If someone’s 0 must go, it might as well go via spinning elbow KO.
The highly-anticipated UFC 217 card kicked off with a battle between two rising stars of the bantamweight division.
Aiemann Zahabi, the brother of Tristar head coach Firas who is in George St Pierre’s corner for the main event, entered into the bantamweight contest with a pristine 7-1 record. His opponent,22-year-old Ricardo Ramos, had only one loss in 11 professional bouts prior to fight night.
Zahabi had slightly more success on the feet, but lost the round on takedowns, while the second stanza was a closely-contested affair that he may have edged with his striking. However, it was all over in the third.
Ramos tried a spinning elbow but missed on the first attempt. He made no mistake with his second effort, sending the Canadian to the shadow realm with a perfectly placed elbow.
OHHHHH!!!!@RicardoRamosMMA lands the spinning back elbow on the 2nd try and puts Zahabi OUT!! WOW!! #UFC217 pic.twitter.com/AhxEz4Fhon
— UFC (@ufc) November 4, 2017
The spinning elbow KO is an extremely rare finish in the world’s largest MMA promotion. In fact, this was just the second in UFC history.
Dong Hyun Kim (the welterweight Dong Hyun Kim) is the proud owner of the first. He secured that accolade against John Hathaway in 2014.
Ramos may want to learn from Kim’s mistakes though. Kim infamously attempted the same move against Tyron Woodley in his next trip to the Octagon.
“The Chosen One” read it and absolutely flattened him to earn a first-round knockout.
