There was a fight Saturday that may have been more entertaining than some of the stuff you tuned into knowing you’d see a fight.
Bench-clearing brawls are a dime a dozen in the big leagues, but a Saturday one in Cleveland between the Chicago White Sox and Guardians started after a legit Performance of the Night-worthy one-punch knockout.
And just like you’d see in MMA, when the victim of that punch got back to his feet, he needed multiple people to help him off the field because he was on such wobbly legs. To be certain, it might not have been the best idea for White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson to pick a fight with Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez.
When Anderson applied a tag at second to a headfirst Anderson, Anderson didn’t like it much. According to MMA Junkie parent mothership USA Today the incident was the culmination of two games’ worth of tension. Anderson took his glove off and put up his fists in a classic fighting stance. He threw twice and missed, and a second later he was on the ground from a perfectly placed Ramirez right hand.
There were five finishes in 12 fights at UFC on ESPN 50 on Saturday, but Ramirez’s punch might have been worth $50,000 had it been in the cage in Nashville, Tenn.
Check out photos and video highlights from the melee below. And what do you think? Does Ramirez have a future in the fight game?!
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