Slap fighter Mike Webster was left out cold for several minutes after being brutally knocked out by his rival's first shot.
Webster was competing in the second episode of UFC president Dana White's Slap Fighting Championship, where fighters are currently competing in a Road To The Title series. The new league has generated huge controversy given the potential safety risks to fighters who take clean blows to the head without defending themselves.
On the first episode of the new franchise, a fighter was left with short-term memory loss after being knocked out cold by a thunderous shot which was analysed by doctors. Now in the second instalment of the brutal competition, a new fighter was left on the floor out cold for several minutes after a vicious knockout blow was landed.
Webster was competing in the welterweight division against rival Emanuel Muniz and elected to receive the first slap of the contest after a coin toss. However it was a short night as he was sent crashing to the floor with a devastating blow, which had already knocked him out cold before he reached the canvas.
Doctors immediately proceeded to attend to Webster who was left unconscious by the slap, with the referee immediately electing to halt the contest while shouting "he's out". The fighter was eventually sat up after what appeared to be several minutes knocked out from the damaging blow, before Muniz was declared the winner after celebrating his shot.
There have already been several stoppages since the competition launched, including on last week's show where female fighter Kourtney Olson was dropped by a shot which saw her stumble and roll forward into the podium. She then proceeded to walk the wrong way away from the stage, which saw officials jump in to prevent any further damage.
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White has come under heavy fire for his staging of the competition, but he defended the launch of the competition insisting it follows a less-damaging pattern than boxing. “I saw a lot of the goofballs talking s*** — goofballs being media guys — talking about, ‘What’s next, mallets?’ Stupid s*** like that,” White said in an interview with MMA Fighting.
“The bottom line is, in a boxing match, guys get hit with 300-400 punches in a f****** fight. These guys are going to get hit with three slaps. For these morons to be talking all the s*** that they are about the athletic commission, the athletic commission did the right thing. So did we. We run right toward regulation, regulate the sport to make sure it’s safe for everybody — because a lot of people are going to get involved in this just like they did MMA.
“What you want is you want to make sure there’s clear cut set rules, people have to take the proper medicals before, during, and after the fight to keep the thing safe. It should be regulated and Nevada did the right thing."
