Missed Fists: Gi Bum Moon destroys opponent with full force soccer kick knockout

Welcome to the latest edition of Missed Fists where we shine a light on fights from across the globe that may have been overlooked in these hectic times where it seems like there’s an MMA show every other day.

If you’re an avid combat sports fan in the year 2024, it’s not always wine and roses. Sure, organized fisticuffs remain one of life’s great pleasures, but keeping your hardcore credentials is increasingly becoming a chore (don’t forget to tune in for Tybura vs. Spivac 2 coming to an APEX near you!).

So for all you sickos out there—and if you’re the sort who enjoys these first two highlights, I do mean sickos—this one’s for you.

(Big thanks as always to @Barrelelapierna for their weekly lists of the best KOs and submissions, and to @Grabaka_Hitman for uploading many of the clips you see here. Give them a follow and chip in on Patreon if you can.)

Gi Bum Moon vs. Young Jun Cho
Seigo Yamamoto vs. Sung Jun Park

The year is 2024. The event is Black Combat 11 in Busan, South Korea. Soccer kicks are legal.

Pray for the combatants.

Gi Bum Moon rocked opponent Young Jun Cho with a hard right, and when he saw his opportunity to go Full PRIDE, he didn’t hesitate. With a running start, he reared back and attempted to punt Cho’s head 60 yards downfield. Just an absolute car wreck when it was all said and done.

Just look at the reaction from the guy in the suit shortly after. Clapping, mouth agape. Others in the crowd share the same expression. Nothing can prepare you for seeing a knockout like that up close.

Afterwards, it takes them a long time to resuscitate Cho. He looks completely dazed once he’s back up on a stool. He even engages Moon in a standard post-fight embrace, probably because he has no recollection of this dude soccer kicking his soul out of him just moments earlier.

And Moon wasn’t the only one doing his best Yamine Lamal impression.

Three fights earlier, Seigo Yamamoto had all but secured a victory with a straight right down the pipe that crumbled Sung Jun Park against the fence.

But the hunger for violence… it gnaws.

“I kick, therefore I am,” I believe the saying goes.

Yunosuke Minami vs. Temuulen Algirmaa
Koyomi Matsushima vs. Sodnomdorj Purevdorj

Zipping over to Japan, there was no shortage of ass-whoopings going down at GLADIATOR CHALLENGER SERIES 02 (free replay available on YouTube).

Bantamweight prospect Yunosuke Minami improved to 4-0 (1 NC) with a gorgeous 1-2 combination followed by a couple of exclamation point hammerfists.

Minami made his pro debut in September 2023 and he’s one to keep an eye on after scoring his third knockout win.

In the main event, one-time ONE Championship 155-pound title challenger Koyomi Matsushima stalked Sodnomdorj Purevdorj before finishing him with a jumping knee to the ribs.

Matsushima has alternated wins and losses in his past five fights (including a run to a Road to UFC semifinals), so his best days might be behind him, but you wouldn’t know it from that knockout.

Matias Vasquez vs. Zury Valenzuela

Just to prove that bone-crushing pain translates to any language, here’s Matias Vasquez beating Zury Valenzuela with a knee to the body at Fusion FC 78 (replay available on UFC Fight Pass) in Lima, Peru.

Blink and you might miss that one. Valenzuela definitely did.

Thanh Chuong Do vs. Nhat Long Le Hoang

We’ve all heard of Three-Piece and a Soda. Now imagine ordering up one of those, but the soda is vodka and you chugged that first, wiping yourself out before you even got to the rest of the meal. That’s my clumsy metaphor for what happened to Nhat Long Le Hoang here.

In simple terms, Hoang was caught by a left hand that caused his head to whip in the opposite direction and his consciousness was already on vacation after that. Unfortunately for him, opponent Thanh Chuong Do immediately followed up with two more incredibly accurate punches and then his head thudded off the canvas AND THEN Do caught him with a diving punch.

More simply: Ow.

Lion Championship 15 from Hanoi, Vietnam, is available for free replay on YouTube.

Budi Setiawan vs. Irfan Aruan

If you want low-level MMA at its finest (?), look no further than the latest One Pride MMA (don’t sue!) event from Central Java, Indonesia.

In the evening’s co-main event, Budi Setiawan and Irfan Aruan sloppily slugged away at each other looking more like heavyweights than flyweights, culminating in Setiawan throwing a Chuck Liddell-esque overhand right and then falling on top of an out-of-it Aruan.

I’m not proud to admit that I convinced myself that Jeka Saragih could make it in the UFC after watching him dominate this promotion.

Brandon Amaro vs. Luis Ortiz

Prospect watch time!

At Samurai Fight House 17 (free replay available on YouTube) in Buenos Aires, Brandon Amaro improved to 7-1 with this left hook that sent Luis Ortiz ass over tea kettle just 20 seconds into their fight.

Ref was quick to jump in there, probably aware of Ortiz’s less-than-sparkling 0-4 (all by first-round finish) heading into this one.

This was clearly booked as a rebound fight for Amaro, who was coming off of his first loss this past April. Amaro doesn’t turn 18 until August, so let’s check back in with him in 12 months or so and see where he’s at.

Alfred Walker vs. Lorram Esteves
Logan Woods vs. Zach Borrego
Imanol Rodriguez vs. Tyrell Hill

Back in the land of UFC Fight Pass, in this instance Fury FC 93 in San Antonio, Alfred Walker takes home the Humpty Dumpty Fall of the Week award for his walk-off punch that left Lorram Esteves death dropping to close out the main event.

In the co-main, Logan Woods nearly did the same to Zach Borrego as he dropped him with a mean right cross.

Woods has been must-see TV fighting on the regional scene, with his past four wins all coming before the three-minute mark of Round 1.

And we have to mention the fast hands of Imanol Rodriguez, a 24-year-old featherweight prospect with a 4-0 record that has the endorsement of fan favorite Diego Lopes.

Justin Segura vs. Luke Armistead

For this last clip, from a Destiny MMA amateur bout in Honolulu, I caution you to please either mute your speakers or lower the volume to a whisper, and definitely do not watch this with headphones blasting at full capacity.

Last warning.

Alright, let it rip.

Justin Segura threw Luke Armistead down with the force of a thousand meteorites, leaving Armistead understandably out of it before Segura followed up with hammer strikes to officially end the bout. You don’t see a lot of slams with that kind of impact and for the sake of canvas’ everywhere, that’s probably a good thing.

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