‘WTF?’ of the Day: Kimo Leopoldo is Alive and Well and Belly-Flopping Three Stories Into Motel Pools

(Props: THEkimoleopoldo via HammerFisted)

Kimo Leopoldo — everybody’s favorite officer-impersonating, meth-possessing death-hoax victim — may be long out of the MMA game, but he hasn’t stopped living, you dig? HammerFisted.com dug up the above video, taken this summer, which shows Kimo ascending a staircase at some sort of motel or apartment complex or assisted living facility, then diving into a pool from three stories up. Well, “diving” might be an overstatement. He basically falls into the water in the most painful-looking way possible.

But as we’ve learned in the past, Kimo Leopoldo is indestructible. He will remain above-ground even after War Machine dies of syphilis, even after Dan Quinn drives into an oncoming semi while shouting down Fred Reeva in his final video blog. Kimo gets out of the water, shouts “Awright,” demands to know how the splash was, and explains “I hadda like, not let my second-guess guess me on that one.” We’d say that’s good advice for anybody…

Kimo Leopoldo’s Place in UFC History

Kimo Leopoldo became one of the early UFC’s most memorable characters when he carried a huge wooden cross to the Octagon at UFC 3 in 1994 and gave Royce Gracie one of his toughest fights before being submitted. He later fought Ken Shamrock in a superfight at UFC 8, losing to a kneelock.

His later life was full of strange headlines, including a premature report of his death in 2009, which made clips like this one an odd but welcome reminder that the UFC pioneer was very much alive.