Mark Fairtex Abelardo produced a KO-of-the-year candidate as he laid out rival Emilio Urrutia with a sensational standing elbow strike at ONE Championship’s ‘Fists of Fury 2’ occasion in Singapore.
As each males formed as much as land blows within the second spherical of their bantamweight bout, it was the Filipino-Kiwi fighter who acquired there first, touchdown a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it elbow strike so fast that it wanted replays to do justice to fairly how devastating it was.
Mark Fairtex Abelardo 🇳🇿🇵🇭 elbows Emilio Urrutia OUT! @MarkAbelardoMMA #ONEFistsOfFury2 #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship pic.twitter.com/QEklU1D2lj
— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) March 5, 2021
What’s higher – the tomahawk elbow or the referee’s save? 😳 @MarkAbelardoMMA #ONEFistsOfFury2 #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship pic.twitter.com/9bZw30fbJf
— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) March 6, 2021
The concussive blow handed the 29-year-old victory – however followers have been additionally fast to reward the combat official who stepped in quickly as Abelardo appeared primed to land additional harm on his stricken opponent.
“The ref wants a bonus for saving this man from the comply with up shot,” wrote one fan, whereas one other added: “Actually nice job by him, Abedelardo [sic] was about to go away a lifeless physique.”
Actually nice job by him, Abedelardo was about to go away a lifeless physique
— Jax (@NoMarriageTito) March 5, 2021
The ref wants a bonus for saving this man from the comply with up shot😬
— William Sanders (@William75135586) March 5, 2021
It appears like a ghost hit Mark behind the top with an invisible baseball bat and his elbow simply occurs to catch Emilio on his method to the bottom. 🤣 Completely insane KO.
— Dalton Raforth (@DaltonRaforth) March 5, 2021
The victory meant Abelardo bounced again from successive defeats underneath the ONE Championship banner and improved his general MMA document to 20-Eight.
‘The Honey Badger’ Urrutia in the meantime slipped to 11-Eight and suffered a fourth loss on the spin, after beginning his ONE Championship tenure with back-to-back wins.
“I might see him reaching together with his hooks, he was sort of overextending so I waited for him to throw a pair extra, then I simply timed it and I landed it fortunately,” Abelardo stated of his decisive strike.
In the principle occasion on the Singapore Indoor Stadium, undefeated South Korean heavyweight ‘Mighty Warrior’ Kang Ji Gained shocked Iranian Greco-Roman wrestling world champion Amir Aliakbari with a spectacular first-round, one-punch knockout.
Kang Ji Gained 🇰🇷 springs a MASSIVE upset, stopping Amir Aliakbari in Spherical 1! #ONEFistsOfFury2 #WeAreONE #ONEChampionship pic.twitter.com/zje6KvjwkA
— ONE Championship (@ONEChampionship) March 5, 2021
