Video: Referee applies rear naked choke to fighter to stop fight

An unusual episode took place at TKO 37 Rivals, an event held in Montreal (CAN); Fighter was disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct

Laerte Viana

19/01/2017 | 14:30

An unusual situation occurred at an event in Canada. (Photo: Reproduction)

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An unusual situation marked TKO 37 Rivals, an event held last Friday (13), in Montreal (CAN). In the main fight of the show, Strahinja Gavrilovic knocked out Jo Vallée in the first round, forcing the referee to stop the fight. So far, everything is normal. The problem is that Gavrilovic didn't stop hitting his opponent, who was already knocked out, thus forcing the fight judge to apply a rear naked choke to the fighter.

At the end of the fight, Gravilovic, who was coming off defeats to Todd Stoute and Yacine Bandoui, ended up disqualified (for unsportsmanlike conduct) and suffered his third consecutive setback.

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