Oh Hell Taekwon-No!

Posted Aug 23rd 2008 4:12PM by TMZ Staff

Being a sore sport doesn't even begin to cover this one. Cuba's Angel Matos deliberately kicked a referee in the face after the ref disqualified him in a bronze-medal match today.

Matos had been hurt during his round of fighting, and he was disqualified for taking too much time to recover. Pissed off, Matos rebounded from his injury pretty quick -- whacking the ref square in the face with his foot. The World Taekwondo Federation has recommended he be banned for life.


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Tags: olympics

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1. I must be warped because I think that is funny!

Posted at 4:37PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by Gidgeygirl

2. damn!!! what an as!!!

Posted at 4:39PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by KLR

3. "The World Taekwondo Federation has recommend he be banned for life."

Wake up, TMZ. He already has been banned for life. His coach was banned also.

“This is a strong violation of the spirit of tae kwon do and the Olympic Games,” the World Taekwondo Federation said in a release. It added that there would be a lifetime ban of González and Matos in all championships sanctioned by the organization and that all Matos’s records at the Beijing Games would be erased."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/sports/olympics/24taekwondo.html?ref=sports

Posted at 4:42PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by Google is your friend

4. I think the guy should face some time in a Chinese prison too. Assault comes to mind as a possible charge.

Posted at 4:46PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by TIM

5. Props on the headline - it's almost as funny as the video!

Posted at 4:51PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by NoBronzeForYou!!

6. Kumate! Better call Jean Claude.....

Posted at 4:53PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by D-

7. jackass...

Posted at 5:16PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by ozzman

8. that is not good enough, the little bastard should be arrested and jailed, he should also be sued for assault by the Ref

Posted at 5:29PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by mack

9. And you thought paparazzi were bad!

Posted at 5:32PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by Texas Dave

10. What a loser

Posted at 5:33PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by Bonton

11. Hope it was worth it.. Now he cant compete in the sport hes trained for.... He has a stigma attached to his name that will follow him which will keep people from training with him. And the best part he has to go back to Communist Cuba the country that has supported his training given him all kinds of perks for being their shining child of communist strength and now he embarrased them on the world stage.... Bet he will be floating on a intertube in a few months trying to get to the US after the Commies get done with him

Posted at 5:55PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by Zoya

12. the ref made a poor call which was not necessary. The guy had broke his toe and needed to get it fixed before he could continue. The ref crushed this mans dream and so I feel he got his comeuppance. People should think about all the details before they make judgment. If someone ruined my dream, like what happened here, a kick to the face is nothing but a slap on the wrist.

Posted at 5:57PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by Fred

13. fred you are a douchebag,,,,,,,,,,,,,,kicking a ref in the face is ok with you because he pissed you off, ROFLAO

Posted at 6:01PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by mack

14. HE SHOULD ALSO BE BANNED FROM COMING TO THE UNITED STATES. WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER CUBAN GANGSTER

Posted at 6:02PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by dick pudenda

15. I think the ref made a bad call but he should have waited to complain on the ref's call later and things probrobly would have went in his favor, he choose to take matters in his own hands and now has lost out on everything.

Posted at 6:15PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by ching-ching

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