Video: MMA fighter remarkably wins fight after getting brutally knocked out by Brian Kerr

This is either the cleverest or the most idiotic tactic in the history of the sport.

Chad Sermon devised an ingenious game plan to avoid the heavy head kicks from his opponent at the Hardrock MMA 43 event. By keeping his hand on the mat, it meant that Brian Kerr (we checked, it's not him) could not land a head kick as it would be counted as an illegal strike.

However, Brian Kerr the maverick decided to ignore the rule book completely and fired a devastating kick to the dome of the crouching fighter, knocking him out cold. Kerr was disqualified from the bout after the scoring the nasty blow and amazingly, Sermon was awarded the victory without throwing a single shot.

Technically Sermon's bold move paid off but it was hardly worth the cost of being rendered unconscious in such a manner. Something tells me we won't see Rafael dos Anjos using this ridiculous strategy in his title fight against Anthony Pettis in the UFC 185 headliner.

At Hardrock MMA 43 (Shepherdsville, Kentucky, USA) Chad Sermon’s fight plan didn’t work at all – Brian Kerr paid no attention that his opponent was keeping one hand on the canvas and landed a terrible head kick. Due to Kerr’s disqualification, Sermon was announced a winner without throwing a single shot. Latest MMA News. Ronda Rousey to star alongside Iko Uwais in action film 'Mile 22' Mirko Cro Cop has rarely done MMA sparring, will bring in Stipe Miocic for training camp. The UFC has released Bowles, Stanislav Nedkov, Andy Ogle, Akira Corassani, Humberto Brown, Rodolfo Rubio, Juan Puig and Tim Gorman from their contracts. Brandon Halsey to defend middleweight title against Kendall Grove at Bellator 137. #MMA

A video posted by Respect all, Fear none! (@mmaworld_) on Mar 3, 2015 at 1:03pm PST

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