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As combat sports fans look ahead to Friday’s ONE Fight Night 26 event and Saturday’s UFC 311 card at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas-based promotion Tuff-N-Uff provided some welcome midweek action when Tuff-N-Uff 140 took place at Sahara Las Vegas on Wednesday night.

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Tuff-N-Uff 140 concluded the promotion’s 2024 schedule following Tuff-N-Uff: Operation Knockout 13 in November and was headlined by a featherweight title fight between Jamie Siraj and Nemat Abdrashitov and featured a mix of professional and amateur MMA -action.

Competing in a welterweight bout against fellow promotional newcomer Michael Irizarry, Artiom Cula delivered the most impressive highlight of the evening when he landed a brutal head kick in just under two minutes in the second round (clip courtesy of the one and only @Grabaka_Hitman).

Fight fans have been treated to some breathtaking head-kick finishes over the years, but Cula’s was particularly impressive considering how nonchalantly he threw his left leg up to send Irizarry to the canvas and land a walk-off knock -out to secure.

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The result was certainly a statement win for “Akula” in his first fight with Tuff-N-Uff, and after starting his pro career at 3-5, the 33-year-old is now on an eight-fight streak that has seeing him stop six of those opponents in the first round.

Cula and the rest of the fighters competing at Tuff-N-Uff 140 provided plenty of action for the fans in Las Vegas, and in the evening’s main event, Siraj improved to 12-2 and claimed the promotion’s vacant featherweight belt when he Abdrashitov stopped with less than 30 seconds left in their five-round fight.

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