Overview
- Video from the final staredown shows Patricky Pitbull clinching Shahzaib Rind before the two separate and tempers flare in a crowd scene.
- Rind tries to push Patricky’s face away and throws a high kick that misses, after which UFC featherweight Patricio Pitbull steps in and trades punches with Rind before staff break it up.
- The bout remains promoted as part of Karate Combat 61 in Miami, with no official sanction or cancellation announced in the reports that shared the face-off footage.
- One later report from MMAmania alleges a separate follow-up brawl left Patricky with a cut and put the main event in doubt, which the promotion has not confirmed.
- Patricky enters on a six-fight skid and is debuting in Karate Combat, while Rind holds the lightweight belt with an eight-fight unbeaten run and two defenses, a contrast that adds intrigue to the matchup.