From low blows to eye pokes, accidents happen from time-to-time in mixed martial arts. Another type of accident that has happened more than once in MMA is when a fighter defecates in the middle of competition.
Most recently, UFC strawweight Justine Kish admitted that “shit happens” after brown stains appeared on the Octagon canvas in her fight against Felice Herrig at UFC Fight Night 112. Although Kish owned up to her accident, Herrig feels bad that the moment that would be very embarrassing for many is getting so much buzz.
“I feel bad for Justine, I really do. It’s hard to even talk about it because I don’t want her to keep re-living it, like, ‘every time Felice does an interview they’re going to keep bringing it up.’ But it didn’t faze me, I think when you’re a fighter, you just have tunnel vision because you have a job to do.”
When asked if she knew the accident happened during their fight Herrig said she knew something strange had happened.
“I mean, I didn’t really know exactly, but I smelled something.”
Herrig was asked if she was thrown off by the accident and if it had any effect on her in the fight.
“No [it didn’t throw me off],” Herrig said. “You know, the adrenaline, like people can break their hands during a fight or get hit so hard, but you have that adrenaline. … I’ve found a way to be calm under pressure.”
While many people would have reacted differently in the situation, Herrig says she was just overcome with happiness with picking up another win in the Octagon. With her win over Kish, Herrig shot up three spots in the UFC rankings finding herself now sitting at the #10 spot.
Former UFC strawweight Felice Herrig is going to continue competing after all.
The 37-year-old last competed in a rematch against Karolina Kowalkiewicz last month. The Poland-native moved to 2-0 in her series with Herrig, as she won via second-round submission. The loss was the fourth in a row for ‘Lil Bulldog’, as she hadn’t won a fight since 2017.
UFC strawweight Karolina Kowalkiewicz nearly hung up the gloves at UFC Vegas 56.
Heading into her showdown with Felice Herrig last Saturday night, the Polish fighter had lost her last five contests. During that stretch, she was finished by Jessica Andrade and Jessica Penne. She also suffered lopsided defeats to Yan Xiaonan, Alexa Grasso, and Michelle Waterson.
Punches are expected in combat sports like MMA, boxing, and even in hockey, but you don’t, as a general rule, expect to see anyone throwing hands in the refined sport of horse racing.
Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happened after a Friday race at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. See this surprising racetrack brawl below:
Spencer Jones, a wide receiver for OU football, sustained serious injuries during a bathroom brawl with a young mixed martial arts practitioner.
Accounts of this fight between the OU football star and MMA specialist, which left the former with a badly damaged eye, vary depending on the source.
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov was showing flashes of his current dominance long before he made it to the sport’s biggest stage.
This week, Khabib shared footage from his seventh pro fight to his official Facebook page, and it’s proof that he’s always been an absolutely lethal grappler—even in the early phases of his illustrious MMA career.
