Has there ever been one in any major org? I'm not talking opinion here, I'm talking ref pauses/stops the fight because of an illegal move.
If yes, is there a .gif or vid?
nate marquardt slammed thales leites illegally
Yves Lavigne not sure Alan Belcher's slam of Patrick Cote was legal::
"[Patrick] Cote, meanwhile, complained that he was spiked (planted head first into the ground, which is illegal) just prior to being finished off with a guillotine [Rear naked choke] by Alan Belcher, but his face hit the mat first, which technically makes it legitimate, though referee Yves Lavigne (who didn't officiate the fight) wasn't so sure."
^That was a " Face plant", not a spike. Look at Nate's movement when dropping Cote. It's not aiming directly down. But the 2nd pIc is a "Spike".
None of those are illegal. The rule states that you have to purposely lift a fighter up, place his feet in the air, straighten him out perpendicular and drop him on his head, ala the traditional "piledriver."
Like this.
That's Belcher. You can tell by the Kim Jong il tat 