Real Madrid and Partizan Belgrade’s EuroLeague basketball game degenerated into chaos when one former NBA great channelled his inner Brock Lesnar to land a vicious hit with the video of Guerschon Yabusele and Dante Exum viral
One player channelled his inner Brock Lesnar during the dramatic basketball brawl that occurred during Real Madrid’s match versus Partizan Belgrade. On Thursday, Los Blancos played the Serbian team in the second leg of their quarterfinal EuroLeague match. But with just two minutes of the fourth quarter left and Belgrade poised to win handily, both teams exchanged blows.
Real Madrid player Guerschon Yabusele body-slams Dante Exum during EuroLeague basketball game, fight video goes viral
Guerschon Yabusele slamming down Dante Exum 😳 pic.twitter.com/iEvAtsGZgk
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When Sergio Llull fouled Kevin Punter of Partizan, chaotic scenes ensued. The American-Serb immediately responded by squaring up to his foe. That caused players from both teams to rush towards the action, tangle with one another, and cause the game to become chaotic.
Real Madrid’s big guy Guerschon Yabusele lost it as Punter seemed to throw fists and was surrounded by white shirts. The former Boston Celtics great grabbed Dante Exum from behind and body-slammed him to the ground, taking the altercation to a whole new level.
Yabusele’s fighting style and savagery were comparable to that of WWE legend Brock Lesnar. After the savage climax, in which the Frenchman was stopped by many people, fans raced to express the same sentiment on social media.
After the video went viral, Twitter goes crazy.
“Yabusele has been taken over by the spirit of Brock Lesnar,” according to a Twitter user. Someone else wrote, “Yabusele stealing the Suplex from Brock Lesnar.” A third person then made the joke, “What’s Brock Lesnar doing in basketball #Suplex,” and the fourth person added, “Yabusele is Brock Lesnar.”
Since the referees had to eject nearly the entire rosters of both teams, the game was lost with a score of 95-80 in favour of Partizan as soon as Yabusele was led back to the locker room. For “unsportsmanlike conduct” that prevented “the normal conclusion of the game,” Real and Partizan were each fined €50,000 (£44,000). Gabriel Deck and Punter have each been punished for one game, while Yabusele has been given a five-game suspension.