‘WTF he doing’: MMA fighter knocked out after bizarre scenes

MMA fans couldn’t believe what they were watching unfold as one fighter was knocked out in truly disturbing scenes on Friday.

MMA fans were left baffled as a heavyweight fighter got himself knocked out in ten seconds without even defending himself.

Mickael Groguhe took on Islem Masraf in an all-French showdown at PFL Paris.

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Groguhe came into the bout full of confidence at 3-1 with his last three bouts all ending in victory.

But he took that confidence to the extreme against 2-0 Masraf as his bizarre antics kicked off before the first bell even rang out.

As the two men prepared to do battle, Groguhe was strolling around with his left hand running along the cage.

Then as the bell rang he took several steps towards his rival with both arms down by his side. As Masraf threw out a couple of feeler jabs, Groguhe half-heartedly raised his left hand.

But as he once again dropped his gloves, Masraf delivered a devastating left high kick that landed flush on the side of the head of his opponent.

Groguhe stumbled to the canvas before Masraf unleashed two hellacious right hands that turned the lights off for good before he was pushed away by the referee.

Watch the disturbing moment in the video player above

Should probably put your hands up.

Footage of the bizarre knockout whipped around social media with fans left in disbelief over what they had seen unfold.

One fan said: “Did bros controller die?”

Another added: “That’s going to go down as one of the most embarrassing losses in MMA history.”

One joked: “His controller died.”

Another asked: “What was the strategy??”

One posted a video from the stands with the caption: “This angle is so much more worse, wtf was he doing."

The kick that ended the fight.

In the night’s main-event, kickboxing legend Cedric Doumbe went down to Baysangur Chamsoudinov in another bizarre incident.

Halfway through the third round Doumbe signalled to referee Marc Goddard before pointing to his left leg.

Goddard signalled for the fight to get back underway before the two men stood out of arms reach not engaging.

Chamsoudinov throws his hands up wanting his rival to scrap before Doumbe again attempts to state he has an issue with his left leg.

At this point Goddard waves the fight off, handing the TKO victory to Chamsoudinov.

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PFL Paris results

Baissangour Chamsoudinov def. Cédric Doumbé via TKO

Abdoul Abdouraguimov def. Jack Grant via split decision

Ibrahim Mané def. Chequina Noso Pedro via split decision

Ignacio Capella def. Yazid Chouchane via KO

Jakub Kaszuba def. Kane Mousah via unanimous decision

Daniele Miceli def. Yassin Najid via technical submission

Islem Masraf def. Mickaël Groguhe via KO

Patrick Habirora def. Claudio Pacella via unanimous decision

Connor Hughes def. Anatolij Baal via KO

Daniele Scatizzi def. Aleksandr Chizov via submission

Florim Zendeli def. Tomasz Łangowski via submission

Kevin Del def. Younes Najid via submission

- with Jack Figg, The Sun

Originally published as ‘WTF he doing’: MMA fighter knocked out after bizarre scenes