9. Brian Foster/Joao Zeferino WSOF 25
I’m putting these two together since their stories are intertwined.
World Series of Fighting attempted a one-night tournament on November 20th 2015. The event had a rather controversial finish.
In the opening round Joao Zeferino submitted Brian Foster in 1:46 with a heel hook. In the second round Mike Ricci and Islam Mamedov were unable to continue due to injury. This allowed two fighters who lost in the first round to compete in the semi-finals, one of whom was Brian Foster.
Joao Zeferino again submitted his opponent in under two minutes in the semi-finals to move to the final bout. Foster then knocked out Luis Palomino to also move to the finals. This meant the finals was also a rematch of a bout from the quarter-finals.
Just to make things weird for everybody, Foster knocked out Zeferino in the 2nd round to avenge his earlier loss and win the tournament. Each guy is 1W-1L in WSOF since.
