Missed Fists: Vasily ‘The Dumpling’ Kamotsky beats Zuluzinho in glorified staring contest

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.

This weekend, everyone was talking about The Match.

Two industry giants who shared their combat sports knowledge with legends at every turn. Two fighters at their peak. Two giants instantly identifiable by one name.

That’s right: I’m talking about Dumpling vs. Zuluzinho.

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Vasily Kamotsky vs. Zuluzinho

For the record, when we’re talking about fighting legends, that’s not even an exaggeration with Zuluzinho. He has been there with Fedor and Big Nog as well as Butterbean. He can now add “The Dumpling”, a slap fighter star, to his list. This dumpling has previously dabbled with bare-knuckle fighting. Vasily Kamotsky appears willing to take on any challenge, so why not host a contest for staring?

Because that’s essentially what his three-round boxing bout with Zuluzinho devolved into according to freak show fanatic @Matysek88. Below is a look at the action.

It’s unclear why Kamotsky and Zuluzinho were unwilling to let their hands go. Maybe they just respected each other’s power. Maybe they were both making guaranteed bank for the matchup and it didn’t matter who won or lost (Kamotsky won a decision, apparently). Maybe they were paying homage to the worst UFC championship fight of all time (Esparza vs. Namajunas 2 or Dan Severn vs. Ken Shamrock 2, take your pick).

This is the latest chapter of Zuluzinho’s bizarre — and surely DAMN! They Were Good-worthy — career. Let’s not forget that just 14 months ago the PRIDE veteran lost a decision following a hilarious premature celebration.

If you want to go further down the rabbit hole, Kamotsky vs. Zuluzinho was actually a rematch as the two previously battled to a tie in a slap contest fight (h/t @GrabakaHitman). You can see it here :

If you want to see more from Nashe Delo Fights, you can check out their YouTube, which regularly posts full events.

If you want to learn more about Kamotsky or Zuluzinho then get professional assistance.

Alan Castro vs. Osvaldo Gonzalez
Fabrizio Escarrega vs. David Fuentes

Our front-runner for Knockout of the Week comes to us from Naciones MMA 7 in Monterrey, Mexico, and is actually the result of a submission. Alan Castro went all in on a triangle choke, trapping his opponent beautifully and outworking him until he went to sleep.

This amazing submission was even better because it took place in a sweet and sweet postlim.

While that finish seemed inevitable, this next clip was surprising even to the victor himself.

Fabrizio Escarrega looked like he was throwing an advancing combination to set up a big right hand, but his left landed on point and his opponent David Fuentes was clearly toast just 38 seconds into the fight.

Naciones MMA 7 is available for free replay on Facebook.

Itzel Padilla vs. Tania Tapia

While we’re south of the border, let’s hop on over to Puebla, where pro debutante Itzel Padilla also seemed surprised by her finishing strike.

That was like a “excuse” head kickKO. However, it was an excellent stoppage since Tapia didn’t know where she was when that shot was connected.

Lux Fight League 23 is available for replay on UFC Fight Pass.

Aleksandr Vertko vs. Arda Adas
Florim Zendeli vs. Chequina Noso Pedro

Forget what I said earlier about Castro having the best knockout because we actually have a bunch of knockout knockouts that are worth crowing about.

From National Fighting Championship in Balingen, Germany:

Aleksandr Vertko captured a vacant lightweight title with this nasty flurry capped off by Muay Thai Knees From Hell. Russia’s Vertko just turned 26 this past April and he has now won 10 straight fights.

That full fight and others are available to watch on YouTube.

Ivan Vitasovic vs. Oli Thompson

While we’re at Fight Nation Championship in Croatia (not to be mistaken with National Fighting Championship), heavyweight Ivan Vitasovic performed a truly horrific head kick.

That’s not just any jabroni he took out either, it’s you-name-the-promotion veteran Oli Thompson!

That full fight and more from FNC is available on YouTube.

Kacper Formela vs. Aleksandr Gorshechnik
Piotr Kuberski vs. Marcin Naruszczka
Szymon Dusza vs. Wawrzyniec Bartnik

At Fight Exclusive Night 40 (guys, we’ve really got to talk about these promotion names) in Ostroda, Poland, we had a trio of notable knockouts.

First, Kacper Formela recorded his first successful defense of the FEN featherweight title with a skull-rattling head kick of Aleksandr Gorshechnik.

He catches him on the chin and you can practically see the impact travel outward from there, especially in the slo-mo footage.

Middleweight Piotr Kuberski also walked out with gold as he turned it up and put it on Marcin Naruszczka in the first round to capture a vacant title.

Naruszczka (23-12-2) was pretty much lined up for Kuberski (10-1), though he does have respectable wins over Eric Spicely, Matt Horwich, and Abu Azaitar. Still, it’s Kuberski whose star is on the rise after picking up his seventh straight win.

Opening with the main card, Szymon dusza established his win by a stunning knee in the middle. But, geez! He was permitted to hit a lot more shots at the head after :

Julio Pereira vs. Deberson Batista
Alexandre Castro vs. Elifrank Cariolano

Jungle Fight 108 (free replay available on YouTube) also had its share of title fight triumphs and fast finishes, courtesy of Julio Pereira and Alexandre Castro (with an assist from a cautious referee).

Pereira won his featherweight title defense by landing a right-hand bomb and then putting on a devastating ground-and pound.

Pereira, 24, has now won four in a row by knockout.

Alexandre Castro was officially the fastest finisher of the night after dropping Elifrank Cariolano on a flying knee. However, this certainly looked like an early stoppage.

In fairness to referee Flavio Almendra, Castro and Cariolano are a bit up there in age (Castro is 40, Cariolano is 37) so he could have been wisely erring on the side of safety here. That knee landed flush.

The bigger mystery is Castro’s nickname “Negao WIFI”. That’s the Gui Cruz story.

Alexander Osetrov vs. Willian Lima
Andrey Koreshkov vs. Leonardo Cavalheiro

Last Friday, a fighter who had just taken one between his legs scored an incredible knockout punch. This week, the retaliation might have been even more impressive.

Alexander Osetrov did not take kindly to Willian Lina’s fake-glove-touch-leg-kick and in another case of “if they go low, we go high,” he answered in kind with a head kick that immediately dropped Lima to the canvas. He pounced on Lima and patiently attacked with ground-and-pound to earn the 45-second finish.

In the main event, Bellator’s Andrey Koreshkov was on loan and frankly I find his involvement in these things offensive.

The last time we saw the former Bellator welterweight champion, he was forcibly rearranging Chance Rencountre’s insides. Koreshkov is permitted to fight with promotions, so besides the fact that he beats Bellator’s welterweight champion, there seems to be almost no restriction on what he can do in cages of other promotes.

Koreshkov is an international menace, is what I’m saying.

Shlemenko Fighting Championship 4, which took place in Omsk, Russia, is available for free replay on YouTube.

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