Home
News
In Focus
Business
Metro
Nation
World
Sports
Feature
Opinion
View more 禄Opinion Columns
Wan LixinOpinion deputy editor of Shanghai Daily
City-born architect lists inspiration behind his designs in a new book
Digitization helps preserve, disseminate intangible cultural heritage
Sunday
- Subscribe
Snoring a big sign to stop fight
Source: Agencies |
May 15, 2010, Saturday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
WHEN referee Steve Perceval heard the South Korean fighter snoring he knew it was time to stop the fight.
Caught in a suffocating "guillotine" neck choke by Wiktor Swensson, Choi Seung-hyun had been unable, or unwilling, to tap out and was unconscious by the time Perceval laid him out on the floor of the Martial Combat cage.
Perceval, who has refereed more than 200 mixed martial arts (MMA) fights and was in charge of the action at Singapore's first MMA event, said Choi had been in a good position to escape the choke but Swensson was shouting to him that the Korean had gone limp.
"So as I moved in closer, I listened and I could hear him snoring, which is a common thing when a fighter goes unconscious from a choke," Perceval said.
"So when I heard the snoring I stopped the fight immediately. There was no need for a stretcher as he was only out for a couple of seconds."
While the incident may have looked scary, Perceval said the Korean fighter had been in very little danger and he was adamant the sport's reputation for violence was ill-deserved.
The two-day Martial Combat event had enforced a strict set of standards ranging from the types of joint locks that were banned to striking rules such as "No eye gouging" and "No kicking to the kidney with a heel."
Injuries are part and parcel of combat sports, however, and a bout on Thursday saw a Korean fighter deliver a devastating lock that left his Mongolian opponent writhing on the mat with a dislocated elbow.
Caught in a suffocating "guillotine" neck choke by Wiktor Swensson, Choi Seung-hyun had been unable, or unwilling, to tap out and was unconscious by the time Perceval laid him out on the floor of the Martial Combat cage.
Perceval, who has refereed more than 200 mixed martial arts (MMA) fights and was in charge of the action at Singapore's first MMA event, said Choi had been in a good position to escape the choke but Swensson was shouting to him that the Korean had gone limp.
"So as I moved in closer, I listened and I could hear him snoring, which is a common thing when a fighter goes unconscious from a choke," Perceval said.
"So when I heard the snoring I stopped the fight immediately. There was no need for a stretcher as he was only out for a couple of seconds."
While the incident may have looked scary, Perceval said the Korean fighter had been in very little danger and he was adamant the sport's reputation for violence was ill-deserved.
The two-day Martial Combat event had enforced a strict set of standards ranging from the types of joint locks that were banned to striking rules such as "No eye gouging" and "No kicking to the kidney with a heel."
Injuries are part and parcel of combat sports, however, and a bout on Thursday saw a Korean fighter deliver a devastating lock that left his Mongolian opponent writhing on the mat with a dislocated elbow.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 娌狪CP璇侊細娌狪CP澶05050403鍙-1
- |
- 浜掕仈缃戞柊闂讳俊鎭湇鍔¤鍙瘉锛31120180004
- |
- 缃戠粶瑙嗗惉璁稿彲璇侊細0909346
- |
- 骞挎挱鐢佃鑺傜洰鍒朵綔璁稿彲璇侊細娌瓧绗354鍙
- |
- 澧炲肩數淇′笟鍔＄粡钀ヨ鍙瘉锛氭勃B2-20120012
Copyright 漏 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
