Strongmen Have Been Pictured Brutally Slapping Each Other In The Face In Front Of A Jeering Crowd As The Wacky Competition Dreamed Up By
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Strongmen have been pictured brutally slapping each other in the face in front of a jeering crowd as the wacky competition dreamed up by supremo made its way to .
Ron 'The Wolverine' Bata and Damien 'The Bell' Dibbell took turns whacking one another across the face in a furious five-round bout at UFC Apex for Power Slap 2 on Wednesday.
The Bell beat Ron 'Wolverine' Bata in the heavyweight division of the slap-fighting contest.
For the event, a coin toss decides who goes first, then the fighters have a minute to deliver an open-handed slap to their opponent.
The slapped competitor has a minute to recover and get back into position.
If both are still standing after three rounds, a judge picks a winner.
Pictured: Damien 'The Bell' Dibbell. The Bell beat Ron 'Wolverine' Bata in the heavyweight division of the slap-fighting contest
Pictured: Wesley 'All the Smoke' Drain slaps John 'The Machine'
The event also featured fights between Ayjay 'Static' Hintz and Russell 'Kainoa' Rivero, as well as super heavyweights Adam Hutchinson and Dayne 'Da Hawaiian Hitman' Viernes.
Power Slap is billed as the world's premier slap fighting organization, with the niche sport attracting competitors from across the globe.
The latest face-offs in las vegas breaking news Vegas follow White's decision to bring the slap fighting league back for a second season, complete with its first 800lb clash between Viernes and Hutchinson.
The pair weighed in at a combined 59 stone, with Hutchinson even chomping on a chocolate bar as he stepped onto the scales.
White's controversial Power Slap league has drawn criticism from fight fans and non-fans alike, and is now being condemned by a leading neuroscientist.
Chris Nowinski, a Harvard Ph.D. and former wrestler who has criticized the sports world's handling of concussions, took issue with one clip in which one combatant, Chris Kennedy, appeared to show immediate signs of a significant head injury, known as a fencing posture.
'This is so sad,' tweeted Nowinski, the co-founder and president of the Concussion Legacy Foundation.
'Note the fencing posture with the first brain injury.
He may never be the same.'
A fencing posture or fencing response involves victims' hands shooting into an unnatural position with their forearms flexed outwards.
Pictured: Dayne 'Da Hawaiian Hitman' Viernes vs Slap For Cash
Pictured: Ron 'The Wolverine' Bata, and Damien 'The Bell' Dibbell
Pictured: Adam Hutchinson slaps Dayne 'Da Hawaiin Hitman'
Pictured: Ayjay 'Static' Hintz slaps Russel 'Kainoa'
Nowinski, who also played college football for Harvard, took aim at White, the promoter, and TBS, which airs the brutal competition.
'@danawhite & @TBSNetwork should be ashamed,' Nowinski wrote.
'Pure exploitation. What's next, Who can survive a stabbing?'
The sport was first popularized three years ago in Eastern Europe with a series of viral videos starring 370-pound Russian sensation Vasiliy Khamotiskiy.
Known as 'Dumpling,' Khamotiskiy was seen in one video knocking a massive opponent unconscious to win 30,000 rubles, which was about $475 at the time.
