On June 8, at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, the German displayed a remarkable fighting heart, trading ferocious blows with in a brutal battle of blood and guts. Alas, there are only so many spinning back elbows one man can take, as the 32-year-old found out in devastating fashion. In a fight that epitomized everything we all love about mixed martial arts, Dustin Stoltzfus and Brunno Ferreira produced a brawl that will go down in UFC history.

With a love of the fire, both men put it all on the line in a war of attrition that left both competitors walking out of the cage, different from when they entered. Taking the front foot, Stoltzfus marched his opponent down, desperate to apply the kind of overwhelming pressure that could force him to wilt. However, his strategy was blown out of the water when ‘Hulk’ connected with a beautiful spinning back elbow to set the wheels in motion for his rival’s demise.

In a testament to his unrelenting will to win, Stoltzfus took the blows coming his way, launching a few of his own back in a commendable attempt to stay in the contest. Alas, the writing was on the wall. Ferreira landed a second spinning back elbow to send his adversary crashing toward the canvas, forcing the referee to dive in and call a halt to proceedings.

The exceptional performance earned the victor a tasty $50,000 bonus and left the loser with a plethora of injuries, shining a light on the highs and lows of this enigma of a sport. With th.