MMA fighter 'groin humped' opponent after homophobic insult

An MMA fighter has gone viral for producing what has been described as "the most diabolical thing" in the history of the sport.

Slade Shadowshot squared off against Kevin Nsiona in a bout for Versus back in September, submitting his opponent in the third round.

Shadowshot secured the stoppage to move to 5-0 in his professional career but one moment in the fight has since gone viral on social media.

MMA fighter's thrust move stunned fans in attendance

In the third and final round, Shadowshot gained control and was on top of Nsiona while he was lay grounded on the canvas.

But he then proceeded to shock everyone in attendance, including the girls sat cageside, when he proceeded to aggressively thrust his groin into his opponent's face.

Shadowshot did this repeatedly, with Nsiona hurt, humiliated and ultimately helpless.

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Surprisingly, the referee did not intervene at any point. Shadowshot laughed at Nsiona and then flipped him off by showing him his middle finger.

The combat sports page Happy Punch shared bizarre footage of Shadowshot's antics, with the clip racking up 4.8 million views on X.

Naturally, the incident sparked huge reaction online, with one user writing: "Yeah you gotta hang em up after this."

A second person said: "This is by far the most diabolical thing I’ve ever seen done in an MMA fight.”

A third user cleverly commented: “Shots to the groin are illegal, but no one said anything about shots from the groin.”

A fourth person joked: "Don’t let the Dagestanis get ahold of this one."

The scenes were reminiscent of a moment in UFC when Dontale Mayers produced a carbon-copy thrust a the expense of Josh Parisian in their 2021 fight.

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It turns out that the move from Shadowshot was not exactly a spur of the moment he decision. On Instagram just last week, the 19-year-old prospect claimed that Nsiona had produced a homophobic slur in calling him "gay" for taking him down.

He then added that he "had to make it even", with the video cutting to him humping Nsiona en route to another routine victory.

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Shadowshot posted the video with the caption, "Fair is fair right?" and set the video to the song 'Be My Baby' by The Ronettes to add insult to injury.

The behaviour evoked memories of Israel Adesanya, who imitated humping Paulo Costa from behind after beating him by second-round TKO at UFC 253 in September 2020.

Adesanya said his celebration was "teabagging" as seen in Call of Duty, with Costa calling him "human trash" and his manager branding the incident "disgusting".

Former UFC commentator Dan Hardy wasn't fan, viewing Adesanya's antics to be "crass" and "unnecessary".

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