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Ryan Couture (whose dad is this guy you may have heard of) fought for the Tuff-N-Uff 155-pound amateur title in Las Vegas over the weekend, and in a bizarre turn of events he managed to get briefly put to sleep and yet still come back to finish the fight. Couture took on Eddie Bravo student Sean Bollinger, and while the Xtreme Couture fighter was getting the better of the stand-up for most of the fight, he found himself entangled in Bollinger’s rubber guard on several occasions.
The most dangerous of those encounters came at the end of the second round, when Couture found himself locked in a triangle choke as the clock ticked down. Watch closely at the 5:55 mark as Couture’s arms go limp just after the bell rings to signal the end of the round. Bollinger sees him sleeping on the mat and jumps up to celebrate, thinking it’s all over, but Couture quickly comes to and the ref helps him into his corner to prepare for the final round.
The fight ended in a draw after the third, but we have to admit, it may have been one of the most exciting and technical amateur fights we’ve ever seen. Couture is now expected to turn pro, and a rematch with Bollinger is probably in his future. With five-minute rounds instead of three, using the round-ending bell as an alarm clock may not be such a great strategy.
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– Ryan Couture’s MMA Debut: "Game Over! Tap, You Bitch!"
– Ryan Couture vs. Jimmy Spicuzza
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commentsA ref should never help a fighter up like that. If Couture was unable to go to his corner then the fight should be called.
On a side note, sounded like the crowd was there for Bollinger, either that or they wanted to see Couture get beat.
lmfao at "conclusioned" there at the end. uhhhh hey mr. announcer dude, how about concluded or better yet, maybe try something a little more on your level like finished.
That's a kid who got choked for 10 full seconds, the last few hard enough that the oxygen stopped flowing to his brain. And you're going to knowingly send him back out into a full-contact combat scenario? It's almost unconscionable.
Couture obviously acquitted himself well in the third, having recovered pretty well by about a minute in, but that's beside the point. And so is the argument people have made in the YouTube comments about fighters getting flash KO'ed and continuing... in those cases there is no referee cognizance of the situation. The guy pops back up before the ref ever realizes he was out. In this case, the ref actually has to help Couture to his feet.
I hate to say it, but if the names of the fighters were reversed, there would have been no third round to this fight. Tuff-N-Uff is a great promotion, arguably the best amateur MMA group in the country, but they need to seriously reconsider their promotional strategies if they're going to lead to situations like this one.
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