The weekend of unfortunate finishes in MMA headliners continued Saturday.
In the main event of Cage Warriors 101 from Echo Arena in Liverpool, England, Sofiane Boukichou and Tom Aspinall were just over a minute into their heavyweight encounter when disaster struck. Boukichou threw a low kick that was checked by Aspinall. And, well, you know what happened next, don’t you?
Boukichou’s leg snapped a la Anderson Silva’s vs. Chris Weidman in 2013 at UFC 168. The fight was over immediately.
Check it out (via Twitter):
Here’s the moment in photo form (apologies if you’re squeamish):
It’s been a banner weekend for MMA main event finishes so far. On Friday night, the Invicta FC 34 headlining title fight was called to a stop after a nasty eye poke by Pearl Gonzalez to Vanessa Porto. Also, the Bellator 215 main event ended after just 15 seconds when Matt Mitrione delivered a hard kick straight to Sergei Kharitonov’s nether region, which forced him to visit the hospital afterward.
We still have Paul Daley vs. Michael Page tonight at Bellator 216, and Francis Ngannou vs. Cain Velasquez tomorrow night at UFC on ESPN 1.
Everything is fine.
Seriously, though, we hope Boukichou is able to recover from this and resume his fighting career quickly.
For additional coverage of Cage Warriors 101, visit the MMA Events section of the site.
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