Khabib Nurmagomedov rushed into the octagon to help his second cousin, Shamil Zavurov, after he was brutally knocked out.
The UFC fighter watched the 34-year-old Russian fighter compete against Mansour Barnaoui at Road FC 52 on Saturday, which is part of the MMA organisation's 32-man tournament.
During the finals of the tournament, Barnaoui delivered a devastating knee strike on Zavurov that knocked him clean out.
Check it out below.
Ouch, right? That's going to leave a mark in the morning.
"Sensational KO," one Twitter user wrote.
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A second tweeted: "Fair play to him for not dropping down and following up with an unnecessary ground shot. Barnaoui knew Zavurov was done for."
A third said: "Nice dab at the end."
To add insult to injury, Zavurov missed out on the chance to fight for $1m in his next match after his defeat to Barnaoui.
Last month, the Nevada State Athletic Commission slapped Khabib with a nine-month suspension and a $500,000 (£380,950) fine after it delivered its verdict on the aftermath of UFC 229.
While he might be ruled out from competing inside the octagon (for now at least), the 30-year-old Russian fighter expressed his desire to fight Georges St-Pierre.
However, Khabib's dream match with the UFC legend won't take place after the 37-year-old Canadian announced his retirement last week.
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"There's no tears, I'm very happy to do it. It takes a lot of discipline though to retire on top," GSP said.
"It was a long process in my mind, but it's time to do it. Only a few people have done it and I always said I wanted to retire on my own and not be told to retire."
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