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Last Saturday the action returned to the cage of Russian promotion Absolute Championship Berkut, as ACB 61 took place at Sibur Arena in St. Petersburg, Russia. The event had eleven fights of great quality, five of those bouts ended by KO/TKO, but there was one that was more impressive than the rest. It might actually be a contender for KO of the year when 2017 comes to an end.

In a featerweight fight, Kazkhstan’s Arman Ospanov took the highlight of the night as he put Taichi Nakajima to sleep in the second round. Ospanov was pressing the Japanese and taking him against the cage at the beginning of the round. It wouldn’t take him long to find an opening and finish the bout. Arman landed a magnificent wheel kick to the head of Nakajima and sent him against the cage first, then to the ground completely knocked out.

Here are the last moments of the fight from a different angle.

With the win Arman Ospanov improves his undefeated record to 8-0, while Taichi Nakajima suffered another defeat and drops to 12-8.
These were the full results at ACB 61:
ACB 61
Weight Class Method Round Time Notes
Featherweight 66 kg Marat Balaev (c) vs. Adlan Bataev Decision (split) 5 5:00 For the ACB Featherweight Championship.
Middleweight 84 kg Alexey Butorin def. Nikola Dipchikov TKO (punches) 1 4:07
Welterweight 77 kg Beslan Isaev def. Elvis Mutapcic KO (punches) 1 0:33
Welterweight 77 kg Albert Tumenov def. Ismael de Jesus KO (punch) 1 0:46
Heavyweight 120 kg Denis Smoldarev def. Tanner Boser Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg Oleg Borisov def. Dukvaha Ostamirov Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
Featherweight 65 kg Arman Ospanov def. Taichi Nakajima KO (wheel kick) 2 1:35
Welterweight 77 kg Aleksey Martynov def. Vasily Palok Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
Featherweight 65 kg Rustam Kerimov def. Tural Ragimov KO (punches) 1 0:22
Middleweight 84 kg Mikhail Kolobegov def. Piotr Strus Decision (split) 3 5:00
Featherweight 65 kg Luis Palomino def. Marcos Vinicius Schmitz Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
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