Bad Mama Jamma Alert: Nick Newell Just Kicked Someone’s A** Again

Nick Newell‘s left arm ends at the elbow but that hasn’t stopped him from becoming a damned good MMA fighter. The lightweight has been fighting professionally since 2009 and on Friday he emphatically improved his perfect record to 8-0 with a vicious knee to the head KO win.

Newell took on and took out Adam David Mays at XFC 19 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Newell went for the kill in the first round with head kicks, upper cuts, hooks and, finally, knees to the head.

We’re sure it isn’t politically correct to call Newell a “crazy, one-armed b*****d,” as television commentator Michael Schiavello did at the end of last night’s fight, but we have to agree. Nick Newell doesn’t need both arms to whoop you – not sure what’s more bad-a** than that.

Watch video of the finish after the jump.

Nick Newell’s Rise

This knee-strike knockout at XFC 19 took Nick Newell to 8-0, and he went on to win the XFC lightweight title, becoming one of MMA’s most inspiring stories as a fighter born without most of his left arm. His unbeaten run earned him a World Series of Fighting lightweight title shot against Justin Gaethje in 2014, which Gaethje won by stoppage.

Newell later fought on Dana White‘s Contender Series in 2018. CagePotato had spotted him early: he won our Proving Ground competition for up-and-coming fighters in 2011.