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Missed Fists: Marcin Wrzosek suffers knee injury after post-fight throw from opponent’s twin brother

LaPhezz February 14, 2025
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Piotr Tyburski and Marcin Wrzosek at a Fame MMA event in Warsaw, Poland, on Feb. 8, 2025 | FAME MMA, YouTube

Welcome to the latest edition of Missed Fists where we shine a light on fights from across the globe that may have been overlooked in these hectic times where it seems like there’s an MMA show every other day.

Let me be the first to say I’m not a believer in superstitions, jinxes, bad juju, or whatever you want to call it when misfortune seems to follow one particular target. I’m a man of science.

That said, sometimes there’s no shaking the feeling that some mischievous or malevolent force is out to get someone. I had this thought seeing the latest mishap to befall Marcin Wrzosek.

(Big thanks as always to @Barrelelapierna for their weekly lists of the best KOs and submissions, and to @Grabaka_Hitman for uploading many of the clips you see here. Give them a follow and chip in on Patreon if you can.)

Marcin Wrzosek vs. Pawel Tyburski (and his twin brother???)

If Wrzosek’s name sounds familiar… well, we’ll get to that later. For now, let’s look at the chicanery that went down at a Fame MMA event in Warsaw, Poland, where Wrzosek ended up experiencing a high and then the lowest of lows in short order.

Here’s what I gathered from @Matysek88’s description and a rough translation of a writeup by Przegląd Sportowy: Wrzosek was victorious in a one-round bout with modified MMA rules, defeating Pawel Tybursky by decision. In what was meant to be a playful moment afterwards, Pawel’s twin brother Piotr went to throw Wrzosek down, but as you can see in the clip above, Wrzosek ended up falling in a painfully awkward position.

The resulting injury knocked Wrzosek out of a one-night tournament, and possibly out for the rest of 2025. He later wrote on social media that he has “torn ligaments” in his knee. Suffice to say, he’s not too happy with the Tybursky bros.

As for the preamble, you might remember “The Polish Zombie” from his time as a cast member on The Ultimate Fighter 22 and his lone UFC appearance, or you might remember when he broke his frigging arm at another Fame MMA event almost two years ago to the day of the Tybursky incident. ROUGH.

You can check out the whole incident on Fame’s YouTube and other highlights from the event below.

Angel Rodriguez vs. Andres Farrera

Wrzosek wasn’t the only one having a tough time of it in the cage this past week. A lot of people got kicked in the head, too.

Few delivered said kicking with as much style and panache as Angel Rodriguez, who landed a sensational wheel kick knockout at a Supreme Fight Night event in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Slow that one down. That is heel right to the side of the temple, instant shut-off. And the hammerfist afterwards was just so, so, unnecessary. Still, you can’t ding Rodriguez too much for getting caught up in the moment, especially since this was for a vacant featherweight title.

Rodriguez entered this contest 15-15, while Farrera was 9-1. I can only assume this bout was put together to get gold around Farrera’s waist, but Rodriguez-who had been finished in four straight fights prior to this one-apparently didn’t get the script.

You can watch more free fights from this event on YouTube.

Movsar Ibragimov vs. Thomas Bryan
Nessim Akhdim vs. Qudrat Safi

Over to Arena Elite Championship 12 in Laval, France, now for some more coup de tête action, as they would put it.

Movsar Ibragimov unleashed his leg on an unsuspecting Thomas Bryan, causing Bryan to almost spike himself into the canvas afterward.

Thankfully, we see Bryan back up on a stool shortly after and as in good condition as you can be after eating a shot like that.

Nessim Akhdim also finished with a slapping head kick, which somehow didn’t draw an immediate stoppage from the referee.

Keep in mind, this was an amateur bout, which are typically referee’d with more caution. Like Bryan, Qudrat Safi appeared to be alright afterwards. I still would liked to have seen a quicker stoppage there, though.

Katsuyoshi Takahashi vs. Hideya Narumi

Katsuyoshi Takahashi, on the other hand, barely gave his referee a chance to move.

From a Pancrase Blood event in Tokyo:

That is just a 1-2 combo on the money and Hideya Narumi was out before he hit the ground. Takahashi dove in for an exclamation point punch, arriving at almost the exact same time as the official. Too late to stop a defenseless Narumi eating one more power punch. That was tough to watch.

Ragners Dzhigurs vs. Tomas Markus

Why don’t we bring some joy back into our lives for a second?

At a King of Kings event in Riga, Latvia, Ragners Dzhigurs was all smiles after getting cracked by Tomas Markus. Normally, when I see someone grinning and bearing it in the middle of an MMA fight, I assume disaster is soon to follow for them. That doesn’t apply to Dzhigurs, who appeared to be genuinely amused by Markus’ punch and decided the best way to think him was to rush him into the corner and fire back with 10 times the amount of force.

Seems like a sweet guy.

Anna Crutchfield vs. Blanca Medina
Cody Freeman vs. Shane Torres
Steven Orozco vs. Cameron Cash

The Oprah joke is too obvious here, but screw it.

YOU GET A HEAD KICK AND YOU GET A HEAD KICK AND YOU GET A HEAD KICK!

On the Fury FC 101 prelims in Dallas, strawweight prospect Anna Crutchfield dazzled with a beautiful kick up top and then a brick of a right hand to leave Blanca Medina frozen on the mat.

We’d be remiss if we didn’t include one submission this week, especially when it’s as good as Cody Freeman tangling Shane Torres up in a bad way and then putting him to sleep.

Freeman had Torres’ body so compacted with that choke it’s like he was trying to stuff him into a suitcase.

Oh, remember how we started this week with a wheel kick? Well, here’s another for you.

Spinning and winning, the universal currency.

Marcos Degli vs. Lincon Santos
Lany Silva vs. Rose Conceicao

Fury FC 101 is available for replay on UFC Fight Pass, as is LFA 201 from Sao Paulo, Brazil, which is where we leave off this week.

New interim flyweight champion Marcos Degli gave us our Humpty Dumpty Fall of the Week, connecting with a left hand that had Lincoln Santos nearly doing the splits.

Those feet were flying in opposite directions and if that were me, my groin would no longer be intact. Just saying.

And in case you missed it, you have to see Lany Silva’s knockout of Rose Conceicao in the LFA strawweight championship main event.

This was an incredible statement win for the 22-year-old Silva, who took out an opponent recently featured on the Contender Series. Silva spoke to our own Guilherme Cruz about her plans to capitalize on the viral knockout and hopefully score a Contender Series spot of her own or, even better, a fast-track ticket to the UFC.

If you know of a recent fight or event that you think may have been overlooked, or a promotion that could use some attention, please let us know on X — @AlexanderKLee — using the hashtag #MissedFists.



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