As cringe worthy as they are to see, it is hard to look away from the replay of an intentional, or unintentional foul.
There aren’t many rules in mixed martial arts but when one of them are broken, it can be oddly entertaining. Below as you can see, we have some of the worst fouls in MMA all for you to see ready in GIF format.
Don’t forget to check out the full video on the last page and let us know what you think in the comments below!
6) Frank Shamrock vs. Renzo Gracie
-EliteXC: Destiny, February 10th, 2007
At the debut event of EliteXC in the main event two legends, Frank Shamrock and Renzo Gracie, were scheduled to face off against one another.
But as the bout took place Shamrock repeatedly struck the back of Renzo’s head until the referee called a stop to the action to deduct a point, but Renzo was unable to continue afterward and was awarded the win by DQ.
5) Ken Shamrock vs. Royce Gracie
-Bellator 149, February 19th, 2016
After fighting each other twice over two decades ago, Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie went head-to-head one last time to settle their long time rivalry. When the fight was originally scheduled, many argued that the men were too old to still compete within the sport. When the two finally stepped into the cage, it was nothing but lackluster.
After a few minutes of nothing but a few light strikes being thrown, Royce accidentally clipped Shamrock with a low blow and before the referee could realize what had happened Royce took advantage of it and finished the fight.
4) Heath Herring vs. Yoshihiro Nakao
-K-1 Premium 2005 Dynamite, December 31th, 2005
The only time you’d expect to see a kiss during an MMA event is when the ring girl is about to take her seat. Heath Herring certainly wasn’t expecting it back when Yoshihiro Nakao placed a small one on his lips as the referee delivered them their final instructions.
After just a slight hesitation, Heath slapped Nakao completely unconscious before returning to his corner and yelling about the illegal act his opponent had done. Tell us what you think, what was the worse foul, Nakao’s kiss or Herring’s slap?
3) Kevin Burns vs. Anthony Johnson
-UFC: Ultimate Fighter 8 Finale, July 19th, 2008
Anthony Johnson is now one of the top light-heavyweights in the world, but there was a time that he fought all the way down at welterweight. His opponent, Kevin Burns, repeatedly poked him in the eye throughout the fight without the referee doing anything to stop it. The fight was even finished by an eye poke so devastating that it sends Anthony Johnson diving to the mat. The referee called it a win for Burns by way of TKO.
Johnson required surgery on his eye before returning back to the octagon when he faced Kevin Burns again, but this time winning by the way of head kick.
2) Mirko Filipović vs. Alistair Overeem
-Dream 6, September 23rd, 2008
It would be difficult to find two heavyweight kickboxers that are more intimidating than these men. Even just the thought of eating a single strike from one of them is terrifying. But during the contest between the two of them, in the midst of the bout Overeem lands a knee flush to Mirko’s groin.
While Mirko attempted to recover, Bas Rutten while commentating was told by one of Mirko’s corner men that one of his testicles had retracted into his body. When Mirko was unable to continue the fight was declared a no contest.
1) Eric Prindle vs. Thiago Santos
-Bellator 75, October 5th, 2012
The first time these two men fought the fight was brought to a premature end by an unintentional groin strike. What are the odds that the same thing would happen again when they had a rematch a year later? As Prindle stands above Santos, the referee warns him to avoid the groin strike.
Right after Prindle comically, but accidentally lifts his leg up into the air attempting to axe kick down onto the body of Santos, but the kick instead lands directly on the ground. Since the referee had given just a recent warning before the strike was thrown, Santos was awarded the win by disqualification.
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