Issue 173

December 2018

If the legions of MMA fans who are expert in Photoshop don’t make several memes from this image and send it viral on social media, we’ll be shocked! Although not as shocked as Mark Hunt was to have been choked out for the first time in his illustrious career by Aleksei Oleinik at UFC Moscow.

The Russian fighter is an expert in this area, having won an incredible 45 of his 57 career victories by submission. Ahead of the fight, Oleinik himself had said it would be impossible to submit the experienced Kiwi in this manner, due to his squat, powerful frame and lack of neck. It seems he surprised himself almost as much as he did the Super Samoan.

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