As Brooks picked up Torres for a throw in the second round of the opening Fight Pass of UFC Utica bout in New York, he apparently got a bit of extra leverage, which, under the most bizarre of circumstances, ended up in a botched slam knocking Brooks himself out.
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While Brooks landed on his head, Torres, a former Titan FC champion, didn’t hesitate to pounce with a ground-and-pound to finish him, scoring a second-round TKO win in his promotional UFC debut.
Welcome to the UFC @ShortyTorres125!!
— UFC (@ufc) 1 июня 2018 г.
He gets the finish in round 2!#UFCUtica pic.twitter.com/reuP4QWzzq
🤷♂️@ShortyTorres125 #UFCUtica pic.twitter.com/FVlvIW557t
— UFC (@ufc) 3 июня 2018 г.
As the video appeared on Twitter, users couldn’t be stopped from poking fun at the entire situation, posting apt memes and gifs:
— Augusto Cesar (@x23Kaoru) 1 июня 2018 г.
— Rodrigo Machado (@rmachado_bc) 1 июня 2018 г.
— Kevin Thang (@Skip2MyJays) 1 июня 2018 г.
— jelapeno muncher (@Joebing9) 2 июня 2018 г.
Actually Brooks gets the finish…
— Chas Skelly (@ChasSkelly) 1 июня 2018 г.
After being finished for the first time ever, Brooks fell to 13-2, while Torres improved his record to 8-0.
