LOOK: Rare double knockdown includes groin strike as Tim Johnson rallies to score TKO [Video]

The best counter to being rocked by your opponent might be an expertly timed accidental groin strike. It worked wonders for Professional Fighters League heavyweight Danilo Marques at Thursday’s 2024 PFL regular season card in Uncasville, Connecticut.

Marques was fighting former interim Bellator heavyweight title challenger Tim Johnson. Double knockdowns are extremely rare in mixed martial arts but this might be the first instance of a fighter dropping their opponent with a groin kick while simultaneously eating a haymaker.

Johnson launched an overhand left that caught Marques clean on the chin. Marques threw a kick at the same time that struck Johnson square in the groin. Marques dropped like a sack of potatoes but Johnson, keeled over in pain, couldn’t follow up. A wobbly Marques added to the comedy by stumbling back and forth with his hands raised thinking he’d won the fight.

Johnson required roughly three …