At Desert Force 10 in Amman, Jordan, Mounir The Sniper Lazzez kicked Anas Siraj Mounir so cleanly in the head that it looked like the opponent had slipped on a banana peel. The Sniper would go on to BRAVE Combat Federation, where he unsuccessfully challenged Khabib Nurmagomedov’s hero, Eldar Eldarov, for the Super Lightweight championship. The Tunisian Lazzez is the first fighter born and raised in an Arab country to be signed to the UFC, where he competes today.
How HOLY F@$%ING $#!* is The Heart of MMA
Lorenzo Fertitta, then the co-owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), was once asked by The Atlantic magazine to explain what makes mixed martial arts so compelling. He said it came down to three words, two of which aren’t fit for publishing.
“… there’s the holy s*** factor. Actually, they said ‘the holy f***ing s*** factor.’ It happens at every fight, explained Fertitta. At least one or two times in every UFC show, whether you say it out loud or you say it to yourself, you go, ‘holy s*** did that just happen?’ I mean, you might see somebody do a flip, get kicked in the head, get knocked out with a punch. At some point, you’re going ‘whoah, did that just happen? Did I really just see that?’ That’s the nucleus of what our product is.
MixedMartialArts.com scours the sport to find and bring to you the greatest HOLY F@$%ING S#!* moments from across the globe, like this one, The Banana Peel Kick:
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About Desert Force
Desert Force Championship (DFC) is a pioneering promotion in the Arab world, that held 19 events between 2010 and 2015. Based out of Lebanon, DFC held events there, and as well in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Egypt, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia.
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