Amadeusz Roslik
Amadeusz Roslik.
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  • Amadeusz Roslik appeared to have a fight all but won when he floored his opponent with a heavy overhand right punch on Saturday.
  • But Roslik followed the shot with an illegal kick to the head, sending Adrian Polanski flying backwards.
  • Roslik’s threw his kick so hard, fast, and in such a violent manner it would not have looked out of place from a Premier League football star or an NFL punter.
  • He was disqualified. Kicking someone when they’re down is a big no-no in MMA.
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An MMA fighter was disqualified from a match when he hit his opponent with an illegal soccer kick to the head.

It all went down at the Fame MMA 7 event in Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday, during a welterweight contest involving Amadeusz Roslik and Adrian Polanski.

Roslik already had his opponent down, and seemingly out, with an almighty right hand whack over the top, but followed that up with a brutal head kick.

As Polanski was already down — when a fighter’s glove has touched the canvas they are considered down — a kick to the head is deemed illegal.

Roslik’s threw his kick so hard, fast, and in such a violent manner it would not have looked out of place from a Premier League soccer star or an NFL punter.

Though he had victory all but secured, officials disqualified Roslik from the contest, awarding the concussed Polanski with the win.

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Interestingly, neither fighter felt hard done by, by either the incident, or the result, as they posed together for a photograph after the event.

"Adi, get well," the official account of Fame MMA wrote on Instagram of the downed athlete. "Amadeus, you are a real cat," it added.

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