The thing about mixed martial arts is no matter what level of the sport you’re competing in, the knockouts can be just brutal. Even the most amateur fighter in the most amateur league can still hit someone in the head with enough force to drop them like a bag of rocks. And concussions don’t care if you’re making $500,000 or $50.
To prove this point, let’s take a look at the Missael Silva vs Guilherme Faria from this weekend’s XTreme Fighting Championships International 11 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Guilherme Faria catches Missael Silva with an overhand left off a scramble that knocks Silva out in midair and leaves him to bouce his head off the canvas like a basketball. It’s one of the most vicious looking knockouts of the year, and it all happened on a small card that few people in Brazil even knew was going down.
That’s a “Seeing the face of God” expression on the guy’s face right there. Let’s all take a moment to appreciate all the fighters toiling through the minor leagues, risking body and mind for a shot at making it in the big show.
