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UFC Flyweight Igor Severino entered Saturday’s UFC Fight Night matchup with fellow Brazillian Andre Lima with a perfect 8-0 record.
By the time the fight ended, that record was no longer.
That’s because Severino was disqualified in the second round after he went full Mike Tyson and decided to take a big bite out of Lima’s arm.
André Lima defeats Igor Severino after Severino was disqualified for biting Lima 😳 #UFCVegas89 pic.twitter.com/MCEImctK7V
— MMA Fighting (@MMAFighting) March 23, 2024
Lima won the first round of the fight on all three judges’ scorecards. But Severino landed more total strikes, significant strikes and had taken Lima’s back when he decided to chomp into his compatriot’s arm.
Of course, the bite immediately made fans think of the “Sound and the Fury” heavyweight title boxing match between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield in 1997.
Holyfield defeated Tyson just seven months prior to win the WBA heavyweight title. And Holyfield appeared to be winning the rematch when Tyson decided to take a bite into his ear.
Igor Severino did his best Mike Tyson impression 😂💀 pic.twitter.com/91JJ5G7Kel
— Combat Buzz (@CombatBuzzX) March 24, 2024
Severino went full Mike Tyson. pic.twitter.com/4f54yv5J5k
— Machine Pun Kelly 🇺🇦 (@KellyScaletta) March 23, 2024
Severino was showing top 15 intangibles and now may get cut.
Mike Tyson hungry.
Dude may be the Jungle Fights champ until 2072— The Legend of MagicM MMA (@MagicM_MMABets) March 23, 2024
Remember kids, even in the UFC where seemingly everything goes, you canNOT bite somebody!
Lima, meanwhile, moved to 8-0 in his career in the funniest way imaginable.