A JAPANESE MMA prodigy pulled off a remarkable improvised “rolling thunder” kick to leave his hapless opponent sprawled out on the canvas.
Tenshin Nasukawa maybe relatively unknown now, but he is the latest name making the headlines in the combat world.
And it is easy to see why after his second round demolition of opponent Yusaku Nakamura.
With the first round coming to a close, the 19-year-old stunned the audience when he connected with a flush “rolling thunder” move.
Normally fighters would deliver the brutal contact with their outside foot by the youngster had ideas of his own and instead used his inside leg to devastating effect.
Nakamura fell to the floor and immediately attempted to stand back up without success.
Tenshin thought he had won the fight and raised his arm in victory but his brave opponent somehow managed to continue the fight.
But it was over just a round later when a left hook left Nakamura on the floor before the ref decided enough was enough.
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Viewers took to Twitter to marvel at the fighter’s brilliance with fellow MMA scrapper joking he should run for President.
Another said: “Tenshin scored a beautiful knockdown towards the end of the first. Looked like some kind of variation of rolling thunder that he connected with. Double tasty.”
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Fighting out of Tokyo, he has has an unstoppable record since turning professional.
His kickboxing record stands at 26 fights and 26 wins. 21 of those came by knockout.
He has in undefeated in four MMA fights and has been signed up by RIZIN MMA promotion in Japan.
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