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Fighters involved give their take on what happened in bizarre, viral DQ video

Seeing MMA fighter Austin Batra go airborne, arms overhead, looking like he was about to drive his fists through an opponent who was hardly moving, it was difficult not to jump to conclusions.

Why would Batra stay on the attack after he’d just landed a knockout blow? Why did he choose such an aggressive and extravagant maneuver? Was it not clear that the referee had already stepped in to wave off the fight?

The first available clip of the incident — which sprang from the co-main event of a Battlefield Fight League amateur show that took place in Coquitlam, British Columbia, on Saturday before rapidly making the social media rounds — gave a limited and grainy-looking depiction of Batra’s actions, but the promotion has since released its own video that provides a clearer image of what happened.