Tony tripping over wires reminded me of a few weird mishaps that took out fighters.
I remember Kevin Randleman stepping on some pipes and knocking himself unconscious just before his fight
Cabbage slipped on some pipes to I remember and broke his arm in the back before his fight
There are a few more that slipped my mind, I tripped on some dirth clothes while makimg this post.
Didn’t Shammy “slip” on some pipes also backstage and had to drop out from cutting his head? I think it was a last minute negotiating tactic, but my memory is faded.
Stefan Struve anxiety attack/fainting incident vs Mitrione
Shamrock vs Kimbo
Nina Ansaroff refusing to fight/leaving the building vs Thug Rose
-These were on the night of the fight at the arena
Buddy Roberts original ufc debut opponent (can’t recall name) rolled his ankle warming up right before walking out and had to be pulled from the card.
According to a very famous referee, Shammy cut his own eye with a razor blade to get out of that fight.
The Randleman pipe slip is pretty infamous.
Renan Barao slipped in the tub cutting weight.
Didn't Kevin get burned by pyrotechnics while walking to a ring too?
"You’re at the top of a stage, waving to the crowd before you start to walk to the ring,” Oliveira recalls. “In this stage, there were six flamethrowers for their pyrotechnic show. But they hit the button to activate the flamethrower when I was right next to it, and they burned 70 percent of my body.”
"It was live. I was burned on live television,” he continues. “There was no adrenaline because I was used to fighting, so I wasn’t nervous or anxious. I was used to competition, and the pain was unbearable. Ricardo Liborio, the first to rescue me, saw how my skin was. It was coming off, and I still had fire on me. It was terrible. Until I got to the hospital and they put me out with anesthesia, it was the worst moment of my life. Being burned is no joke. There’s nothing worse than that.”
“I guess the pyrotechnics went wrong, and Johil was right in front of it to walk out to fight so the fire went all over him and burned him,” Liborio says. “I was one of the first ones to get there, with Renzo and Mark Kerr. I guess the Japanese didn’t understand what was going on, it took a long time before the doctors got there. They didn’t realize it was for real. (Johil) tried to stand back up but I told him to stop moving until the doctors got there. It was a horrible accident."
Ah, thanks BJ Penn Forever, no idea why Kevin Randleman popped up in my head for that.
there was that time the shock master tripped through the wall and ruined his career
evh -there was that time the shock master tripped through the wall and ruined his career
Still funny....
*Typed about Oliveria at Pride then saw someone else did an hour ago…
poor old johil. i hope they sorted him financially
mindless optimism -poor old johil. i hope they sorted him financially
It touches on that later in the article.
He accepted 70k and decided not to sue for millions because he had so much respect for Pride.
When he recovered they brought him back and for $30k a fight with a 15k win bonus. Said they would give him three easy fights but did not. They gave him Newton, Nino (at his best) and Takase (at his best).
They let him go after that.
Article said he tried to start a business with the settlement money but it failed.
I also saw he went on a five fight losing streak in Brazilian shows after Pride cut him.
Sad the article was done a couple years ago and he was hoping for a fight with Rizin because he though Sakikibara owed it to him. He was 45 at the time.
Tough tale of an old vet who started fighting vale tudo in 95.
Dugs95 -evh -there was that time the shock master tripped through the wall and ruined his career
Still funny....
I didn't see or hear about that until a year ago. Seriously funny. Silver storm trooper helmet and all.
Only saying this because I work in the field, but didn't struve have a cardiac ablation done? I wonder if that could have well been the anxiety attack that was mentioned previously. That type of cardiac problem often gets passed off (incorrectly) as an anxiety attack.
BJ Penn Forever -mindless optimism -poor old johil. i hope they sorted him financially
It touches on that later in the article.
He accepted 70k and decided not to sue for millions because he had so much respect for Pride.
When he recovered they brought him back and for $30k a fight with a 15k win bonus. Said they would give him three easy fights but did not. They gave him Newton, Nino (at his best) and Takase (at his best).
They let him go after that.
Article said he tried to start a business with the settlement money but it failed.
I also saw he went on a five fight losing streak in Brazilian shows after Pride cut him.
Sad the article was done a couple years ago and he was hoping for a fight with Rizin because he though Sakikibara owed it to him. He was 45 at the time.
Tough tale of an old vet who started fighting vale tudo in 95.
From what I remember people that do a solid for promoters are not often taken care of in the future.
Tim Duncan -BJ Penn Forever -mindless optimism -poor old johil. i hope they sorted him financially
It touches on that later in the article.
He accepted 70k and decided not to sue for millions because he had so much respect for Pride.
When he recovered they brought him back and for $30k a fight with a 15k win bonus. Said they would give him three easy fights but did not. They gave him Newton, Nino (at his best) and Takase (at his best).
They let him go after that.
Article said he tried to start a business with the settlement money but it failed.
I also saw he went on a five fight losing streak in Brazilian shows after Pride cut him.
Sad the article was done a couple years ago and he was hoping for a fight with Rizin because he though Sakikibara owed it to him. He was 45 at the time.
Tough tale of an old vet who started fighting vale tudo in 95.
From what I remember people that do a solid for promoters are not often taken care of in the future.
Just trust me…
Dugs95 -evh -there was that time the shock master tripped through the wall and ruined his career
Still funny....
I think the best part might have been the mic catching Davey Boy saying “he fell on his fookin’ arse”.
evh -there was that time the shock master tripped through the wall and ruined his career
His career wasn't going anywhere even if he nailed that entrance
BJ Penn Forever -mindless optimism -poor old johil. i hope they sorted him financially
It touches on that later in the article.
He accepted 70k and decided not to sue for millions because he had so much respect for Pride.
When he recovered they brought him back and for $30k a fight with a 15k win bonus. Said they would give him three easy fights but did not. They gave him Newton, Nino (at his best) and Takase (at his best).
They let him go after that.
Article said he tried to start a business with the settlement money but it failed.
I also saw he went on a five fight losing streak in Brazilian shows after Pride cut him.
Sad the article was done a couple years ago and he was hoping for a fight with Rizin because he though Sakikibara owed it to him. He was 45 at the time.
Tough tale of an old vet who started fighting vale tudo in 95.
nice one for posting. but is the saddest story.
i saw him getting filled in at cage rage. his sight was apparently failing. that was horrible to watch.