{"id":21825,"date":"2026-03-16T22:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T22:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/2026\/03\/16\/blood-diamond-got-an-insane-mid-air-ko-at-sfl-4\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T22:49:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T22:49:00","slug":"blood-diamond-got-an-insane-mid-air-ko-at-sfl-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/2026\/03\/16\/blood-diamond-got-an-insane-mid-air-ko-at-sfl-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood Diamond got an insane mid-air KO at SFL 4."},"content":{"rendered":"
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highlights! Watch UFC flop \u2018Blood Diamond\u2019 score an insane aerial knockout at SFL 4.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Former UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) welterweight Mike Matesa<\/strong> \u2014 better known as ".blood diamond<\/strong>\u201d \u2014 scored a stunning knockout in the main event of Stealth Fighters League 4 at the Manuka Doctor Arena in Auckland last weekend (Saturday 14 March 2026).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mathetha takes on a Chute Boxe fighter. Elano Andrade<\/strong>And while the first few minutes were competitive, the fight took a dramatic turn midway through the opening round.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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As Andrade attempted a flying knee, \u201cBlood Diamond\u201d timed it perfectly and slammed the Brazilian in the air with a powerful left hook that sent him crashing to the canvas. The referee immediately intervened to stop the match.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Check out the knockout below:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mathetha \u2014 longtime friend and training partner Israel Adesanya<\/strong> \u2014 Joined the UFC in 2022 after an exciting kickboxing career. However, his performance in the octagon did not go as planned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2018Blood Diamond\u2019 lost 0-3 in the promotion match, losing for the second time in a row. Jeremiah Wells<\/strong> before dropping a straight decision in his debut (see highlights). Orion Kosce<\/strong> and Charles Ratke<\/strong>ultimately led to his release.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The 37-year-old returned to the local scene after leaving the UFC and struggled at first, losing several fights, but finally snapped a five-fight losing streak with a first-round knockout late last year. Said Karsaz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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With Saturday’s brilliant finish, the Zimbabwean-born striker is now on a two-game winning streak and has reminded fans why he was once considered an exciting prospect.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Click for more international MMA news and notes. <\/strong>here<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

highlights! Watch UFC flop \u2018Blood Diamond\u2019 score an insane aerial knockout at SFL 4. Former UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) welterweight Mike Matesa \u2014 better known as ".blood diamond\u201d \u2014 scored a stunning knockout in the main event of Stealth Fighters League 4 at the Manuka Doctor Arena in Auckland last weekend (Saturday 14 March 2026). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[52627,47442,48074,16941],"tags":[52626,47437,48072,23251],"class_list":["post-21825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-mma-news-results","category-latest-ufc-mma-news","category-regional-mma-news-results","category-videos","tag-international-mma-news-and-results","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-local-mma-news-and-results","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21825\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}