Video: Russian kickboxer delivers knockout of the year contender at ONE Championship 127

The lone kickboxing bout on the card at “ONE Championship 127: Unbreakable II” was expected to deliver fireworks, and the matchup between Beybulat Isaev and Mihajlo Kecojevic did not disappoint.

Both light heavyweights arrived in Singapore looking to score an eye-catching victory and make inroads toward a shot at the ONE light heavyweight kickboxing title, and it was Isaev who struck the hammer blow to pick up his first victory under the ONE Championship banner with an early contender for knockout of the year.

Isaev’s previous ONE Championship appearance saw him suffer a first-round knockout defeat to Brazilian veteran Anderson “Braddock” Silva, but the Russian striker bounced back at ONE Championship 127 to starch Kecojevic with a colossal right hand that folded the Serbian striker in half and bounced his head off the canvas for one of the most crushing knockouts of 2021 so far.

Check out Isaev’s handiwork below.

Beybulat Isaev BOMBS Mihajlo Kecojevic in under 90 SECONDS! #ONEUnbreakable2 #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship

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— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) January 29, 2021

That 82-second finish wrote Isaev into the record books as he registered the fastest knockout in ONE Super Series light heavyweight history and announced the Russian as a force to be reckoned with as he moves toward a shot at the title.

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