{"id":547477,"date":"2026-03-18T02:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T02:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/547477\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T02:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T02:44:08","slug":"knuckle-sandwich-watch-this-insane-and-super-rare-inverted-double-fisted-mma-knockout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/547477\/","title":{"rendered":"Knuckle sandwich! Watch this insane (and super rare) inverted double-fisted MMA knockout"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who doesn\u2019t love wild, weird knockouts?<\/a><\/p>\n

Regional promotion Empire Championship Series: Reign of Champions went down this past weekend (Sat., March 14, 2026) inside the NMSU Pan American Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico \u2014 and it delivered one of the craziest finishes you\u2019ll see all year \u2026 or ever.<\/p>\n

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Bantamweight prospect Gabriel Peinado took on Santiago Gonzales for the vacant ECS Bantamweight title, but the fight didn\u2019t last long \u2014 just 49 seconds.<\/p>\n

From his back in guard, Peinado uncorked a perfectly timed, simultaneous double-fisted strike to Gonzales\u2019 temple, instantly knocking him unconscious. Peinado flipped him over and landed four follow-up shots before the referee could step in and wave it off.<\/p>\n

Yeah \u2026 you don\u2019t see that every day.<\/p>\n

Kevin Holland, is that you?<\/a><\/p>\n

Check out the wild knockout below:<\/p>\n

With the win, Peinado improves to 5-2 as an amateur \u2014 and with a highlight like that, it\u2019s safe to say a move to the professional ranks could be coming sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n

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The 18-year-old Texas native is now riding a three-fight winning streak, with all of his victories coming by way of finish. His most recent loss came on UFC Fight Pass when he dropped a bout to Felix Cano under Anthony Pettis\u2019 promotion.<\/p>\n

For more regional MMA news and notes click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who doesn\u2019t love wild, weird knockouts? Regional promotion Empire Championship Series: Reign of Champions went down this past…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,270978,130047,785,5774,270977,270979,85],"class_list":["post-547477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-gabriel-peinado","tag-las-cruces","tag-mma","tag-new-mexico","tag-nmsu-pan-american-center","tag-santiago-gonzales","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}