HBO: Lucas Martín Matthysse vs. Tewa Kiram & Jorge Linares vs. Mercito Gesta RBR.

I covered my face out of shame.....

 

https://gfycat.com/PeskyBronzeIbadanmalimbe

LOL

 

I mean, you could probably do that (make a selectively edited GIF that makes it appear somebody flopped back for no reason after not getting hit) for lots of kayos where the kayoed opponent had been winding up a punch before & finishes landing it after they've been struck.

 

Is such a delayed reaction even possible from a head shot?

 

Yes.

It wasn't even all that delayed, what transpires in the GIF is a fraction of a second. At normal speed his delay in reaction to Matthysse's jab was maybe a second, which is hardly abnormal. He was already winding up the clubbing right and the flowing adrenaline made him continue the motion even as his brain was processing having been struck on the button.

 

It was interesting that Kiram was the one who actually landed the last punch of the bout, which looked to be a pretty decent punch that just kind of bounced off Lucas, then Kiram just went down on the delayed reaction and since it all happened so fast it was just assumed by the commentators that he must have been hit a follow up punch but the slow-mo replays told the true story.