Video: Check out Magomed Mustafaev’s spinning back kick at UFC on ESPN+ 7

It’s pretty early to start watching fights, especially if you’re on the West Coast, where UFC on ESPN+ 7 got started at 7:15 a.m. local time.

But you might not need to go straight for your coffee, because the opening bout in St. Petersburg, Russia got things off to a rocking start.

Magomed Mustafaev (14-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) wasted little time getting the action started, as he he drilled Rafael Fiziev (6-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) with a spinning back kick early in their lightweight opening bout.

He followed up with a series of punches on the ground, but recognized Fiziev was done and stopped of his own volition. The bout was waved off at the 1:26 mark of the opening round.

The bout was just the third in UFC history to end as the result of a spinning back kick (via Twitter):

Magomed Mustafaev scores the third knockout in UFC history stemming from a spinning back kick to the head (Renan Barao, Uriah Hall). #UFCSaintPetersburg

— Michael Carroll (@MJCflipdascript) April 20, 2019

Check out Mustafaev’s handiwork below (via Twitter):

OH MY!! Mustafaev with the quick work!!#UFCStPetersburg pic.twitter.com/Bskv95O86D

— UFC (@ufc) April 20, 2019

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