On February 19th, 2011, Universal Reality Combat Championship hosted Baguio 3 at the Baguio Convention Center in Baguio City, Philippines, featuring fighters from around the globe. The fight between hometown hero Honorio Banario of Lakay MMA and Iranian fighter Sayed Razi Jabbari however, took the spotlight.

After suffering a series of losses at the URCC, Jabbari was more than determined to redeem himself after getting a stern warning from the Games and Amusement Board that if he lost that night, they would not be renewing his professional MMA license anymore. With this in mind, Jabbari was in fight mode even before the day of the event. Several people present during the weigh ins the day before complained about Jabbari’s untoward behavior. He seemed very agitated and hostile towards the hosts and other fighters.

Jabbari’s attitude matched his performance and did not end well for him, as he was finished with a brutal salvo of strikes and eventually saved by referee Joey Lepiten. As Banario’s hand was being raised, referee Joey Lepiten then asks Jabbari to shake hands with the winner. It is customary in any MMA event for fighters to shake hands or sometimes even engage in a hug after each fight to show good sportsmanship among fighters.

Jabbari however flicks Lepiten off and hurls expletives towards the internationally certified referee. Lepiten then approaches the obviously disturbed fighter to pacify him. After a brief verbal exchange, Sayed “The Iranian” Jabbari then pushes and throws a sucker punch at Lepiten, prompting the latter to engage him in a clinch and eventually takehim down with ease to further pacify him.

Brutally beaten in the ring, and then effortlessly taken down by the referee he tried to step to, it was not a good evening for Jabbari. Needless to say, his professional MMA license was not renewed by the Games and Amusement board and he has not been heard from since.