Nam Phan
Former UFC and Bellator fighter Nam Phan retired in 2017 after a three-fight losing streak, but he was tempted back into the ring earlier this year in an unsanctioned gym bout after being called out by a so-called ‘kung-fu master’ Khai Tran.
The fight was essentially set up to mirror MMA rules with th exception being that if it went to the ground it would be stood back up again.
Phan was giving up a significant amount of height and weight to his opponent and in the first of four two-minute rounds he took his time and sized up his opponent, who was coming forward with short flurries of strikes without doing much in the way of damage.
In the second round Phan noticeably stepped up a gear and started landing combinations of punches, then a clean left clearly dazed Tran, who tried to keep fighting on and walked into a right hand that floored him.
At this stage the fight should have been waved off as Tran tried unsuccessfully to get back upright, but after finally standing he agreed to keep going, only to be knocked out by a straight right.
