{"id":425689,"date":"2026-02-14T17:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T17:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/425689\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T17:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T17:23:12","slug":"watch-forgotten-ufc-fighter-knocks-out-former-olympic-boxer-at-karate-combat-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/425689\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch! Forgotten UFC Fighter Knocks Out Former Olympic Boxer At Karate Combat 59"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Mixed martial arts (MMA) vs. boxing was on full display earlier tonight (Fri., Feb. 13, 2026) at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/latest-news\/421351\/karate-combat-59-fight-card-start-time-date-and-location-walker-vs-clark\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Karate Combat 59<\/a> from inside Telemundo Center in Miami, Fla., as former UFC middleweight, Claudio Ribeiro, went toe-to-toe with former Olympic boxer, Michel Borges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">There\u2019s been a lot of talk about MMA vs. boxing recently after Terence Crawford and Shakur Stevenson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-news\/421501\/terence-crawford-ufc-never-better-than-boxing-shakur-stevenson-dares-ilia-topuria-fight-me\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">both defended boxing<\/a> against Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Crawford believes \u201cUFC will never be better than boxing,\u201d while Stevenson called out UFC lightweight champion Ilia Topuria to \u201ccome fight me.\u201d This prompted UFC welterweight contender Joaquin Buckley to step in and let Stevenson know he\u2019d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/boxing\/421696\/ufc-loudmouth-threatens-to-kill-disrespectful-shakur-stevenson-terence-crawford-rushes-to-his-defense-ill-break-your-neck\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201ckill\u201d<\/a> him if they ever actually fought. The back-and-forth exchanges have been interesting and in turn have sparked much debate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On Friday night, Karate Combat 59 played host to a matchup between Ribeiro and Borges. It was MMA vs. boxing, but limited to a standup battle. MMA backers would like to see grappling infused into a showdown with a boxer, but this matchup was good enough for what it was. It still allowed fight fans to see what a one-punch knockout artist like Ribeiro can do against a former Olympic boxer like Borges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Ribeiro, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2023\/5\/6\/23713801\/highlights-claudio-ribeiro-kickstarts-ufc-288-with-brutal-tko-sterling-cejudo-video-results-espn-ppv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">only had one win<\/a> inside of UFC\u2019s Octagon, didn\u2019t need that long to move in, find his range, and unload heavy hands. The former UFC fighter first landed a sweeping leg kicked that briefly knocked Borges off his feet then scored a nasty combination inside. Borges fell to the canvas and Ribeiro fired off heavy ground shots until the referee stepped in for the stoppage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Check out the highlights below and let us know if this at all impacts your outlook on the whole MMA vs. boxing debate!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mixed martial arts (MMA) vs. boxing was on full display earlier tonight (Fri., Feb. 13, 2026) at Karate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,30874,30367,101,914,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-425689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news-results","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}