Remember the name Mike Kimbel, we suspect you will be hearing a lot more from him.
The 21-year old bantamweight is only two fights into his pro MMA career and already he has fans around the world talking about him.
The Connecticut based fighter made his pro debut at Bellator 194 back in February and managed to steal the show. The power striker floored his opponent early in the fight, before fighting off an arm-bar attempt with a slam KO that shocked everyone in attendance.
The young scrapper went one better last night as he etched his named into the history books with a six second KO at Bellator 207.
WOW That was fast!@kimbelmike tied for fastest KO! #Bellator207 Live now on the Bellator app! pic.twitter.com/tHRjS0j899
— Bellator MMA (@BellatorMMA) October 12, 2018
The knockout has officially went down as the fastest KO in Bellator history, such an amazing achievement for such a young fighter.
On a great night of fighting that saw Ryan Bader advance to the heavyweight Grand Prix finals, Baby Slice carried out on a stretcher and Roy Nelson knocked out for the first time since 2014, Kimbel’s scary quick finish was the highlight of the night.
For those that don’t know, there is a major Irish connection with the up and coming star as he is trained by none other than Tom Egan, who as we know, was the first Irish man to ever fight in the UFC and childhood friend of Conor McGregor.
“The Tank” cornered Kimbel for his professional debut back in February when he recorded that impressive slam KO. It is unsure whether he was in the young fighter’s corner last night but “The Savage” did post a picture of the pair a few weeks back promoting Trifecta MMA gym, where Egan is a coach and fighter.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn9ag0dHtA4/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
“The Savage” recently signed with Paradigm management, the same company who represent Conor McGregor, and the young fighter revealed to reporters after the fight that “The Notorious” wished him luck the night before the fight.
“Speaking of Conor, shout out to Conor last night he face timed me. That’s my ‘homie’… He face-timed me with Audi (Attar).”
“We don’t talk very often cause obviously it’s Conor McGregor and I wouldn’t say I’m necessarily a fan of anybody because we’re on the same sport, but he’s definitely done things that nobody’s done.”
Remember the name… Mike Kimbel
