{"id":856498,"date":"2026-08-15T19:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T19:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/856498\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T19:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T19:50:09","slug":"video-mma-debut-starts-with-a-horse-ends-with-80-second-choke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/856498\/","title":{"rendered":"Video! MMA Debut Starts With A Horse, Ends With 80-Second Choke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">There are different ways to make an impact in your professional mixed martial arts (MMA) debut, but riding in on a horse is a sure-fire way to create immediate buzz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">That\u2019s exactly how Olzhas Kayrat handled his first MMA fight earlier this morning (Sat., Aug. 15, 2026) at Octagon 90 from Konaev, Kazakhstan, as the hometown favorite took care of business in an undercard matchup with Bakhtyor Tilaev.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Before Kayrat even stepped into the cage he gave fight fans a moment to remember. The first-time pro decided to make his first-ever walk to the cage an actual ride to the cage. That\u2019s because Kayrat came galloping in on a horse and rode all the way to the stage ramp. The Kazakhstan fighter had his face covered to make the entrance more ominous and even pulled a hood over his head when he stepped off his horse. It was pretty cool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Check out Kayrat\u2019s wild walkout below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Luckily, Kayrat was able to back up his grand entrance with an incredible performance inside of the cage. The featherweight prospect needed just 80 seconds to overwhelm Tilaev and slap on a tight guillotine choke. Tilaev eventually tapped and Kayrat walked off with a debut win in front of his home crowd and the horse he rode in on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Check out the finish below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are different ways to make an impact in your professional mixed martial arts (MMA) debut, but riding&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856499,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,63173,40762,785,85],"class_list":["post-856498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-international-mma-news-results","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}