Shara 'Bullet' Magomedov lives up to hype with wild double spinning backfist knockout

Val Dewar

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Shara 'Bullet' Magomedov lives up to hype with wild double spinning backfist knockout image

In the third round against Armen Petrosyan in a fight that was likely tied, Shara 'Bullet' Magomedov got his biggest highlight yet with a wildly creative technique.

Declared to have never been seen before by the announcers, the first ever double spinning backfist knockout in UFC took Shara to 14-1 as a pro and 4-0 in the UFC.

It is also just the eleventh spinning backfist knockout in the UFC at all, though will enjoy a special status even among that elite group of knockouts. 

The year is almost over and fans are already discussing who will win the year-end awards like 'Knockout of the Year.'

There is no way this is not among them, on a night where the fight between Myktybek Orolbai and Matesuz Rebecki was declared as a 'Fight of the Year' candidate.

Although it is a one-of-a-kind KO, Sharabullet's amazing finish will be hard pressed to win the coveted KOTY award when Max Holloway's final second knockout of Justin Gaethje is arguably the greatest in UFC history, period.

Still, Shara should be commended. He has the creativity to create magic and is proving himself against better and better competition. 

Val Dewar

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Val was initiated into Steelers Nation from the moment he was born — his first memory is a game vs. New England from when "Slash" was QB — and doing sports writing has always been a dream career for him. In 2022 he broke into the industry by writing about combat sports for Cageside Press, and now has the opportunity to continue that work with TSN as an MMA writer, as well as get his feet wet on the Steelers beat.