Combat sports have been an attraction in many countries around the world for a long time. Whether we’re talking about boxing, kickboxing, muay thai, mixed martial arts or amateur wrestling, the athletes participating know before their match that there is a good chance that they’ll leave looking and feeling differently than when they came in.

Bones can be broken, faces can be lacerated, and careers can end on any given night. It is because of these very real dangers that combat sports are taken seriously, by the fighters competing and also by the fans who watch.

The fight game can be brutal, but every now and then something happens that is just too funny not to laugh at, especially in boxing and MMA.

In the past we’ve seen fighters like Tom Lawler dress up like Conor McGregor, The Shockmaster, Art Jimmerson, and Hulk Hogan before hopping on the scale to weigh-in.

In the Octagon we heard The Axe Murderer Wanderlei Silva say that he wanted to F**k Chuck instead of fight him. We’ve seen Forrest Griffin run out of the cage and into the locker room at UFC 101 faster than Cartman can eat a piece of extra-crispy KFC. We’ve even seen Randy Couture show why he’s Tito Ortiz’s daddy after he spanked him during their fight at UFC 44.

Sure, a fighter’s nose may get smashed in from an elbow during a fight. Their knee could very well get ripped apart from a leg lock. These realities cannot be ignored, but when a moment of levity pops up in a genre of professional sports where inflicting pain gets you paid, it shouldn’t be ignored either.

Take a break from bloodshed for a while and spend a couple of minutes watching the video below for a few funny facepalm moments in MMA and boxing.

Ray Higginbotham is an MMA writer and avid fan of the sport. You can follow him on Twitter @_MMARAY