If the woman you are proposing to puts her head in her hands when you get down on one knee in front of thousands of people, you might want to quickly slip the ring back into your pocket and pretend you were tying your shoe lace.
Otherwise, you might face the same public humiliation as this MMA fighter who decided that it was the perfect time to pop the question to his partner after getting pulverised at the Clash of the Stars tournament in the Czech Republic.
Lukas Bukovaz likely went home with a very bruised ego as well as some battle wounds from his clash against Jan Michalek, as he got defeated despite being teamed up with Patrik Horvath for the two-on-one bout last weekend.
Although most people would have ditched the idea of a surprise proposal after being taken to the cleaners in a cage in front of 20,000 spectators, the fighter wasn’t phased and went ahead with his plans.
Lukas Bukovaz’s proposal looked doomed from the start (X/@HappyPunch)
Following his thrashing by Michalek, the Czech star seemed to unwittingly show the world that he might have been punching above his weight both personally and professionally.
Bukovaz, who was sporting hot pink hair, dropped down to one knee in front of his girlfriend – but she looked less than impressed by his grand gesture.
Cringe-worthy footage which has gone viral captured the moment that the woman appeared to recoil in shock as he uttered a few words into the microphone and thrust an engagement ring towards his other half.
After an awkward pause, she announced she wouldn’t be accepting Bukovaz’s proposal – but the drama didn’t stop there.
Grabbing the microphone, his partner said in response: “Based on everything that’s happened, I think probably not…I don’t think so.”
The MMA star’s partner turned down his offer in front of thousands of spectators (X/@HappyPunch)
Bukovaz looked absolutely gutted by the rejection, but fair play to her for not succumbing to the pressure of having to turn her fella down in front of thousands of people after he just got leathered in an MMA match.
The crowd began booing after the fighter got the cold shoulder, but his partner then went on to clarify why she had declined the offer to become Mrs Bukovaz.
The woman held her hand up in the air to signal the audience to stop their heckling, before claiming that she spurned her lover because he had cheated on her.
She then appeared to get water chucked at her by Bukovaz’s trainer, who was standing outside of the cage.
Both of them looked pretty embarrassed about how the whole thing had gone.
Bukovaz later addressed the allegations that he had been playing away in a social media post, according to reports, and insisted they were false.
Social media users who saw the viral footage were left feeling quite sorry for the brawler after his double defeat.
One said: “Bro went 0-2 in the same night,” as another wrote: “Talk about taking the double L. Sorry for the guy.”
A third added: “Nah bruh that’s crazy, tell him no in private don’t humiliate him like that in public.”
While a fourth wrote: “2 L’s back to back has to be a crime.”
Former UFC fighter Jake Shields also chimed in on the debate, saying: “A man gets beat up in front of his girlfriend and then proposes. This is the worst possible time he could have asked.”
