MMA Ref Didn’t Protect Himself At All Times, Gets Kicked In The Head

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Scott Manhardt was just going about his business this week managing the octagon at the IMMAF SuperCup in Bahrain when he was reminded of a very important lesson for MMA refs.

“Protect yourself at all times,” Manhardt tweeted Thursday after video of him being kicked in the head by a fighter started to make the Internet rounds.

“PS. I got up and finished the fight,” the veteran ref added.

Here’s what happened during the opening round when Manhardt didn’t protect himself at all times. He walked into a rolling thunder kick to the head.

SNIPER! MANHARDT’S DOWN!

The bad news for Luis Gonzalez, the fighter who KO-ed Manhardt, is that he might’ve knocked out the ref, but he lost the actual fight via decision to Ireland’s Lewis Byrne.

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Written by Joe Kinsey

Joe Kinsey is the Senior Director of Content of OutKick and the editor of the Morning Screencaps column that examines a variety of stories taking place in real America.

Kinsey is also the founder of OutKick’s Thursday Night Mowing League, America’s largest virtual mowing league.

Kinsey graduated from University of Toledo.

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