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At an unregulated amateur fight in Michigan, Alan Grays squared up with Jose Johnston. The bout was stopped, but it was not for reasons that have not previously been a part of MMA records keeping. Part of Grays' anatomy rolled away - his eye - as you can see in the video lower down in the story.

The eye was - THANK HEAVENS - prosthetic, as can be seen in the fact that it rolled in a circle, rather than a straight line. Human eyes are circular, and thus would tend to roll straight; prosthetic eyes are more oblong, and would roll as seen.

And it must be said that Grays fighting without an eye shows a notable degree of c courage, as depth perception is compromised with one eye. Many years later, the gallant Michael Bisping would go on to compete at the highest levels of MMA, with just one functioning eye.

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ABOUT ACSLIVE

A pioneering effort in the live streaming of combat sports, the Michigan, USA-based ACS Live (it stands for Amateur Combat Sports) is the forerunner of efforts like UFC Fight Pass, Fite.tv, DAZN, and other streaming services. It is now known as Fight.TV

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HOLY F@$%ING $ #!* = THE HEART OF MMA

Lorenzo Fertitta, at the time 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 print.

"... 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**t 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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At British Challenge MMA (BCMMA) 9, featherweight Theo “300” Michailidis survived everything Corrin Eaton had, in what many called one of the best single round fights of the year. Then the Greek fighter turned the bout around, permanently, with a spinning hellbow from, well, hell, as you can see in the video further below in this story.

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ABOUT BRITISH CHALLENGE MMA

Based in Colchester, England, BCMMA held two dozen events from 2012 to 2019, and continues to this day under the parent company name Cage Warriors Academy South East. it is today one of the globe’s premier amateur MMA promotions.

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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.”

MixedMartialArts.com scours the sport to find those HOLY F@$%ING S #!* moments from across the globe, and bring them to you, like this one.

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In the main event of XFC International 3 in São Paulo, Brazil, Luis "Sapo" Santos squared off with Alfredo Morales. At 1:34 of Round 3 Sapo drove a front snap kick right up the middle, and Morales dropped like a stone.

The front snap kick is the first kick taught in most karate schools. However, in the first decade and a half of mixed martial arts, the kick was widely believed to be of no notable importance. However, in 2011 Anderson Silva landed one on Vitor Belfort to devastating effect, and months later Lyoto Machida landed a Karate Kid-style Crane jumping front kick on Randy Couture. When UFC president Dana White went to speak with Couture, a tooth fell out. Karate (and the front snap kick) were back.

It must be said that Sapo needed no inspiration to use the kick - he knew it his entire life. After fighting from 2000-2019, he currently coaches at American Top Team headquarters in Coconut Creek, Florida, USA, and is married to fellow fighter Carina Damm.

Please note, the front push kick remained in use from the beginning of MMA, and before for generations of Vale Tudo in Brazil, and since time immemorial in Muay Thai, among other combat sports.

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ABOUT XFC

XFC is a premier international MMA promotion, based in Florida, USA, that has put on events since 2007, across the USA and Brazil, with forays into Europe.

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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.”

MixedMartialArts.com scours the sport to find those HOLY F@$%ING S #!* moments from across the globe, and bring them to you, like this one.

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