MMA fighter miraculously recovers from getting choked out to knock out opponent

Rises like a Phoenix ....

MMA fighter Nashkho Galaev was choked out by opponent Denis Mutsnek in the first round of their bantamweight fight at ACB 64 in Antalya, Turkey.

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https://twitter.com/Jolassanda/status/887764216324775936

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Galaev was limp, and it looked like the fight was over.

But suddenly Galaev rises like a Phoenix from the ashes, and the whole complexity of the fight changes in an instant.

The fight made it into the second round where Galaev eventually knocked out Mutsnek in a shocking turn of events.

https://twitter.com/Jolassanda/status/887765434417766400

Rallying back from a choke out seems more like something that would happen in pro wrestling. It was a very impressive victory from Galaev.

(h/t Uproxx)