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A Russian MMA boss stormed a cage to stop a fight and disqualify both fighters for being too boring

Alan Dawson   

A Russian MMA boss stormed a cage to stop a fight and disqualify both fighters for being too boring
  • A Russian MMA boss stormed a cage in the middle of a match last weekend.
  • ACA president Mairbek Khasiev made the unconventional move as he thought the fight was too boring.

A Russian MMA boss stormed a cage in the middle of a match to disqualify both fighters for being too boring.

ACA president Mairbek Khasiev made the unconventional move at Friday's ACA 141 event that took place at the DS Bolshoy Adler Arena in Sochi, Russia.

ACA 141 was a 12-bout card, and Khasiev's intervention came late in the event as the MMA president seemingly had enough of the 155-pound fight between Ali Bagov and Rashid Magomedov.

The official result for the lightweight match is a no contest after four of a scheduled five rounds due to lack of activity.

The fight was supposed to be a quarterfinal for ACA's ongoing lightweight tournament.

"The ACA League is not a kindergarten," Khasiev told the live crowd after disqualifying both fighters, according to MMA website Bloody Elbow. "It is a serious league."

Khasiev continued: "The ACA League today, is — regardless of what anyone says — is the second greatest fight league in the world.

"Every time I say this, someone comes out with some sort of criticism. And now we are showing you what sort of league we really are.

"That's it. Disqualified. That's it, I've had it, I got no nerve for this. What is this? What the fuck are you — what are you? Do you think we're schoolboys over here!?

"Right, you're all free to go, that's it. Akhmat Power, Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar."

Watch the disqualification right here:

The winner of the bout was due to proceed to the tournament semifinal against Artem Reznikov.

It is currently unclear whether Reznikov will compete against a replacement opponent, or proceed to the final on a bye.

ACA returns August 13 with ACA 142 that takes place in Kazan, Tatarstan, in Russia.



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