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Yesterday (Sat., Nov. 2, 2024), during Dala Fighting Championship, which went down in Astana, Kazakhstan, Zhuman Zhumabekov choked Abhilash Raut unconscious with a Von Flue choke in under three minutes in the first round.

While it was a slick submission, it came with controversy. Referee Baurzhan Zhumanov thoroughly missed the Von Flue choke, and while Raut was completely unconscious, the dumb referee told Zhumabekov to work because he thought he was stalling.

The guy was literally clapping as Raut lay on the canvas, unconscious. Zhumabekov realized his opponent was out and released the submission.

Check out the insane clip below:

Missing a Von Flue choke in 2024 is pretty unacceptable for a pro-level mixed martial arts (MMA) referee, but alas, it happened. Thankfully, Raut woke up and was okay.

Something like this happened last year in America, and it was disturbing.

Nevertheless, Zhumabekov (14-8) snapped a two-fight losing streak with the submission win, while India’s Raut (5-4) has lost three fights in a row, all via stoppage.

Watch the entire fight below:

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Alex Pereira defended his UFC light heavyweight title with a fourth-round knockout over Khalil Rountree almost a month ago, and he’s still feeling the effects of the win.

“Poatan” said on an appearance on the Brazilian podcast Podpah that his hand still hurts from the fight, which took place at at UFC 307 on Oct. 5 in Salt Lake City.

“That fourth round, I was throwing jabs and hurting my hand,” Pereira said. “I swear. I was thinking, ‘My hand must be broken.’ It still hurts. Not all the time, no, but if I squeeze here, it hurts.”

Pereira went 3-0 in 2024 with a trio of knockouts, the first two over Jamahal Hill and Jiri Prochazka, and has now won five in a row since moving up to 205 pounds.

“I saw that the jabs were working and thought, ‘I have to hurt him,’” Pereira said. “But then I hit him right there in the [forehead], one of the hardest parts [of the body], and it kept hurting [laughs].”

The UFC is yet to announce the next move for Pereira. Despite rumors, the Brazilian star is not an option to headline UFC 310 after recent news of Belal Muhammad’s withdrawal from the Dec. 7 main event.

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Serhiy Sidey was happy to walk away from UFC Edmonton with a victory, although he didn’t think he was going to when the final horn sounded.

Sidey faced Garrett Armfield in a preliminary bantamweight bout on Saturday’s Fight Night card at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Canada. After three rounds, Sidey was awarded the split decision win, which much of the MMA community didn’t agree with.

“That was a very close fight,” Sidey said in his post-fight scrum. “First two rounds, very close, I might’ve edged those out. Lost that third round. When the judges were scoring the scorecards, personally, I thought I lost. I’ll be honest.

“I’ve got to re-watch that fight. I know I hurt him bad in the first two rounds, had some very close submissions, I got a split decision win today.”

Armfield, as expected, wasn’t thrilled with the two judges that scored it for Sidey, going as far to joke in a since-deleted tweet that someone should “investigate these judges” and tagging UFC CEO Dana White and Donald Trump. He later made it clear that he wasn’t serious.

Despite the controversy, Sidey officially has a UFC victory on his résumé. After earning a contract on Dana White’s Contender Series with a controversial knockout win against Ramon Taveras, the UFC rebooked the pairing at UFC 297, and Taveras earned a split decision victory.

For Sidey, he’ll chalk off Saturday’s fight with Armfield as a win and a lot of valuable lessons learned sharing the cage with someone he respects.

“Garrett came out and that was the hardest fight I’ve ever had, I think,” Sidey said. “He mixed up his wrestling really well and good boxing, the strongest 135er I’ve ever fought, for sure. That dude had some crazy strength.

“A lot of things I can learn from this fight. I want to come back stronger.”

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The fact that Kyle Redfearn wanted to keep fighting after the doctor stopped his bout at BKFC 68 says a lot about his toughness.

On Saturday, Redfearn faced Danny Moir in a preliminary bout at BKFC 68 in Newcastle, England. Though Redfearn found success early in the bout, Moir was able to overcome a few difficult moments and turned up the punishment in the second round.

With 10 seconds left in Round 2, the damage to Redfearn’s face piled up so much that the doctor had to take a look. After seeing the brutality staring back at him, he had no choice but to stop the fight.

Check out the absolutely gnarly image of Redfears face in the video below.

Moir improves to 2-0 in BKFC promotional bouts. The Tyne and Wear fighter earned a decision victory over John Ferguson at BKFC’s Prospect Series fight card in June. Moir also has 28 pro boxing bouts to his name.

Redfearn is a veteran of 16 pro MMA bouts, and competed for the first time since a boxing match in 2017.

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