Video: Fighter pulls out own tooth during bizarre MMA face-off

Face-offs can get weird. Even in the UFC we’ve seen fighters get silly when squaring off with their opponents. There was Ion Cutelaba’s Hulk…

By: Tim Bissell | 1 year ago
Video: Fighter pulls out own tooth during bizarre MMA face-off
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Face-offs can get weird.

Even in the UFC we’ve seen fighters get silly when squaring off with their opponents. There was Ion Cutelaba’s Hulk gimmick, Joanna Jedrzejczyk’s old gift giving shtick and the dance-off between Paige VanZant and Michelle Waterson.

My personal favourite face-off artist has to be Sean O’Connell, though. I’ll never forget the look on Anthony Perosh’s face when the fantasy author engaged him in a game of rock, paper, scissors.

Last week someone tried to claim the prize for most bizarre face-off antics ever. Prior to a Combat Night event in Orlando, FL, amateur fighter Jeremy Williams pulled out his own prosthetic teeth and stomped on them in front of his opponent. This was of course accompanied by screaming and flexing.

The opponent, Bryan Arocho, looked bemused by the whole scene.

Williams went on to beat Arocho by second round TKO. You can see the finish from that fight below:

The win took William’s amateur record to 3-0. Hopefully his day job has dental coverage.

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Tim Bissell
Tim Bissell

Tim Bissell is a writer, editor and deputy site manager for Bloody Elbow. He has covered combat sports since 2015. Tim covers news and events and has also written longform and investigative pieces. Among Tim's specialties are the intersections between crime and combat sports. Tim has also covered head trauma, concussions and CTE in great detail.

Tim is also BE's lead (only) sumo reporter. He blogs about that sport here and on his own substack, Sumo Stomp!

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