Strongmen brutally slap each other as controversial new slap-fighting league comes to Las Vegas

Strongmen have been pictured brutally slapping each other in the face in front of a jeering crowd as the wacky competition dreamed up by UFC supremo Dana White made its way to Las Vegas.

Ron ‘The Wolverine’ Bata, and Damien ‘The Bell’ Dibbell took turns whacking one another across the face in a furious five-round bout at UFC Apex for Power Slap 2 on Wednesday.

The Bell beat Ron ‘Wolverine’ Bata in the heavyweight division of the slap-fighting contest.

For the event, a coin toss decides who goes first, then the fighters have a minute to deliver an openhanded slap to their opponent.

The slapped…