Video: Check out Magomed Mustafaev's spinning back kick at UFC on ESPN+ 7

It’s pretty early to start watching fights, especially if you’re on the West Coast, where UFC on ESPN+ 7 got started at 7:15 a.m. local time.

But you might not need to go straight for your coffee, because the opening bout in St. Petersburg, Russia got things off to a rocking start.

Magomed Mustafaev (14-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) wasted little time getting the action started, as he he drilled Rafael Fizlev (6-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) with a spinning back kick early in their lightweight opening bout.

He followed up with a series of punches on the ground, but recognized Fizlev was done and stopped of his own volition. The bout was waved off at the 1:26 mark of the opening round.

The bout was just the third in UFC history to end as the result of a spinning back kick.

Check out Mustafaev’s handiwork below:

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