Badr Hari, kickboxing’s crown prince of controversy, stopped Ismael Londt in Grozny, Chechnya on Saturday night to secure victory in his first fight of 2015.
The fight, which can you watch in full below, was almost over in the first fifteen seconds as Londt walked onto a Hari right cross and was knocked down. He managed to beat the count and recover but was on wobbly legs and looked ready to be put away.
Londt was able to survive the first round and to his credit did not attempt to avoid the fight while doing so. What initially looked like it was going to be quick and one-sided encounter turned into a much more even contest, with Londt getting back into the fight and scoring a knockdown of his own in the second round.