I know I wasn't the only person who spit out their 100% all-natural Juicy Juice when Urijah Faber released the rear-naked choke only to reveal Mizugaki in what appeared to be a rigor mortis-like state. Alright, maybe I was the only person since Juicy Juice is the most underrated consumable liquid in America. Even Urijah Faber appeared somewhat stunned at the condition of Mizugaki as his neck strangely hovered above the mat at WEC 52. The camera crew immediately went to a wide-angle shot that showed everyone at the Palm's Casino on the verge of giving a moment of silence to what seemed to be the first death in ZUFFA history. After a short commercial break, we saw a somewhat conscious Mizugaki hunched over and surrounded by a potpourri of doctors. The guy was alive and only astral traveled for a few terrifying minutes. Now that we know he survived, check out this gif of that exact moment. Props to ZombieProphet for the gif.

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+6 # Guest 2010-11-12 07:40

Poor refereeing.

He should have known that it was highly likely Mizugaki was out at that point.

Urijah surely knew he was out too but fight to the bell or until the ref stops you.
Glad he's OK. We have a treat lined up in 2011 now though, Cruz vs Faber II.

Faber already gave him his only loss so Cruz will be fired up surely?

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+2 # synthsis 2010-11-12 07:44

I was in my living room and my girl was asleep on the couch and I yelled, "Oh, shit, is he dead?!?!" and it woke her up. haha. Glad he's ok though.

According to Faber in the post-fight, Mizugaki has the warrior spirit, Faber just stole that from him. Hope he puts it to good use.

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+3 # ohhjustme 2010-11-12 07:50

Jeesus Christ, You could choke a dozen donkeys onnat!

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+1 # Guest 2010-11-12 07:51

I seriously thought he was dead or in a coma cuz he looked like the long lost Asian smurf when Faber finally let go

But seriously I seen the exact moment Ye went out and I was at home how in the hell didn't the ref see it when he was inches away?

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-8 # Joey Jo Jo 2010-11-12 08:42

lol, How the fuck do you go into a coma from being strangled?

A comatose state would only happen if his brain was deprived of oxygen for like several minutes.

He was choked for several seconds.

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+5 # Guest 2010-11-12 09:15

For as blue as he was I thought it happend...don't be an ass

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-6 # Joey Jo Jo 2010-11-12 12:20

It's not easy.

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0 # Guest 2010-11-12 16:31

Sure it is...just keep your fingers away from the keyboard a

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+7 # CardboardCockchest 2010-11-12 07:57

I "medicated" a bit too much and was so high at that point I totally freaked out when I saw that. lol

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+1 # Guest 2010-11-12 08:06

Urijah held on way too long once Rosenthal finally intervened.

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-4 # Cat Von C 2010-11-12 08:13

I GOL'd at that last night.

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+1 # Guest 2010-11-12 08:51

cat? whats GOL?

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0 # Guest 2010-11-12 09:16

Giggled out loud I suppose

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-8 # Joey Jo Jo 2010-11-12 12:24

ROFL. "Giggle Out Loud". Fuck that's classic.

Oooooh look at me, I giggled out loud and split my Mocha Chai Latte all over my velour-suede, art-deco, post-modern couch as I was chatting with my girlfriends about tre ignoraaant husband who couldn't tell the difference between a Scottish Poodle and an Irish Poodle.
Oh what an utter imbecile!

Oh my! I shan't ever giggle so thoughlessly again!

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0 # Guest 2010-11-12 16:46

You must get some sick sexual pleasure by bein a major Dick head

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-3 # Joey Jo Jo 2010-11-13 08:10

Jesus Christ... wtf?

Let me buy you a new handbag to match your panties.

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0 # horseface 2010-11-14 13:36

piss off to sherdog Jo Jo

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-1 # Master E 2010-11-13 00:04

Eeeeyyyyaaaahh. .... Whuuuy don't cha go fuck yuhself Joey eh?

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0 # Cat Von C 2010-11-13 06:16

Really? I said 'gasped' assnapkin.

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0 # horseface 2010-11-14 13:37

LOL....assnapki n, thats joey in a nutshell alright

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0 # Joey Jo Jo 2010-11-17 13:03

Suck my cock, whore.

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+1 # Jesse Brake 2010-11-12 09:29

Gasped out loud would be my guess.

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+2 # Cat Von C 2010-11-12 12:09

Definitely 'gasped' and not 'giggled'- There's nothing giggly about that.

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0 # Guest 2010-11-12 09:11

Fucking Faber, why didn't he let go?

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+4 # Guest 2010-11-12 09:54

The same reason you keep your finger on a hot stove until it burns the shit out of you.

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+18 # BallPtPenTheif 2010-11-12 09:58

Pearl Harbor

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0 # Guest 2010-11-13 09:28

that might be one of the best responses of all time

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0 # Guest 2010-11-13 11:20

That's the funniest thing I've heard in a while. Awesome!

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0 # horseface 2010-11-14 13:39

they idea is to choke the oponent out, not just scare him a little.

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+2 # cecils_pupils 2010-11-12 10:02

ummmm, stoppage was just a liiiiiiiiiittle too late, ya think?

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+2 # Guest 2010-11-12 11:13

Oh jeez, so I'm assuming 99.9% of you have never done any kind of jiu jistsu... it happens sometimes when you get choked unconscious your muscles lock up, then you wake up and ask what happened...

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+4 # Cat Von C 2010-11-12 12:13

I've actually seen people get choked out at jiu jitsu tournies a million times and I've been choked unconscious and woke up laid out just like that...still makes me gasp when I see it the way it looked last night.

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+3 # Joey Jo Jo 2010-11-12 12:29

Dude, there's muscle contraction and then there's rigor mortis.

Mizugaki looked like he had just been thawed out of a block of fucking ice.

And fyi, I have seen people choked out before my very eyes and none of them resembled an albino zombie.

That was a brutal choke.

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0 # Guest 2010-11-14 05:32

Rigor mortis only happens after several hours, not 10 seconds.. yeah it looked a little scary, but you'd have to be kind of stupid to assume he was dead, sorry.

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0 # Joey Jo Jo 2010-11-14 08:20

Definitions of exagger ation on the Web:

* hyperbole: extravagant exaggeration
* the act of making something more noticeable than usual; "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness"
* making to seem more important than it really is

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0 # horseface 2010-11-14 13:42

hey dickhead read the article, it says he was "in a rigor mortis like state" meaning when the choke was released his body was all stiff like if he was in rigor mortis.

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+1 # Guest 2010-11-12 13:14

uriahs a dick! he should have let go of him..he knew he was out..

aldo took it easy on him after he knew uriah's leg was done..(didn't go for the finish)

just shows how much more of a champion aldo is..

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+1 # Guest 2010-11-12 14:39

Woulnd't say hes a dick for not letting go but yeah it was a bit much. Anyone who is true fan of MMA wouldn't want to see anyone seriously hurt in there. Also, there is ablsoutely no way you don't know when the guy is out. In my jits days, I never went out completely, I'd tap before I got to that point. But I have also never put the ego maniacs completely out either as you can fell the muscles contraction change just before they lock up.
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+1 # Guest 2010-11-12 15:11

your an idiot man. first of all aldo didnt go easy on faber.... he tried to take him out but couldnt. and its the ref's job to stop the fight... just like the guy below me said.. if he wasnt out the fight would of kept going and everyone would of said what an idiot faber is...

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+3 # Guest 2010-11-12 13:44

Its the Ref job to stop them, the ref took too long....what if he wasn't out, Faber let go and the fight continued?

Then this discussion would be on how Faber was dumb to let go of the choke.

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+1 # Rawfullz 2010-11-12 14:46

As I watched, I knew cageside, he was out and was raging at my TV.

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+3 # Guest 2010-11-12 15:35

For the record if any of you ever see someone get choked out like this, DO NOT LIFT UP HIS HEAD. Instead lift up his feet, this will make it just a little bit easier for blood to flow back to the old noggin.

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+3 # Guest 2010-11-12 20:47

You guys are a bunch of monday morning quarterbacks. If Josh Rosenthal stopped the fight and it turned out Miz wasn't unconscious, you'd all be crying that he stopped it too soon. It was a hard angle, and Rosenthal was doing the best he could without intervening on the choke until he knew Miz was unconscious.

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-1 # Guest 2010-11-12 21:02

The guy is alive, and Faber won. You need to tap if your about to lose. Ask the Sengoku lightweight champ why he didn't tap before Aoki broke his arm! Scotty J vs Urijah because Cruz is boring!

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0 # Guest 2010-11-14 18:15

Suck my cock!

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0 # Guest 2010-12-03 13:43

I do jits and have never seen a guy choked out go stiff like that

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