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Welcome to this week’s edition of MMA News’ Top 10 Finishes of the week! Every week there’s highlight-reel finishes all across the MMA world, and we’ve found some of the absolute best ones to showcase. UFC Vegas 64 nearly managed its own Top 10 with a …
Welcome to this week’s edition of MMA News’ Top 10 Finishes of the week! Every week there’s highlight-reel finishes all across the MMA world, and we’ve found some of the absolute best ones to showcase. UFC Vegas 64 nearly managed its own Top 10 with a total of nine finishes from eleven fights. As entertaining…
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Welcome to this week’s edition of MMA News’ Top 10 Finishes of the week! Every week there’s highlight-reel finishes all across the MMA world, and we’ve found some of the absolute best ones to showcase. A break for most of the sport’s major promot…
Welcome to this week’s edition of MMA News’ Top 10 Finishes of the week! Every week there’s highlight-reel finishes all across the MMA world, and we’ve found some of the absolute best ones to showcase. A break for most of the sport’s major promotions last week opened up the chance for events from Cage Warriors,…
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South African promotion EFC 92 kicked off in one of the worst ways possible on Saturday with an MMA fighter experiencing a nasty broken leg. Such injuries have unfortunately become a familiar sight for MMA fans in the past year. At UFC 261 last April, Chris Weidman shattered his right tibia and fibula after his…
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South African promotion EFC 92 kicked off in one of the worst ways possible on Saturday with an MMA fighter experiencing a nasty broken leg.
Such injuries have unfortunately become a familiar sight for MMA fans in the past year. At UFC 261 last April, Chris Weidman shattered his right tibia and fibula after his leg kick was checked by Uriah Hall. Just two months later, Conor McGregor’s leg crumpled beneath him after Dustin Poirier checked one of the Irishman’s low kicks. Now, yet another MMA fighter has suffered the same fate at EFC 92 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
In the opening bout between heavyweights Willem Smith and Ivan Strydom, fans in attendance witnessed a grisly spectacle when a right outside leg kick from Smith landed on the knee of Strydom, causing an immediate break. You can watch the unfortunate incident yourself below.
Fortunately for Smith, who crashed to the canvas wincing in pain, both Strydom and the referee noticed the injury and there were no subsequent strikes landed. It was the fifth loss of Smith’s six-fight professional MMA career.
Smith, however, later appeared in good spirits, sporting a smile and giving a thumbs up to the camera while lying on a gurney backstage.
The 6-foot 5-inch Strydom notched up the second win of his professional MMA career. Hopefully, this will be the last time he, or any of us, see a similar ending to a fight.
You can check out the full EFC 92 fight card and results here.
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MMA fighters always say that cutting weight and making the final walk to the scales is most of the time the hardest part about competing, and one visual from an upcoming Extreme Fighting Championship card provides an incredible insight into the ongoing problem of weight-cutting, as featherweight Trezeguet Kanyinda had to be physically carried to […]
MMA fighters always say that cutting weight and making the final walk to the scales is most of the time the hardest part about competing, and one visual from an upcoming Extreme Fighting Championship card provides an incredible insight into the ongoing problem of weight-cutting, as featherweight Trezeguet Kanyinda had to be physically carried to the scales to attempt to weigh in.
Kanyinda was scheduled to face Shannon van Tonder in a 145-pound bout at EFC 88 and had a miserable walk to the scales. Kanyinda had such a problem with the weight-cut that he had to be dragged to the scales by his team members at the official weigh-ins, weighing in seven pounds over the limit and looking exhausted and drained in the process.
Kanyinda went on to lose by decision to his opponent, and dropping to an overall record of 3-5 in his professional fighting career.
Kanyinda’s display of exhaustion and physical deterioration adds fuel to the fire in the debate over whether weight-cutting in MMA should even exist, and at the very least what can be done now to change the rules so that fighters don’t put themselves on the brink of physical disaster just to make weight for an MMA competition.
The UFC has had plenty of brutal weight-cuts that have shocked the MMA fanbase as a whole, including T.J. Dillashaw when he went down to flyweight to challenge for the title against Henry Cejudo, and former UFC welterweight title contender Johny Hendricks who had plenty of weight-cutting issues at welterweight and during a brief run at middleweight.
Other championship-level fighters have had issues with weight cuts, including former UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway and former UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg.
What do you think needs to be done with weight-cutting in MMA? Should more weight classes be added to big promotions such as the UFC and Bellator?