Following his defeat to Jon Jones, where he came close to finishing the light-heavyweight champion with an arm-bar, the Brazilian has returned to middleweight and recorded two spectacular knock-out victories. After stopping Michael Bisping in January, Belfort followed this up with a spectacular spinning-kick knock-out of the former Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold in Brazil on Saturday.

There may be some questions over his use of testosterone replacement therapy but after this Vitor is now very much back in the title picture. Whether or not he’ll get another shot at Anderson Silva is debatable but the former champion is a serious contender once again.

Enjoy this animated GIF of the Phenom’s 1st round KO win over Rockhold.

This weekend at UFC 160 in Las Vegas heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez defends his title against Bigfoot Silva and Mark Hunt is after a fourth straight KO win against former champion Junior Dos Santos. That’ll be two more knock-outs to enjoy right there. Will they be able to top Vitor’s spinning-back kick?

It’s not exactly grevious bodily harm but Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo’s ‘kick’ at Gabi was enough to earn him a straight red in Friday night’s fiesty Copa Del Rey final.

The Atletico captain’s gone down quicker than Tulisa as Madrid’s second side beat their more fashionable rivals 2-1 in extra time – but not before, CR7, Jose Mourinho, Gabi (for a second yellow card after this) and 13 other players were booked.

Ronaldo headed Los Blancos into the lead on 14 minutes but with just six minutes left – and his side trailing – this sly nick saw the ref into giving him an early bath.

Diego Simeone’s underdogs were beating Los Blancos for the first time in 14 years and complete a miserable season for Jose Mourinho who is expected to swap the Spanish capital for Chelsea when La Liga ends.

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Have a look at our compilation of sporting randomness in our GIF archive featuring lots more opportunities to laugh at goalkeepers

Shaun Maloney’s well executed free-kick right before half-time cancelled out Lucas Podolski’s 11th minute opener and looked to have rattled a less than convincing Arsenal side. The survival dream was still alive. One rousing half-time team-talk from Roberto Martinez could do keep the relegation battle going in to the last weekend of the season. Giving us neutral fans a reason to watch Soccer Saturday.

Then Arsenal ruined it all with three quick-fire goals in the second-half. Goals from Theo Walcott, Aaron Ramsey either side of a second goal for Podolski sealed the result and Wigan’s fate.

History will view their 1-0 FA Cup win over Manchester City with far greater significance than this relegation. It won’t stop it from stinging though.

Arsenal go back ahead of Tottenham in their North-London battle for the final Champions League spot. A win away to a now safe Sunderland will complete Spurs’ collapse and maintain Arsenal’s dominance over their local rivals. But only just.

For now enjoy this animated GIF of the last time Wigan’s hopes of survival remained alive.

STRIKE A POSE: Arsenal fans catch a glimpse of the lesser spotted Andrei Arshavin

‘Please do not watch the show through a screen on your smart device/camera. Put that s*** away as a courtesy to the person behind you and to Nick, Karen and Brian.’

This was the message fans received as they entered New York’s Webster Hall to watch the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s latest offering to the indie world.

Videoing a concert on a mobile phone is now common place with the technological advancements of the smart phones. The crowd is full of bright LED screens, often more illuminating than the stage itself.

They should change the line ‘throw your hands in the air if you just don’t care’, to ‘carefully raise your arms and hold them as still as possible like a tripod to ensure optimum viewing on Youtube. Ignore whatever song is played’.

Football fan videos are the latest social sensation. Lads and lasses at the game capturing decisive moments on their phone and uploading them to YoutTube to share on Facebook and Twitter.

Cue a few seconds of crowd mumbling about a certain player, before said player bangs in the free-kick and starts a good couple of minutes of ear-deafening noise and blurry footage of the sky/stadium roof.

Love them or hate them there are plenty knocking about. Here at the Paddy Power Blog we’ve picked out our favourites from this season, starting with arguably the most dramatic 30 seconds of football ever seen in a play-off semi-final.

Disagree? Don’t sit at your computer and moan at us, that hurts our feelings. Instead, tell us the ones we missed and we might even include them.

Troy Deeney v Leicester City

Robin van Persie v Manchester City

Gareth Bale v Lyon

Jordan Rhodes v Burnley

Aden Flint v Brentford

Tony Watt v Barcelona

As a bonus, here is the commentary from that game

The no nonsense attitude may have been spot on, but the execution was rather lacking, resulting in a comedy own goal and more importantly, a hilarious GIF.

Ultimately, the goal knocked Tigres out of the league’s play-offs, but don’t let that bother you as you savour it from another, possibly more enjoyable angle.

• Have a look at our compilation of the sublime and the ridiculous in our GIF archive

Alen Pasagic is the man rising to viral-video fame with a hat-trick of cock-ups for NK Rudar Velenje. They are comedy errors, the likes of which are more commonly seen round the back of the Dog and Duck on a Sunday morning than in a country’s premier division.

It is safe to say this isn’t doing his chances of a summer transfer to the Premier League any favours but it is giving us a good giggle so everyone’s a winner. Well apart from Alen. He certainly isn’t winning.

Check out more cringeworthy clips in our GIF archive right here

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It was his header in the dying minutes of the FA Cup Final that won the cup for Wigan in the biggest upset since Wimbledon’s win in 1988. 15/2 shots Wigan beat Manchester City 1-0 at Wembley to win the trophy for the first time in their history.

The game wasn’t the walk-over many people expected with Paddy Power punters backing 6-0, 7-0 and 8-0 wins for Manchester City. But the Citizens were down to ten men with 10 minutes to go as Pablo Zabaleta correctly saw red for a second yellow card as he brought down Callum McManaman.

McManaman tormented the City defence all evening and picked up the Man of the Match award, but it was Watson’s goal as the clock ticked past 90 minutes that separated the sides.

It might not save Wigan from relegation but the Latics can enjoy the party tonight and relive this thumping winner over and over again.

Cheers to @FeintZebra for the GIF work

Take a look at our compilation of footballing madness in our GIF archive

Still, there are some crackers in here to enjoy. If the betting on today’s game is anything to go by, one of the many goals Man City are expected to spank past Wigan should be a bit decent.

We’ve seen a lot of bets on City to win 8-0, 7-0 and 6-0 so far. It’s not just the City fans who fancy a one-way trouncing.

It is the FA Cup though and there is talk of it possessing magical qualities so let’s not count Wigan out just yet. Let’s at least wait until 5.30pm this evening.

The goalscorer’s name is Alex Colon (tee hee) and he plays for Deportivo Quito. I can also tell you that they won 5-1. Sadly I don’t know the name of his hairdresser. Happy weekend!

Have a look at our compilation of the sublime and the ridiculous in our GIF archive

Five minutes in to Lokeren’s 2-1 defeat to Club Brugge on Sunday this happened. Barry was left unconscious for 2 minutes but thankfully he avoided serious injury. He will have a killer headache this morning but seeing as it’s a Bank Holiday Monday here he won’t be the only one.

Barry’s injury inspired his team-mates to take a 1-0 at half-time. The inspiration then wore off and they conceded two second half goals to lose 2-1. In the end he nutted the post in vain.

If you don’t like seeing people getting knocked out then you might not want to watch this video. It’s pretty all about someone being knocked unconscious. As for Mr Barry, we salute you’re bravery and lack of concern for you’re own safety. That’s what great goalkeepers are made of. Pure high-grade insanity.

The three points lift Chelsea in to third place with a game in hand over fourth placed Arsenal. It was also Manchester United’s first home loss of the season but with the title all wrapped up no one at Old Trafford will care. Except maybe Alex Ferguson but that’s only because he really doesn’t care for Rafa Benitez.

United lift their title and Chelsea’s season is almost salvaged. If Rafa can lead them to Europa League glory and Champions League qualification he’s certain to find himself employed come the start of next season. Even if it’s unlikely to be at Stamford Bridge.

Here’s an animated GIF of Juan Mata’s deflected goal/Phil Jones’ own goal.

Sylvan Distin’s disallowed goal offered one moment of interest but this moment in the below animated GIF brought one of very few smiles to our faces during this largely meaningless game.

Watch as Liverpool left-back Jose Enrique kicks the ball in to his own face. It’s not quite a ball to the groin but it’s as entertaining as this game ever managed.

It’s hard to forgive Mayweather for not giving us the super-fight with Manny Pacquiao when we wanted it. That one is veering towards irrelevant should it ever happen. However when you watch Mayweather in this animated GIF you can at least forget it for a while.

Love him or hate him the man’s got mad skillz. The kids still say that right?

As Spurs spluttered towards a disappointing draw with Southampton at White Hart Lane yesterday, Bale cracked in this belter to secure the three points. This win was just the London’s club’s third win in their last ten games all across all competitions. On current form they may need a few more solo efforts like this one before the season is over if they want to squeeze in to the Champions League places.

If they don’t then this could be the last season we enjoy watching Bale in the Premier League.