“Studying MMA at the Safari” Fans react to Ron Leon’s bizarre animalistic fight opener at Bellator 194

“Studying MMA at the Safari” Fans react to Ron Leon’s bizarre animalistic fight opener at Bellator 194

(Left) Leon pouncing on his opponent

At Bellator 194, Ron Leon fighting at 155 lbs had a unique way of opening his fight against Ross Richardson. While the standard glove touch and move-out is now too normalized, Leon decided to go animalistic.

At the start of the bout, Leon leaped forward but not on his feet, instead leaping forward like a panther on the prowl on all fours. This didn’t help him much as he was caught in a counterpunch trying to force a takedown. He would go on to lose the fight via TKO in the second round.

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While crawling toward your opponent is not new in MMA, most notably performed by former Light Heavyweight champion, Jon Jones, leaping toward them as if to pounce on them surely is.

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Fans react to Ron Leon’s unique fight opener at Bellator 194

Bellator 194 x Ron Leon
Jones does a similar much more grounded crawl at the start of his fights

This clip from Bellator resurfaced on social media this week and fans had equally humorous responses to the tweet. Here are the best of them.

https://twitter.com/kam42_/status/1581631016376336385?t=iKU_UyVn-f6AQHEp8gIqlA&s=19

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https://twitter.com/charlieplums/status/1581618466401894401?t=bKH4cleavVPgE-cXNda77w&s=19

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