MMA fighter knocks out referee with rolling thunder kick during IMMAF Super Cup semi final

This is the moment a referee was knocked out after being kicked in the head during an amateur MMA fight.

American referee Scott Manhardt was the man in charge of the IMMAF Super Cup 2022 semi final between Ireland‘s Lewis Byrne and Mexico‘s Luis Gonzalez on Thursday night.

Hosted by Brave CF, the competition runs from the beginning to the middle of March in the Kingdom of Bahrain, which is made up of teams from all over the world.

Manhardt has overseen hundreds of MMA fights over the years.

But even an experienced referee such as himself could not have predicted what would happen in the final moments of the second round.

With seconds left on the clock, Gonzalez tried to catch his opponent unawares as he attempted to land a rolling thunder kick.

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So a referee just got KO'd by a rolling thunder during @bravemmaf's IMMAF Super Cup 2022 Semi Finals…