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Jose Medina picked up a badly needed win at Champion 25, then immediately turned the finish into the kind of regional MMA chaos that makes matchmakers reach for aspirin. The former UFC middleweight stopped Carlos Bazan in round two on Friday night in Bolivia, only for the crowd to start throwing bottles and debris into the cage after Medina landed extra punches following the referee’s wave-off. Medina’s name has been stuck to rough UFC trivia for a while. Dana White gave him a contract after a Contender Series loss, then Medina went 0-4 in the Octagon before getting cut in March. One of the later chapters in that slide came before Ryan Gandra’s UFC 329 knockout surge, and his exit fits the same cold business machine that recently had Ravena Oliveira leaving the UFC after an 0-4 run. This was supposed to be Medina’s post-UFC reset. Instead, it became a viral mess. The clip shows Bazan bloodied on the mat while Medina punches from top position. The referee appears to signal the stoppage, but he does not physically separate the fighters quickly enough, and Medina sneaks in more shots before climbing the fence and jawing at the local crowd. Watch the finish and the reaction below: Jose Medina stops a bloody Carlos Bazan in the second round and a riot nearly occurs. #Champion25 pic.twitter.com/YSHuNQ5oQ2 — Edwin (@eajrtweets) August 22, 2026 Medina Finally Wins, But The Ending Got Ugly Fast The important fight fact is simple enough. Medina beat Bazan by second-round ground-and-pound at Champion 25. The messy part is everything that happened in those seconds after the ref decided he had seen enough. A fighter is allowed to celebrate a comeback win. He is not allowed to keep firing once the official has called it, and that tiny window is where this whole thing blew up. To be fair, the referee did Medina and Bazan no favors. If an official waves a fight off, he has to get in there like rent is due. This one left space for confusion, late shots, and then the full Bolivian crowd experience. By the time Medina was on the fence, fans were chucking objects toward the cage while Bazan was still being attended to. Not exactly the clean comeback montage. The scene also drags Medina’s odd UFC story back into the light. White admitted when signing him that it was a strange call, saying, “I didn’t talk to the matchmakers about this, I didn’t talk to anybody about this but I could be doing this for all the wrong reasons, I could be doing this for all the right reasons.” He added, “I don’t know what the answer is right now but I’m gonna do it. I’m gonna bring Medina into the UFC.” That gamble never paid off inside the Octagon. Medina lost his debut by decision, then got stopped in the first round three fights in a row. Fighters rebuilding after that kind of run usually need quiet wins, not a stoppage followed by bottles flying into the cage. Still, a win is a win, and Medina needed one badly after a UFC stint that turned into a meat grinder. Champion 25 now has the kind of clip that travels way beyond the local scene, but the athletic aftermath could matter too. Late punches after a stoppage are exactly the sort of thing commissions and promotions hate, even on smaller shows. With Contender Series prospects still chasing UFC contracts every week and fresh DWCS names rushing into short-notice UFC debuts, Medina just offered the opposite lesson. Getting back in the win column is great. Turning the cage into a recycling target is not.