Knockout

The first team from each group advance, then the knockout process begins

Karate Combat, the first mainstream, professional, full-contact karate league, held its second major event from Athens last Saturday.

The "Olympus" event featured five knockouts and won technical knockouts, with the UK's Jerome Brown winning over Davy Dona of France with a TKO in the main event.

Bulgarian boxer Tervel Pulev achieved his 11th victory in his 11th professional ring game. He knocked out American Armando Ancona in the first round in a match played at the Olympic Stadium in Chicago.

Floyd Mayweather justified his status as a favorite and kept his promise to boxing fans to beat Connor McGregor in the long-awaited match of the year that will smash all the financial records in the history of martial sports.

Paulie Malignaggi, former sparring partner to Conor McGregor, says the boxing world is laughing at him over his fight with Floyd Mayweather.
Conor McGregor’s upcoming fight against Floyd Mayweather has made him a laughing stock in the world of boxing, according to Paulie Malignaggi.

Former heavyweight champion of the world Mike Tyson isn’t giving Conor McGregor a fighting chance — or even a correct identification.
In an interview with Barstool Sports’ “Pardon My Take,” Tyson, who frequently grinded together McGregor’s name as “McConor”, did not mince words when asked about the mega-bout set for Aug. 26, deemed the most hyped fight in a decade.

Tim Hague, UFC fighter turned boxer, died Sunday after he suffered a serious injury during a boxing match in Canada. He was 34.

Heavyweight world boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko hit contender Kubrat Pulev with a force equalling 450 kg in the third round of the boxing match between the two on November 15 in Hamburg, writes Bild.de.

Pulev, who was knocked out in the fifth round, sustained series of hard blows and got knocked down twice in the first round and once in the third.

Bulgarian boxer Kubrat Pulev got knocked down by Ukrainian heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko in a long-waited match held late on Saturday, November 15.

Pulev fought hard despite falling down two times well in the first round, but failed to get back to his feet after a strong left punch which prevented him from making it through the fifth round eleven seconds before the end.