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MMA Fighter Dances To ILLIT’s ‘It’s Me’ Before Brutal Loss
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Epic K-Pop Fight Entrance
… Before Brutal Loss
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An MMA fighter had a “life comes at you fast” moment this week … when he made his way to the ring with an epic K-Pop dance — just to get knocked out minutes later.
The equal parts highlight and lowlight came at the RIZIN 54 event at Toyota Center Tokyo in Japan … with Ryoma “Jolly” Shishimoto grooving to ILLIT‘s “It’s Me” during his walkout.
“It’s Me” was used as an entrance song at a Japanese MMA
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The clip quickly made rounds on social media — some folks praised his choreography execution and declared Jolly their “bias” … while others questioned the over-the-top efforts before a violent showdown.
In other words, those critics felt Jolly should’ve saved the moves for the South Korean Show Inkigayo, not a fight night.
Well, the results back the latter stance … as Shishimoto got his butt handed to him by Joe Hiramoto, resulting in a TKO with just over 90 seconds left in the first round.
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Jolly suffered some gnarly injuries, too … putting his busted teeth and broken jaw on display.
He even shared a scan of his skull … with a clean break near his mouth clearly visible.
“Embarrassing!” Jolly said. “My jaw was busted. Joe-kun is a fabulous fighter, Black Rose was strong.”
He continued … “Hiramoto Ren, Shinotsuka Tatsuki — I have nothing else to say. I wave the white flag. To all my supporters, I’m really sorry.”
His outing caught the eye of ex-UFC star “Platinum” Mike Perry … who seemingly trolled the fighter by commenting under the clip of his dance, “How did the fight go ?”
Ouch.