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The world of martial arts enthralls its fans probably like no other sport. The fate of a bout can literally swing from one end to the other in a matter of seconds. This unpredictable nature has contributed significantly to the meteoric rise in popularity of the sport of MMA. Other combat sports forms have also seen a considerable push in their followers in recent years. Right from the rise of BJJ star Gordon Ryan to the prominence of Muay Thai legend, Rodtang Jitmuangnon, the combat sports world has seen the enthralling rise of a lot of new stars as well.

Recently, a video from the Turkish National Karate Team Athlete, ‘Ekrem Altuner Yilmaz ‘ garnered massive reactions. The video of Yilmaz knocking out his opponent was shared by the noted combat sports covering the Instagram page, ‘Haymakers’. Most fans were left startled at the stunning roundhouse kick, knocking out Yilmaz’s opponent. It may be agreed that the kick looked really brutal.

The majority of fans were left bewildered by the stunning knockout

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‘Haymakers’ captioned their post, “Fake Low. Shoot High”. It was evident that the caption was based on the action which Yilmaz followed during his execution.

 

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The fans expressed their startled thoughts in the comments. The president of the noted Karate Promotion, ‘Karate Combat’, Adam S. Kovacs wrote, Send the kid my way”. Evidently, Kovacs could see a future karate star in this young boy.

One more fan wrote, “Had to watch like 5 times, speed and precision crazy”. His blown-out thoughts were apparent in his comments. Another one’s comments were subjected to the one at the receiving end. He mentioned, “Damn… Bro ate his teeth”.

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A lot of other fans carried on with this bewildered tone. A few more of them wrote, “Damn…I grabbed my mouth.” and “That’s an incredible move”. Some other fans had a few varied opinions as well.

Some fans marked this awesome kick as a disqualifying move

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Despite the majority of fans being blown out by the kick, some fans thought that Yilmaz would have been disqualified by that superb spinning kick. One fan wrote, “Probably got disqualified for being to rough. The rules in that sport suck”. He also received quite some support for his statement.

Another one also penned, “Disqualified, too hard”. One more user brought up a reference to the Olympics along with his prediction of a disqualification. He mentioned, “I wonder if he got disqualified like the guy in the olympics”.

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Whether the kick disqualified Yilmaz or not couldn’t be understood from the video. But it could definitely be agreed that it was one hell of a brutal one.

Would you like to agree with the majority of the fans?