Tag: Kasim Aras

Bellator 299 video: Heavyweight Sergey Bilostenniy lands perfect spinning head kick for TKO

It’s not often we see a heavyweight land a spinning kick to the head, but Sergey Bilostenniy impressively did just that at Bellator 299.

Not often do we see spinning-wheel head kicks in the heavyweight division, but [autotag]Sergey Bilostenniy[/autotag] reminded us they can happen.

On Saturday, Bilostenniy (11-3 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) landed a perfect spinning kick to the head of [autotag]Kasim Aras[/autotag] during their bout on the Bellator 299 prelims at 3Arena in Dublin.

Bilostenniy’s stoppage win came in the very first round. The action was fairly low until the finishing sequence. Bilostenniy connected with the spinning kick, which badly wobbled Aras (7-3 MMA, 0-2 BMMA), and then followed up with punches to close out the show.

You can watch video of the finish below:

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For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for Bellator 299.

Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (Aug. 28-Sept. 3)

All the UFC and Bellator fight announcements that were first reported or confirmed by MMA Junkie in the past week.

MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize.

But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got your back.

Each week, we’ll compile all the newly surfaced fights in one spot. Every Monday, expect a feature listing everything you might have missed from the UFC or Bellator.

Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie or officially announced by the promotions from Aug. 28-Sept. 3.

Bellator 295 post-event facts: Patchy Mix’s knee knockout caps off epic grand prix run

Patchy Mix is firmly in the Bellator record books after a perfect knee made him $1 million richer at Bellator 295.

Bellator 295 took place Saturday at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu and marked the second night of the promotion’s weekend doubleheader in Hawaii.

The final fight of a loaded week proved to be the most memorable, because [autotag]Patchy Mix[/autotag] (18-1 MMA, 7-1 BMMA) scored one of the greatest knockout highlights in company history when he flattened [autotag]Raufeon Stots[/autotag] (19-2 MMA, 7-1 BMMA) with a picture-perfect knee to the jaw knockout just 80 seconds into their main event. The nasty finish not only won him the interim bantamweight title, but he is the last man standing in the bantamweight grand prix, winning $1 million after completing the eight-man field.

For more on the numbers behind the headliner, as well as the rest of the card, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from Bellator 295.