Cocky MMA Fighter Learns a Brutal Lesson About Taunting Your Opponent
In boxing, they say the first rule is to protect yourself at all times. We think this rule should also apply to mixed martial arts. Because your opponent wants to destroy your face and will absolutely do so if you give him a free chance.
However, Joe Harding apparently never learned that rule. In Harding's recent fight against Johan Sega, Harding made a bad, bad mistake by showboating in the middle of the round -- and he got a devastating knockout kick to the face as his punishment.
It's a lesson he won't forget -- that is, if he can remember it ever happening.
More From Kool 107.9
![Floyd Mayweather TKOs Conor McGregor in 10th Round](http://townsquare.media/site/801/files/2017/08/GettyImages-839698196.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Mayweather vs. McGregor: Who Will Win?](http://townsquare.media/site/801/files/2017/08/700068763EM007_Floyd_Maywea.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![MMA Fighter Needs Only 4 Seconds to Knock Out Overmatched Opponent](http://townsquare.media/site/758/files/2017/06/MMA.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Devastatingly Thunderous MMA Knockout Kick Will Leave You Concussed](http://townsquare.media/site/758/files/2017/02/Kick.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Disappointed MMA Fighter Accidentally Punches Ring Girl in the Face](http://townsquare.media/site/758/files/2016/12/hqdefault.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![MMA Fighter Evangelista ‘Cyborg’ Santos Suffers Ghastly Skull Fracture in Painful Loss](http://townsquare.media/site/758/files/2016/07/Fight.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![You Know What Fight Weigh-Ins Need? Urine in the Face.](http://townsquare.media/site/390/files/2016/06/Weigh.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![You Won’t See an MMA Fight Last Shorter Than This Pathetic Bout [VIDEO]](http://townsquare.media/site/758/files/2014/04/MMA.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Batman and Robin Battle Spider-Man in Ridiculously Epic MMA Fight](http://townsquare.media/site/241/files/2013/12/MMA.jpg?w=980&q=75)