8 Most Notorious Gym Fights In MMA

Josh Neer is a veteran of over 50 MMA fights. His distinguished career includes four stints in UFC, fights in Bellator and the IFL.

Point being: Neer is a high-level fighter. Getting to the level that he has takes years of devoted practice mixed with a considerable amount of natural talent. For that reason, it's important to note that most of us mere mortals wouldn't be able to lay a finger on Neer, or any other UFC fighter not named CM Punk.

So when someone decided to challenge Neer with continued harassment online, they probably didn't realise exactly what they were getting themselves into.

Patrick Martin had reportedly been training for a fight and decided that he would repeatedly threaten the UFC veteran. After challenging Neer to spar at a local gym, both men turned up. The video purportedly doesn't capture the entire exchange that happened that day but what is there certainly isn't lacking in action.

The short clip shows Neer pressuring Martin against the wall of the gym and establishing a dominant position. From there he uncorks a series of brutal elbows that make a chilling sound as Martin's head bounces repeatedly off the mat.

As other people from the gym come over, seemingly in an attempt to convince Neer to show mercy, he stands up and delivers a devastating soccer kick to the downed Martin.