Few fighting results put in your crimps such as the Flying Knee Knockout about Evangelista 'Cyborg' Santos by Michael 'Venom' at Bellator 158.
'MVP' is preparing for his third UFC performance while he compiles Sharabutdin Magomedov in the Co-Main event of Israel Adesanya vs. Nassourdine Imavov in UFC Saudi Arabia. Fans expect fireworks because the two stand-up attackers are known for their flashy technology.
While Magomedov is 15-0 in MMA, his CV is not as deep as Page, which already fought in Bellator in 2013. Some of 'Venom's' best highlights are from this era, including his spectacular flying knee finishing over Cyborg. , who literally crushed his skull.
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When Michael Page Cyborg with a ground skull withdrew after flying knee Ko
By the time Page was confronted with Cyborg, he was 11-0 and can be seen on the main map. Cyborg was 21-17 and had fought against tough MMA veterans Melvin Manhoef, Nick Diaz, 'Shogun' Hua and Gangarde Mousasi.
Cyborg struggled early with Karate Blitz of Page, but managed to get hold of his smooth opponent and showed his struggling ability. Round one was in the books for Cyborg, but nobody could have anticipated the disaster in round two.
After preliminary action of both men in round two, Cyborg, the Takedown again. This time he carried out the movement by immersing his posture, hoping to exhaust the page or to fool to show vulnerability. However, it worked against him when Page made the lecture and a rocket of a flying knee in the dome of Cyborg launched as soon as he worked on the actual Takedown.
Cyborg was down and out and grabbed his broken skull; Page rolled a pokeball to him in the post-fighter celebration.
Cyborg showed complicated injury after Michael Page's defeat
In an Instagram post shortly after the fight, the wife of Cyborg, Cristiane Justino, also known as Cris Cyborg, shared a scan of Cyborg's skull and a photo of his dented forehead.
The injury remains one of the worst in combat history and since then Cyborg has not fought anymore.
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