Popular streamer and internet personality iShowSpeed has been dipping into the combat sports world recently, and after taking a try at WWE, he decided to test himself against a UFC fighter.
The result was a quick lesson in just how wide the gap is between professionals and casuals.
While visiting Las Vegas, iShowSpeed stopped by the UFC Performance Institute and stepped into the cage with veteran strawweight Vanessa Demopolous, who trains and competes out of the city.
What followed was a series of rapid-fire submissions that left him with no doubt about the danger of grappling against a trained fighter.
In their first exchange, Demopolous secured a gogoplata — one of the rarest submissions in MMA — forcing iShowSpeed to tap almost instantly.
On the second attempt, she crushed him with shoulder pressure until he had no choice but to call for mercy again.
Still determined to give it another go, iShowSpeed avoided going to the ground in the third round, only to get caught in a straight Armbar from Demopolous’ guard.
Once again, he was forced to submit.
Check out the entire ordeal on the video below:
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