Man who beat Conor McGregor in 38 secs lands Holy F@$%ing knee at CWFC 74
At Cage Warriors 74 the last man to beat Conor McGregor, Joseph Duffy, faced Julien Boussuge, or rather kneed him in the face. Boussuge slept through the ending.
At Cage Warriors 74, in London’s Olympic village, Joseph Duffy, who had previously beaten Conor McGregor in 38 seconds, faced French fighter Julien Boussuge. Of note, the fight before he beat McGregor, Duffy beat Norman Parke, and the fight before that he beat Terry Etim!
In fighting, and life, timing can be everything. Duffy showed eerie timing, initiating the knee seemingly at the identical moment Boussuge began his level change; the two met in the middle. So Duffy didn’t so much face his opponent, as knee him in the face. Duffy showed great sportsmanship, pulling two shots that were there. For his part, Boussuge slept through the ending of the story.
Boussuge never fought again. But Duffy’s next fight he became one of countless Cage Warriors vets who went on the UFC. Duffy fought in The Big Show for five years, retiring in 2020.
HOLY F@$%ING $#!* = The Heart of MMA
Lorenzo Fertitta, then the co-owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), was once asked by The Atlantic magazine to explain what makes mixed martial arts so compelling. He said it came down to three words, two of which aren’t fit for publishing.
“… there’s the holy s*** factor. Actually, they said ‘the holy f***ing s*** factor.’ It happens at every fight, explained Fertitta. At least one or two times in every UFC show, whether you say it out loud or you say it to yourself, you go, ‘holy s*** did that just happen?’ I mean, you might see somebody do a flip, get kicked in the head, get knocked out with a punch. At some point, you’re going ‘whoah, did that just happen? Did I really just see that?’ That’s the nucleus of what our product is.
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About the great Cage Warriors
Cage Warriors is Europe’s longest-running MMA promotion, having staged over 150 events in 14 countries since its founding in 2002. It’s home to some to some of biggest stars of MMA’s past, present and future. Further, in order to promoting and staging events throughout the year, Cage Warriors is also investing in the future of mixed martial arts through, its Cage Warriors Academy.