What a knockout!!!

No idea who either of these guys are, but check out this monster KO. According to BoxRec, Amir Mansour is 12-0 with 9 KO's. Too bad he's going to be 39 this year. Might be a little late in the game for this guy, but it didn't stop him from providing us with a great, highlight-reel knockout. The camerawork, for the most part, sucks. But the angle gives us a great view of opponent, and victim, Alexis Mejias out on his feet; and you can see Mansour land another shot as Mejias slowly crumbles backward to the canvas. Check it out:



-Bess

Dude gets KTFO'd, should be dead

Headline says it all, watch this and try not to throw up...



-Besse

Sergio Martinez delivers KO of the Year

For those of you watching the UFC fight on Saturday, or perhaps nothing at all, you most likely missed Sergio Martinez deliver what should be KO of the Year. Not just in boxing, but in all combat sports and even street fights. It was a rematch with Paul Williams, with Williams winning the first fight via Majority Decision. But Martinez left no doubt in this contest, as both fighters threw left hands simultaneously. Martinez threw his shorter and on the button, knocking Williams out on his feet before plummeting to the canvas face first. The most chilling part of the knockout was watching Williams, eyes open, gaze into the canvas with no sense of who or where he was. Check it out below:



Follow up question: Is Max Kellerman the most awkward TV personality ever? The guy couldn't make me feel more uncomfortable when giving interviews.

Final thought: The Martinez KO of Williams instantly reminded me of Antonio Tarver's stunning 2nd round KO of Roy Jones Jr. in their highly anticipated rematch. You'll remember Jones holding on down the stretch of their first fight after coming back down to light heavyweight following his claim of the heavyweight title from John Ruiz. In their second go around, Tarver threw a short left hook just as Jones threw a left. Tarver's was shorter and turned it over more, much like Martinez did to Williams this past Saturday night...



-Bess

The Grim Reaper visits Colts' Austin Collie

Living out in San Francisco we got to watch the Chiefs at Raiders game on CBS while the east coast watched the Colts at Eagles. So at some point in the afternoon my buddy Kevin texted me and said Austin Collie might be dead. I immediately went to Youtube and it was already up. I swear the hit had just happened and I had just gotten a text and some guy had it posted to his account. The internet is a magical thing.

Anyway, this is an ugly scene:



The hit itself wasn't all that bad in terms of how vicious it was, the end result certainly is tough to watch. Collie was out on his feet, mummified and stretched cold ala Jahvid Best.



But what bothers me the most about the Collie incident is how classless the Eagles' players and fans were during the whole thing. The refs called unsportsmanlike conduct for an illegal helmet to helmet hit. Sure, it's debatable. Collie turned into the defender, so you can argue the call. But regardless, Collie is practically dead, questionably paralyzed on the field and Asante Samuel is dancing around protesting the call like an asshole while the bans boo the refs. Give me a break. Let's have some silence for the poor guy.

Anyway, later in the evening the Cowboys' Roy Williams took a mean hit from Nick Collins in the NBC game. I actually think this hit was worse than Collie's, but Williams was actually able to get up under his own power. Collins will be paying a hefty fine this week for sure...



-Bess

Chick gets put to sleep in street fight

Ask any of my buddies and they'll tell you, I love me a good street fight video. Back when I first discovered the wonders of YouTube, I used to sit there and search terms like, "brutal street fight KO"; "bloody KO"; "god awful knockout". Most of these fights ended violently via (T)KO. Some guy beaten badly to the point where he is either flatlined or his buddies have to step in and call a halt to the action.

But with the recent explosion of MMA, particularly UFC, a new era has dawned in the priceless world of street fighting: the use of submissions. I've yet to see someone pull guard and entice a tap out via toe lock, but based on the video below, we may not be far off:



This begs the question: If you're in a street fight and either submitting or being submitted, do you respect your opponent's request to tap out, or do you tap out if you feel yourself going to sleep or your knee about to explode? What would you do, on either side of the fence?

Thanks to Ian B. for the tip on this video.

-Besse

Mark Munoz gets his head kicked into the 1st row

For those of you that watched UFC 96, you got to see some exciting finishes to fights. Matt Brown's destruction of Pete Sell was pretty entertaining, as was Shane Carwin's comeback KO over Gabriel Gonzaga. However, neither can hold a candle to Matt Hamill's devastating head kick of Mark Munoz. I've embedded the video below, but I apologize in advance for the shitty quality. It's clearly some bootleg ripoff off some dude's TV with a camcorder. If you want, follow the link to mmatko.com below to see a clearer picture. Munoz was down and out cold for almost five minutes before exiting the cage under his own power. For "The Hammer", this was a much needed win and what better than to do it in exciting fashion. It also earned him KO of the night and a much welcomed $60,000 bonus. We'll go ahead and call this the KO Clip of the Week.



And the link to mmatko.com:

http://www.mmatko.com/matt-hamill-vs-mark-munoz-fight-video-ufc-96/

Enjoy. I've watched this clip about 100 times since Saturday night. It doesn't seem to get old for me.

-Bess