The 23-year-old who scored a violent UFC knockout to remember said he had been practicing his finishing move

• Ignacio Bahamondes said he'd been rehearsing the finishing move that won him his recent match.
• Bahamondes separated Saturday's opponent from his senses with a wheel kick to remember.
• The 23-year-old could be a human highlight reel in the making as he's recorded must-see KOs before.

The 23-year-old who scored a wonderfully violent UFC knockout to remember Saturday, said he had been practicing his finishing move throughout the contest.

Ignacio Bahamondes beat Roosevelt Roberts by KO at a behind-closed-doors UFC event held at the Apex in Las Vegas, but attracted headlines as he beat the buzzer with just five seconds remaining in the third and final round.

The finishing move - a spinning wheel kick - was the sort of knockout you can watch again and again.

It is a strike Bahamondes said he had been rehearsing earlier in the match, sensing that he might have an opportunity to throw it while his opponent was unaware - enhancing the likelihood of a knockdown, at least, if not a knockout.

"I just stayed positive and kept working the body," Bahamondes said after the match, according to MMA Junkie.

"I saw I was hurting him every time I hit him in the body. So I said every time he drops his hands and his head a little bit, I'm going to take his head off."

Take Roberts' head off Bahamondes almost did, as his strike was snapped by Octagonside photographer Chris Unger to immortalize the moment.

The kick also earned him a $50,000 performance-related bonus check.

Bahamondes is one of the UFC's rising stars. He's young, fit, and appears to be a promising human highlight reel.

The striker has a pro MMA record of 12 wins (nine knockouts and three decisions) against four losses.

Bahamondes first performed in front of Dana White in the UFC president's separate promotion - the Contender Series - a fight club designed to funnel promising talent into the UFC.

He excelled under the pressure scoring a brutal front kick KO which crumpled his opponent in an instant last year.

Though he dropped a split decision to John Makdessi in his UFC debut in April, he rebounded spectacularly with Saturday's wheel kick to remember.

"This is just half of my big goal, and I feel so blessed for this opportunity and this finish," Bahamondes said.

"Whatever the people of the UFC have got for me, I'm going to be happy. I'm just feeling blessed for being here and having this opportunity to represent my country and all the Latin American people.

"Right now, this is the most important [win of my career]."