MMA fighter faces lifetime ban for kicking opponent in the head during boxing match

Idris Abdurashitov - who has an undefeated grounds successful MMA - made his debut successful the squared-circle, but his amerciable enactment successful the ringing has since gone viral connected societal media

MMA combatant Idris Abdurashidov could beryllium banned for beingness aft knocking his hostile retired acold with an amerciable caput kick.

The stunning incident, which took spot implicit the weekend, saw highly-rated ONE Championship prima Abdurashitov marque his nonrecreational boxing debut astatine Ali Boxing Club successful Phuket, Thailand connected ONE Friday Fights. The undefeated featherweight MMA combatant took connected Bagher Faraji - an Iranian boxer with a grounds of 1-3.

According to reports, Faraji was getting the amended of the MMA combatant and, successful the 4th round, Abdurashidov stepped distant from his hostile earlier knocking him retired unconscious with a brutal caput kick. Abdurashitov was instantly disqualified from the contest, handing Faraji the victory. After the arguable contest, alternatively than taking work for his actions, the MMA featherweight contender decided to gloat connected societal media.

In a station uploaded to Instagram, the Russian combatant shared the knockout, with the caption reading: "So helium made his debut successful nonrecreational boxing." (Translated from Russian). "And a lifelong disqualification, I threw retired that footwear with a instrumentality gun!" While helium looks acceptable to beryllium punished, it remains to beryllium seen whether oregon not his vile enactment volition interaction his MMA career. After the footage went viral connected societal media, galore fans were near disgusted by the amerciable determination and person since had their accidental connected the matter.

One idiosyncratic took to X - formerly known arsenic Twitter - posting: "He should beryllium arrested for battle and battery, and banned from doing immoderate combat sports ever again. That is truthful low." Another commented: "He shouldn’t beryllium licensed to combat aft doing thing similar this." A 3rd wrote: "Unsportsmanlike behaviour from a idiosyncratic who should not compete. It was a boxing match. Not kickboxing."

A 4th commented: "No committee volition licence him ever again and they shouldn’t." While different replied: "Not impressed, don’t measurement successful the ringing if ya can’t support yourself from inexpensive shotting dude with a changeable nary existent combatant is defending against successful a BOXING MATCH. Now, you get that aforesaid fella to measurement successful the octagon oregon retired successful the street, fto the feet fly, but this is not awesome successful my book."