UFC star apologises to opponent for punching him twice in the head while he was ALREADY unconscious on the canvas

A UFC prima has apologised to his hostile for punching him aft helium was already knocked out.

Lightweight Fares Ziam bushed Matt Frevola astatine UFC Fight Night successful Paris astatine the weekend.

He earned the Performance of the Night aft knocking retired Frevola successful devastating fashion.

The brace tussled up against the cage partition erstwhile Ziam smashed a genu into his opponent's jaw, knocking him unconscious.

Frevola fell to the canvas lifelessly and the referee rushed to intervene to halt the fight.

But Ziam continued and landed a mates of blows arsenic Frevola laic unconscious, and helium has since apologised for his actions.

Ziam said: "I’m atrocious to Matt that I did that, but I didn’t consciousness the knockout.

"So, I didn’t cognize astatine the clip helium was knocked out, truthful I americium atrocious astir that."

Some fans were impressed by the knock-out but Ziam was criticised by others for punching Frevola portion helium was down.

One reacted saying: "Why the other punches. Matt was intelligibly retired aft the knee."

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Another added: "Damn 2 unnecessary shots astatine the extremity but what a KO."

A 3rd wrote: "Happy dude won but privation helium didn’t propulsion successful the past 2 punches."