RUSSIAN MMA promotion Epic Fighting Championship put on a grotesque intergender bout between a THIRTY-SEVEN STONE man and a petite female fighter this week.
Strawweight Aleksandra Stepakova was pitted against behemoth Grigory Chistyakov, who tipped the scales at a whopping 240KG.
Epic FC are no strangers to putting on such mismatches, but MMA fans were left aghast when footage of Stepakova and Chistyakov's clash started doing the rounds on social media.
The intergender mismatch reminded fights fans of the PRIDE 3 clash between the late Emmanuel Yarbrough - who at his heaviest weighed a whopping 313KG - and Daiju Takase.
Stepakova, understandably, struggled to deal with her hulking opponent - who kept her pressed against the cage for large portions of the early proceedings.
But the 29-year-old eventually managed to break free from the shackles of Chistyakov and returned fire with a deluge of punches and kicks.
However, it wasn't long before Chistyakov closed the distance and used every inch of his huge frame to once again smother Stepakova against the fence.
Stepakova was smothered once again in the second but found some brief respite when an audience member ran into the cage and KICKED the blubbery Chistyakov in the back.The freak show of a fight promptly resumed after the unexpected interlude and Stepakova managed to avoid being held down by her opponent for the remainder of the round - although she did eat some solid punches for her troubles.
Stepakova tried her best to overturn Chistyakov's advantage in the third but was unable to overcome the size difference.
The fight - if you can call it that - somehow ended up going to the judges' scorecards.
And the cageside officials scored the so-called contest in the favour of the huge Chistyakov.
MMA fans couldn't contain their disgust at the sanctioning of the fight and took to social media to slam the promotion.
One tweeted: "Russian MMA never ceases to shock me. How bizarre this is on all levels."
Another said: "What the f**k is going on with MMA in Russia?!"
Epic Fighting Championship's latest card also featured a TWO ON ONE intergender match-up featuring a 75-year-old man and his grandson.
Vladimir Spartak and his grandson Big Igibob locked horns with 28-year-old Yulia Mishko in a WWE-esque handicap match.
But despite their advantage, the pair were resoundingly beaten by Mishko - who dropped her opponents a combined total of three times.
The bout was also ridiculed by fight fans, with one saying: "The is terrible."
Another asked: "What have I just watched here?"
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