Mauricio Ruffy in Brazil opened the main UFC 313 card surprisingly with a spectacular rotating kick to knock King Green in the first round.
The lightweight couple gathered on Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas to put the table for head heads Alex Pereira and Magomed Ankalaev. In the end, he took Ruffy less than two minutes to send fans to a frenzy and green to unconsciousness.
With the hands down and the head exposed, the American was close to the fence when the final sequence occurred.
After pretending a left hook, which became green to react, Ruffy delivered a wheel kick that saw that his heel lands perfectly in the target. Immediately, Green Rag went down the canvas when Ruffy stopped on him in celebration.
'That is unpleasant! Green went to the kingdom of the shadows again, '' he wrote a fan in X.
'Ko of the contender year in March !!! What a rotating kick! Mauricio Ruffy is a superstar, 'added another.
Mauricio Ruffy landed a rotating kick in the first round to knock King Green at UFC 313
“I guess it's time to understand that you should not fight with your hands down,” a third party intervened, citing Green's position.
'Forget the kick … the configuration for that kick was (fire emoji). With that kick he sent Green back to the preliminaries, 'commented a room.
A fifth compared Ruffy with Conor McGregor, saying: “People want to see Old Conor back with the karate/elusive style posture … we have Mauricio Ruffy now, we are fine.”
“I was preparing that strike and 30 more,” Ruffy shared after the fight. “What I wanted to do was surprise everyone, the crowd, the UFC, and that is what happened.”
'I wanted to dominate and control it. Once I dominated and obtained control, I just waited for the right time.
The victory promoted the Fighting Nerds star 12-1 with its seventh consecutive victory. 11 of his 12 victories have arrived for knockout with his only decision against James Llontop in November.
On the other hand, Green has ended for the second consecutive fight and moved to 32-17-1 after the defeat.