Martial arts gone bad: Taekwondo referee gets punished after loss at Beijing Olympic

[brutus]

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Angel Valodia Matos (L) of Cuba kicks referee Chakir Chelbat of Sweden after he lost his bronze medal contest in the men’s +80 kg taekwondo competition against Aman Chilmanov of Kazakhstan during the 2008 Beijing Olympic in Beijing on August 23, 2008.

Not exactly something you wanna do while representing your country in the Olympics. The look on the ref's face is priceless however.

[Boo]

Wait, was this ON PURPOSE. If so, what an idiot.

[neonatural]

Look at the picture Boo, how is that not on purpose? He has murder in his eyes when he is throwing that kick lol

[Boo]

Well yes, it looks on purpose, but I haven't had my TV on in days, so maybe it was some freaky thing. It's not what I expected when I read the thread title.

Come on, we've both seen fighters take refs down when they are out of it.

[valheruking]

Yeah it was definitely on purpose lol

[Dan0]

guess we'll have to find the vid.

This is a slide show, and the ref ends up bleeding from his mouth.
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[neonatural]

The ref didn't even go down?

[keithpas]

Thats one tough referee and that TKO fighter is a real jerk. I have to admit though, I love the look on the refs face.

[duran]

This guy's face won't be appearing on a Wheaties box anytime soon. If this happened in the States he would be locked up and then later exchanged as a political prisoner for a boatload of Cohibas.

[2mcgrath]

he must not have cro cop like kicks,or the ref would have been taking a nap lol