All was calm and quiet on the UFC Apex till Diyar Nurgozhay pulled a large head kick out of his bag of tips.
Within the featured mild heavyweight bout Tuesday at Dana White’s Contender Collection 74, Kazakhstan’s Nurgozhay (10-0) knocked out Poland’s Bartosz Szewczyk (8-3-1) with a stupendous excessive kick at 3:32 of Spherical 2.
The battle was fairly calm with out a lot, if any, vital offense. The repetitive, uneventful rhythm shortly blew to smithereens as Nurgozhay landed the large knockout blow halfway by way of Spherical 2.
BRUTAL HEAD KICK KO BY DIYAR NURGOZHAY 😳 #DWCS pic.twitter.com/HM2xHGHZ4p
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) October 2, 2024
Nurgozhay, 27, maintains an ideal undefeated skilled file. He’s a former Eagle FC mild heavyweight champion and has eight stoppages in 10 wins.
Szewczyk, 27, had a three-fight profitable streak snapped, in defeat.
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