In fact, Saturday’s fight kind of was. When the two heavyweights simultaneously knocked each other down with matching right hands, it reminded many of the final shot in “Rocky III” when Rocky Balboa repaid a debut to Apollo Creed by meeting in one final bout.
The movie ended in a freeze frame of both fighters unleashing punches to each other’s dome.
While it’s unknown what happened in Balboa and Creed’s top secret fight after the simultaneous strikes, we do know what occurred after Mitrione and Emelianenko dropped to the canvas.
Mitrione was able to recover quicker and pounced on his fallen foe.