If you were working a normal job yesterday or perhaps had better things to do, you may have missed the fever dream that was Eurasia Fight Night 50. From top to bottom, EFN 50 was like watching MMA on a bad mushroom trip that actually tuned out incredibly rad. Complete with an orchestra, singing angels, Fedor coming back from death and the best play-by-play guy we’ve ever heard, it’s something you have to see. That’s where we come in, here are some of our top five moments.
The Mirror Man Cirque du Soleil Performance
Finally a little break in the #EFN50 action. Little material to help keep you awake at night…#castlerobots https://t.co/iAnO6Y3wqJ
— UFC Fight Pass (@UFCFightPass) June 17, 2016
When Russian MMA is on but you're a LVL 100 Reflection Demon with an air ballet to direct. #EFN50 pic.twitter.com/RmmZznJlGn
— Justin Golightly (@SecretMovesMMA) June 17, 2016
Imagine you’e a couple of exciting fights in to an MMA card and all of the sudden this happens. Is this a deleted scene from the dark fairy tale of Pan’s Labyrinth? Is the mirror mage putting a hex on Fabio Maldonado? Either way, it was at this point everyone knew EFN 50 was going to be a card like no other.
A Zany and Brutally Honest Commentary Guy
"OH, LOOK AT THIS!? A FAMOUS PORTUGUESE!" #EFN50 😂
— MiddleEasy (@MiddleEasy) June 17, 2016
Nobody won that fight. Except the announcer. He is a winner always. #EFN50
— Jonathan Snowden (@JESnowden) June 17, 2016
"You want to concede punches? You got so pretty face, how can you afford this?"
— caposa (@GrabakaHitman) June 17, 2016
So vivid! Nearly fantastic! Excellent! I’m Sorry! His name is Roman Mazyrov and he’s the best commentator you’ve never heard of. He gave us around 100 new phrases, pretty much said Fedor winning is bullshit and implied foul play. In one bout, he ignored the last round entirely and macked on a chick. Do you like Vodka? And will you be at the after party? …That’s not me being funny, that’s an actual quote.
Here Comes A Knee From Hell
I mean, who needs 2 rounds?? Can't get outta the 1st at #EFN50. Gnarly KNEE TKO win from Tom Hardys guy Jack McGann! https://t.co/rV4O7xncrb
— UFC Fight Pass (@UFCFightPass) June 17, 2016
Oh yeah, the fights were crazy too. Take a look at this uberknee from Jack McGann to Abdula Dadaev’s dome piece. If that wasn’t bad enough, Dadaev took a pretty sick hook before crumpling again. Well, and even more before the ref stepped in but we’ll get to that later. This was the fourth fight in a row that ended in the first round. Only four fights would go the distance, everything else was all stoppages.
Enter the Giant Spider Lady
Wouldn't be #EFN without a giant, flying spider. Gotta see it to believe it https://t.co/lAUZfKPzFt #UFCFIGHTPASS https://t.co/gnTQrrZKXn
— UFC Fight Pass (@UFCFightPass) June 17, 2016
New life goal: visit Russia and see one of these EFN events live. Giant spider lady sold me.
— Shaheen Al-Shatti (@shaunalshatti) June 17, 2016
Go ahead, grab a cold beer and a sandwich during intermission, you won’t miss anything. …Besides a spider woman hanging from the ceiling singing Christina Aguilera! This card is absolutely nuts. This event is like a good movie that you can watch back and find new things. Personally, I’m thinking about getting reminder tattoos all over my body like that dude in Memento but all based on things that happening at EFN 50.
The Most Cold-blooded Referees in the World
Vadim Nemkov (Fedor Team) 1R TKO (vs. Mikołaj Różanski (PL)) pic.twitter.com/jEA5CDVMR2
— Jolassanda (@Jolassanda) June 17, 2016
Love the stoppage. "He's out…I shall stop it…wait, the victor wants to strike more glorious blows…I shall move aside" #EFN50
— Erik Magraken (@erikmagraken) June 17, 2016
Refs be like… #EFN50 pic.twitter.com/vUdmnd6rOp
— MiddleEasy (@MiddleEasy) June 17, 2016
I don’t know if they were instructed to do this, or if these Russian refs had been keeping up with all the “early stoppage” backlash on Twitter, but they certainly decided that wasn’t going to be an issue. These officials said, look, they’ve spent all this money on violins and costumes so we better give them insane fights. I swear, in one of the fights I heard the ref growl, “finish him!” but I don’t speak Russian.
If you want another example of the incredible reffing, watch the full Fedor fight once again below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbxUfwNzKy8