Somehow, I think this is awesome
The description from Yahoo! Sports:
Cuba’s Angel Valodia Matos, left, kicks match referee Sweden’s Chakir Chelbat in the face during a bronze medal match against Kazakhstan’s Arman Chilmanov in the men’s taekwondo +80 kilogram class at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008. Matos attacked the official, throwing punches and kicks, after being declared the loser in his bronze medal match.
I mean, I know it sets a bad precedent and it endangers refs, blah, blah, blah. The mature thing for me to do is to actually think about the serious implications of stating that something like this is pretty hilarious and cool. But… I don’t care. On some level, I really love this picture. The Cuban guy doesn’t even look angry.
Of course, I’m sure the guy is going to be banned for life from competition and he had to know that would be the result of kicking a ref in the head, so maybe this is the taekwondo version of the big speech in the office on the way out the door.
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Comments
@The Mojo
If you had your face kicked by an olympic fighter, I’m pretty sure - without knowing what facial state you are in at present - you would most likely look fairly stupid as well.
Nothing personal, just stating a fact.
/j.
@Joxum,
No offense taken.
I know, its wrong to laugh at the mentally handicapped. That’s why hollywood made the movie ‘The Ringer’ with Johnny Knoxville 
man, I have to agree with you, the pic makes me laugh. I know I could take some flack for saying this, but the reason i think its funny is that when i first looked at it i thought the guy getting his face kicked was some dude with down syndrome. He looks like the brother of Cameron Diaz in the movie ‘There’s Something About Mary’. “Franks and Beans!” .. I’m sorry, it’s just funny.