Australian Darts Event Devolves Into Oompa-Loompa Chaos

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Australian Darts Event Devolves Into Oompa-Loompa Chaos

Folks dressed up as the Boy Wonder, Oompa Loompas, and Knights rioted at a darts competition in Australia.

I don't need to tell you the stakes are high in Australian darts, because we have this video and these pictures from an event in Melbourne where fans completely lost their shit and started throwing chairs, tables, and themselves all over the place. A match between men nicknamed "Mighty Mike" and "The Wizard" was halted because of the fracas. What I do need to tell you about is my new favorite sentence, which is as follows: "Other pictures show men in Hawaiian shirts and also a gang of Oompa Loompas throwing furniture." It's really hard to talk about favorite sentences ever, but that one is in the conversation.

It's even better when accompanied by photographic evidence.

Incredible scenes from darts in Melbourne as fans riot while Van Gerwen takes on Whitlock. More on @MailSport soon pic.twitter.com/DbXp881uIL
- Martin Domin (@martin_domin) January 10, 2015

Police eventually got everything under control, and Mighty Mike was able to beat The Wizard 9-8.

[Reddit]