UFC fighter spits blood at rival after being forced to tap out

MANY believe this sport has no rules. So what has this Brazilian done to suddenly have him in danger of being kicked out for good?

<> in their middleweight bout during the Ultimate Fighter Finale inside MGM Grand Garden Arena on July 12, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

EMBARRASSED and bloody, Caio Magalhaes lost the plot in a moment of madness at The Ultimate Fighter 21 Finale today.

The Brazilian was forced to tap out of his middleweight fight against American Josh Samman in the first round.

He was rocked by a blow from Samman which got the claret flowing from his nose and then wasn’t able to get back to his feet after Samman trapped him with a rear naked choke hold.

It was after the fight, though, that things got really messy for Magalhaes.

After submitting, the 27-year-old was asked by the Octagon referee to shake hands with Samman, but instead spat a mouthful of blood towards his opponent.

Samman is seen before the spit walking towards Magalhaes offering his hand only for Magalhaes to tap it away with his fist before launching his bloody saliva at Samman as he was in the process of turning away.

Here is how the ugly incident unfolded:

WOW! Josh Samman goes to shake Caio Magalhaes' hand after beating him but Caio spits blood in his face. #TUF21Finale https://t.co/mNKgVbAbhl

— Fury's Fight Picks™ (@FurysFightPicks) July 13, 2015

While Samman was able to brush off Magalhaes’ unsportsmanlike conduct, his camp has not as forgiving.

The win improved Samman’s record to 12-3 and he is now in-line to earn a major pay day with a big fight against a high ranked opponent in upcoming UFC events this year.

The UFC is yet to announce if it will take action against Magalhaes, but UFC president Dana White has always taken a serious view of these kinds of acts because of the way they tarnish the sports reputation.

A number of UFC fans took to Twitter to declare their disaste for Magalhaes’ act.

Caio Magalhaes spitting on Josh Samman (You can see the red mist) pic.twitter.com/lK3OE36rq0

— ZombieProphet (@ZProphet_MMA) July 13, 2015

Caio Magalhaes has to be my least favorite fighter. Not only is he a bad fighter but he is also very disrespectful. UFC should cut this can.

— Adam Martin (@MMAdamMartin) July 13, 2015

Caio magalhaes is a dirtbag for spitting blood at josh samman when he went for that handshake. Suspend that chump #TUF21Finale

— Riley Kontek (@BigRilesMMA) July 13, 2015

Originally published as UFC fighter spits blood at rival after being forced to tap out