A faked injury. A near finish. An essential forfeit in the cage.
On Saturday night, grizzled MMA veterans Travis Fulton and Johnathan Ivey met for a heavyweight title at Colosseum Combat 45 in Kokomo, Ind. And the proceedings could not have gotten more bizarre.
In the first round, Ivey faked like he was about to keel over after a body kick, gripping his chest and stumbling. But then it quickly became obvious he was using it as a diversion, throwing a quick right hand and following up with a blitz that dropped Fulton.
Ivey pounced and landed ground and pound that would have more than likely eventually finished a prone Fulton.