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Aussie fighter KO'd by sickening soccer kick to the head

Aussie fighter KO'd by sickening soccer kick to the head

Australian MMA fighter Rob Lisita was on the receiving end of one of the most violent knock outs you'll ever see at ONE Championship 43 in Thailand.

Any fight that ends in just six seconds is bound to be brutal, but this was more extreme than most.

Russia's Timofey Nastyukhin took on Lisita in a featherweight bout on Friday night and it was a one-sided contest to say the least.

A right-left combination from Nastyukhin floored Lisita before the Russian finished the Aussie off with a sickening soccer-style kick to the head.

Lisita appeared to be unconscious before the kick, with the referee rushing in to call off the fight.

Kicking an opponent who is on the ground is illegal in the UFC and many other promotions because of their extremely dangerous nature.

Mookie Alexander of MMA website Bloody Elbow described the KO as an act of "pure violence".