Fighter's bizarre reaction to nasty groin kick

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Sydney brawler Joshua Culiabo stunned UFC 284 by someway warring backmost from a nasty footwear to the groin to bushed Melsik Baghdasaryan.

It was precocious successful the archetypal circular of their bout successful Perth erstwhile a Baghdasaryan circular footwear landed successful the worst country for Culiabo.

The Aussie combatant dropped to the canvas immediately, clutching astatine his backstage parts as the referee ordered a halt to the bout and Baghdasaryan backmost to his corner.

Fighters are allowed 5 minutes to retrieve from an amerciable shot, but Culiabo lone took 2 and was past backmost connected his feet.

It was minutes later, successful the 2nd round, erstwhile helium stunned Baghdasaryan by pulling him to the canvas and choking him retired to unit a stoppage.

Afterwards, the plucky Australian was asked astir the unfortunate incidental involving his crowdn jewels.

"Pretty bad. You know? It's similar 1 of those ones wherever you conscionable gotta fig retired if they're inactive there," Culiabo said successful the octagon.

"You cognize what I mean? Yeah, similar I said, similar if you've ever been deed successful the nuts earlier and it feels similar they're up… That's a crippled we played erstwhile we grew up, wherever you get smacked successful the nuts and it benignant of feels similar it comes up."

When the taxable of speech moved connected to Culiabo's win, helium couldn't assistance but occurrence up the ample Perth crowd.

"First of all, I've ever wanted to bash this - Aussie, Aussie, Aussie," helium yelled arsenic the fans went wild.

"This is simply a imagination travel true. Perth, thankyou for having me. And the UFC coming down, that was phenomenal."

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