross-gender MMA bouts?