One of the most intimidating fighters in UFC history once brutally embarrassed a solider representing the US special forces during a trip to a military base.
Throughout the history of the UFC, there have been several fighters that have become famous not just for their ability in the octagon, but also their brutal attitude towards the sport.
The likes of Nate Diaz, Alex Pereria and Max Holloway will all be remembered for taking a fight no matter the circumstances and not being afraid to risk it all in the octagon.
Fighters like this have recently been honoured with the BMF belt, a unique UFC title that is sometimes put on the line in a bout between two fighters deemed to be 'Bad Motherf*****s'.
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But there is one fighter who never had the chance to fight for the BMF title, but he represented exactly why he would have been a perfect candidate when he visited a military base in Afghanistan.
Back in September 2021, former UFC welterweight Carlos Condit decided to hang up the gloves following a 46-fight MMA career.
Condit, who was given the name the 'Natural Born Killer', enjoyed a dramatic career, with one of his most memorable moments being the brutal knockout win over England's Dan Hardy in London's O2 Arena in 2010.
Despite tough fights with Nick Diaz, Robbie Lawler and Georges St-Pierre, Condit amazingly was never knocked out across any fight in his professional MMA career.
But that didn't mean he wasn't capable of handing out some brutal punishment, as one member of the US special forces discovered when Condit, BJ Penn, Urijah Faber and Britain's first UFC champion Michael Bisping visited a base in Afghanistan
Speaking about the incident, Bisping said: “All of a sudden, right then and there, this Special Forces guy… Bang! Sucker punches him (Condit) as hard as he can. And I mean a f****** hard shot.
"Bear in mind, we were at the top of a mountain in Afghanistan in a war zone, a very, very small base.
“These guys are running the show. They’ve got machine guns, etc., etc…
"This guy hits Carlos in the face as hard as he can. [Condit] shakes his head, gets his s*** together. And then just goes at the guy. Jab, right hand, left head kick… Boom. Knocks the f****** Special Forces dude unconscious.
"And everyone’s looking around the room like: ‘Holy s***!’ And I’m like, ‘Oh, Carlos, I’m not sure if that was the smartest thing to do. For f***s sake, I don’t want to die up here.’”
Of course, Condit and the rest of the UFC fighters did make it out of the base, with Condit's final fight in the UFC being a loss to Max Griffin on the undercard of Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier in 2021.
Ben McCrum