Ex-UFC title challenger Ali Bagautinov brutally KO'd at bell in first post-UFC fight

Former UFC flyweight title challenger Ali Bagautinov was the recipient of a brutal knockout in his first fight since parting ways with the world’s leading MMA organization earlier this year.

Tyson Nam (15-8-1) crafted another stunning upset in today’s Fight Nights Global 64 headliner in Moscow, finishing Bagautinov (14-6) with a perfect head kick at literally the last possible moment. The stoppage in the flyweight came at 4:59 of Round 3.

Take a look at the two angles of the finish (full fight is above):

Traveling into enemy territory is nothing new for Nam. In 2012, he scored another shocking upset knockout when he traveled to Brazil and beat current Bellator bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas in just 96 seconds.

Nam has produced inconsistent results since the fight with Dantas, and the victory over Bagautinov is arguably the biggest of his career. Nam did what Demetrious Johnson, the No. 1 ranked fighter in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA flyweight rankings, No. 2-ranked Joseph Benavidez and No. 4-ranked Kyoji Horiguchi all could not by finishing Bagautinov inside the distance.

The matchup marked Bagautinov’s first fight since his tenure with the UFC came to somewhat of a surprising end following a unanimous-decision loss to Horiguchi at UFC Fight Night 99 in November. He opted not to sign a new UFC deal, sending him to free agency where he eventually landed with Fight Nights Global.

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