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Video: WSOF fighter ignores ref stoppage, keeps striking opponent

Vagab Vagabov got to play the striking version of Rousimar Palhares at World Series of Fighting.

The final preliminary card bout on tonight's World Series of Fighting 23 show in Arizona produced a moment of controversy that could see the winning fighter booted from the promotion. Undefeated Dagestani middleweight Vagab Vagabov was beating up Brian Grinnell with punches and knees against the fence, and the referee was forced to intervene for the rare standing stoppage.

Unfortunately, the story doesn't end there, as video shows Vagabov throwing another knee well after the fight was stopped and then some weird chopping motion afterward that's half-hammerfist and half-tomohawk chop.