An MMA fighter scored a spectacular knockout by picking his opponent up and slamming his head into the floor
- Nursultan Ruziboev escaped a submission by picking his opponent up and slamming him to the floor.
- The impact was enough to separate Ibrahim Mane from his senses in a slam KO for the ages.
- Watch it right here.
Nursultan Ruziboev scored a spectacular knockout by picking his opponent up before slamming his head on the floor.
It was an extraordinarily brutal finish that is only sporadically seen in mixed martial arts, and Ruziboev's move was made all the more brilliant as it began with him escaping a submission.
It all went down at the Brave CF 47: Asian Domination event on March 11 at the Arad Fort in Bahrain, with Ruziboev fighting Ibrahim Mane in a welterweight match - one of the final bouts on the 10-fight card.
Midway through the opening round, Mane had his back on the canvas and tried to lock in a triangle choke.
Unfazed, Ruziboev picked Mane off the floor and, with a forearm across his opponent's face to maximize impact, slammed Mane to the ground head-first.
The impact was enough to knock Mane out, but Ruziboev hit him twice with hammer fists just for good measure.
Brave CF, the event organizer, posted on Instagram footage from a camera worn by the referee Declan Larkin and called it: "The slam heard around the world."
Watch it here (warning: turn your volume down) -
With victory, the Uzbek fighter advanced his pro MMA record to 30 wins (10 knockouts, 18 submissions, and two decisions) against eight losses.