A 25-year-old Russian MMA fighter may have scored the best knockout of 2025 in just his second professional fight.

Salikhov becomes the only fighter in UFC history to have two finishes by way of spinning wheel kick. Despite his age, Salikhov still came into this main card bout as a betting favorite.

Mauricio Ruffy may have locked up Knockout of the Year just two minutes into the UFC 313 main card. Ruffy scored a highlight-reel spinning kick to the head of King Green, sending him down and out ...

A spinning wheel kick to the head sparked the finishing sequence for Salikhov, which earned him a $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus. You can watch Salikhov’s finish in the video above.

After two close rounds, ‘Ataman’ was able to land a flush spinning wheel kick on Brad Riddell, which ended the bout midway through the third. On Twitter, pro fighters reacted to the finish ...

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He now has two knockouts in the last five years, and both are spinning wheel kick knockouts. Obviously, landing such a rare move to finish two opponents is special in any time period ...

But that has since changed - with the Irishman putting weight on it with a spectacular spinning wheel kick. McGregor, 34, shared a snap of himself practising the risky technique with his 46 ...

FANS are calling Mauricio Ruffy's spinning wheel kick on King Green "one of the greatest knockouts in UFC history". Ruffy, 28, got the better of Green, 38, at UFC 313 in Las Vegas last night ...

The Dagestan striker lulled Song into a sense of security before bursting forward with a spinning-wheel kick that landed clean on the face. Song was knocked almost completely out cold, and follow ...

and in his sophomore outing the Russian featherweight only needed ten seconds to flatten Chorchiev with a picture-perfect spinning wheel kick (clip courtesy of @FdrNphw). The 25-year-old knew ...