Travis Fulton vs. Jeremy Bullock: Worst MMA Mismatch Ever
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11/28/2009 12:28 PM ET By Michael David Smith
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Here's something we can be thankful for this Thanksgiving weekend: MMA has advanced past the days when fans and fighters were subjected to disgusting mismatches like Travis Fulton vs. Jeremy Bullock.
Complex.com has a list of the Top 50 MMA Dominations, and Fulton's knockout slam of Bullock at a 1998 Extreme Challenge event came in at No. 1.
Fulton vs. Bullock is a good example of a fight that never should have happened. Fulton was a 200-pound brawler who had already been in dozens of fights. Bullock was a 170-pound taekwondo instructor who had no experience at all in MMA. Just 44 seconds into the bout, Fulton picked Bullock up, slammed him to the canvas, and badly hurt him.
To Fulton's credit, he realized immediately -- before the referee did -- that Bullock was hurt, and he stopped at once. He also checked on Bullock to see if he was OK, and he didn't engage in any kind of post-fight celebration. Fulton showed a lot of class.
Fortunately, although Bullock suffered a back injury, he reportedly made a full recovery and went back to teaching taekwondo. He never had another MMA fight, though.
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Man has this sport come a long way, for instance the women are much more hotter.
LOL. Not cyborg santos.
God that looked like it hurt!
dam hope he is ok the people that put on the fight should be ashamed. perfect example of y there is weight classes and equal talent. this is the reason y joe silva is so important to the ufc.
This is what happens when you dont use intelligence in a fight. The lesson here is to NEVER hold on when you're being lifted up to be slammed! A similar thing happened to Ricardo Arona when he held on to Rampage Jackson as he slammed him in one of the pride fights.
If this was done on concrete or on asphalt on the street, Jeremy Bullock would probably be dead or paralysed.
that was crazy.That guy had no clue what he was getting into.Glad to see he recovered fully.