Missed Fists: Fighter loses chunks of hair defending against armbar attack

Welcome to the most recent version of Missed Fists the place we shine a light-weight on fights from throughout the globe which will have been neglected in these hectic occasions the place it looks as if there’s an MMA present each different day.

Fouls are available in all styles and sizes in fight sports activities and we’ve all develop into accustomed to rolling our eyes on the frequency with which they occur and the customarily ineffectual refereeing that follows (I’m positive fighters stay in worry of the notorious “onerous warning”). One maneuver that’s positively in opposition to the principles however that we don’t see too typically is the pulling of the hair, in all probability as a result of it’s not one thing one can simply get away with and since it’s only a not-so-nice factor to do.

At a Zaruba Battle Evening present in Dubai, somebody’s lengthy locks ended up being concerned within the end, although it’s onerous to name this one a foul, strictly talking.

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(And in case you missed out on final Friday’s Dogfight Wild Match 2nd Impression present that featured a number of weird match variations together with a 5-on-1 “Final Survivor” struggle and a Bloodsport-themed mini match, don’t fear. MMA Fighting has got you covered.)

Robbie Scott vs. Ahmed Mohamed Sobhy

Robbie Scott and Ahmed Mohamed Sobhy put their grappling abilities to the take a look at in opposition to each other and it’s Scott who appeared to get the higher of the duel after snatching an armbar within the second spherical.

If solely it have been that easy.

Firstly, we now have to speak about what occurred with Sobhy’s hair. As he and Scott tangled on the mat, his hair actually grew to become tangled between them and chunks of it started to be ripped from Sobhy’s head. I don’t know if this was his pure hair popping out, or some type of artificial extension, both manner it was in every single place by the point Scott secured what gave the impression to be a fight-winning armbar.

As you may see from the clip above, Sobhy’s tap-out is nowhere to be seen, so we have been left to surprise if possibly there was a verbal faucet, or maybe Sobhy cried out in ache, which can also be grounds for a referee to cease a struggle. Sadly for Scott, after a prolonged replay evaluation, the stoppage was overturned and the bout was dominated a no-contest.

No person needs to see a struggle finish like that, despite the fact that it’s a superb name for Sobhy, who was working his manner out of the armbar. Let’s hope whoever does his hair can salvage that state of affairs as nicely.

Zaruba Battle Evening 6 is out there at no cost replay on YouTube.

MMA veteran David Zawada didn’t have a lot luck with the UFC or the PFL and it seemed like his current look for Oktagon MMA was going to proceed that pattern. Nevertheless, the German middleweight thrilled the gang in Oberhausen, battling again from adversity to beat Hojat Khajevand with a heel hook out of nowhere.

Simply that portion of the struggle was a roller-coaster with each fighters wildly jockeying for place. Zawada seemed like he was adapting on the fly and no matter he was doing paid off in the long run as he scored simply his second win since 2019. It’s price noting that Oktagon makes use of open scoring, so if that helped to create a way of urgency for Zawada, then a tip of the cap to that entire idea this time.

Nasir Davis vs. Michael Eastwood

From Fierce FC 30 (replay obtainable by way of pay-per-view) in West Valley Metropolis, Utah:

That’s Nasir Davis with a zinging proper hand that cracked the jaw of Michael Eastwood. Davis confirmed some actually spectacular vary administration there, letting free with a punch at a distance from which he knew Eastwood couldn’t threaten him.

Davis has received novice flyweight titles in back-to-back fights, each by way of first-round knockout, so he’s actually a darkish horse prospect to look at going ahead.

Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Allan St-Gelais

We head to the UFC Fight Pass realm now for a collection of implausible highlights, beginning with Mansur Abdul-Malik’s hellacious knockout of Allan St-Gelais at LFA 176 in Phoenix. Final week, we featured a couple of insanely powerful ground-and-pound finishes, however Abdul-Malik has these beat.

Ugly stuff, however we positively don’t have to fret about Abdul-Malik needing to develop a imply streak. The 26-year-old middleweight has completed all of his first 4 fights by first-round knockout. Afterwards, Abdul-Malik used his mic time to name for Mick Maynard to present him a shot within the UFC. Don’t count on him to have to attend too lengthy.

Bilal Hasan vs. Jacob Romano

At Cage Fury Preventing Championship 129 in Philadelphia, 22-year-old flyweight Bilal Hasan completely smoked Jacob Romano with this spinning heel kick.

This was the alternative of Abdul-Malik’s ground-and-pound KO. This was a factor of magnificence.

Hasan improved to 3-0 (1 NC) with the win and appears to be heading in the right direction after making his professional debut simply 14 months in the past.

Cease me when you’ve heard this one earlier than.

An Australian champion goes up in weight in pursuit of a second title and loses twice, however finds success as he drops again down a division.

After all, I’m speaking about Everlasting MMA’s Rod Costa, who defended his bantamweight belt in Perth after a few current setbacks at featherweight.

Costa did it in fashion too, displaying off some critically slick jiu-jitsu to lure 36-fight veteran Alan Philpott in an arm triangle from backside place.

However yeah, can’t consider every other Australian fighters in an analogous place which might be combating anytime quickly.

Khan Deatta put an exclamation level on his struggle with Jong Hwan Lee, biding his time and ready for a gap to throw a collection of elbows that left Lee crazy.

Dude’s head was bouncing off the cage from these ‘bows.

In an novice featherweight bout, Yohanes Lorot and Joel Hogan threw the kitchen sink at one another to the purpose that after I first watched this clip, I had no clue the place the KO strike was going to return from.

Because it seems, it was a superb, old style, jaw-jacking leaping knee that received Lorot the struggle on at the present time.

We talked about massive present veteran David Zawada rebounding from a tricky stretch earlier, however the identical can’t be mentioned for Don Shainis. Together with an 0-2 stint within the UFC, Shainis has misplaced 4 of his previous 5 fights with this newest loss at a Fight FC present in Wilmington, Mass., being essentially the most devastating.

Damien Nelson landed a glancing left hook that hit simply the fitting spot, inflicting Shainis to face-plant and incomes him our Humpty Dumpty Fall of the Week award. Congrats, I assume?

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