#9 Baroni’s hyena laugh
One of the most colourful personalities in UFC history, the ‘New York Bad Ass’ Phil Baroni earned plenty of fans – and haters – during the early Zuffa period in the promotion for his fast hands and even faster tongue. His knockout of Dave Menne – and subsequent wild rant at the camera afterwards – at UFC 39 remains one of the all-time great highlight reel moments.
For the most part though, inside the cage at least, Baroni was relatively respectful of his foe, win or lose. But that changed at UFC 37 when he was faced with Russian kickboxer Amar Suloev. During a wild first round, Suloev landed an illegal knee on Baroni that almost put him out of the fight. Baroni came back though and ended up finishing Suloev off with a series of punches.
Evidently, Suloev’s behavior annoyed Baroni, who collected a small American flag from his corner and began to wave it at the Russian’s team, taunting them, before leaning over the fallen Suloev and letting out a wild hyena laugh that caused them to be furious. Laughing at a fallen opponent is a massive no-no by anyone’s standards and so this was definitely Baroni’s most disrespectful moment.
