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Video: Fighter fakes heart attack to gain advantage, then taps out when he was about to win

Sometimes things are weird in MMA. That’s a given. Fighters have fallen out of cages. Referees have completely missed taps, or seen ones that didn’t actually happen. There’s always something new and wacky. And this definitely falls into that category.

MMA veterans Johnathan Ivey (41-57) took on Travis Fulton (256-54-10 - yes, you read that correctly) at Colosseum Combat 45 in Indiana for a regional title, and well....things got odd. Ivey ate a body kick, and looked to be briefly having a heart attack after taking the shot. He quickly came to life again, throwing a right and then barraging Fulton with punches that dropped him to the mat.