An MMA fight was brought in an end in incredible fashion a few weeks ago when Kevin "Mr Nice Guy" Wirth landed a 'Sweet Chin Music' signature finishing move on his opponent.The spectacular move, which is essentially a straight kick to the chin, was brilliantly executed at Legacy Fighting Alliance 33 in Dallas, to finish the fight.Wirth steadied himself before launching a vicious left foot towards Isaiah Gutierrez's chin, connecting perfectly and knocking him onto the canvas before the referee ended the fight with a minute-and-a-half left of the third round.As any long-time fan of wrestling will recognise, this move was the signature finisher of WWE Hall of Famer and four-time world champion Shawn Michaels.Breaking it down to its bare essentials, the move is basically just a 'superkick' along with some typical Heartbreak Kid theatrics beforehand, which he used to call 'tuning up the band.'It's difficult to not think of the Sweet Chin Music finisher when you're looking back at the attitude era days of the WWE, along with the iconic Jim Ross commentary, which one Twitter user added to the clip.Over time, MMA and WWE have seemingly moved closer together as fighters have started to use their favourite wrestling moves in the cage, and it seems like they really do work!For example, in 2018 Jonno Mears tapped out his opponent to the 'Walls of Jericho' submission, a Boston Crab made famous by the Canadian former-WWE legend and until recently AEW World Champion, Chris Jericho.
Known for his unpredictable style of fighting, Michel Pereira was also seemingly inspired by WWE wrestlers when he fought Dae Sung Kim earlier this year, throwing himself off the side of the cage, performing a moonsault.
Unfortunately, he didn't land any damage on his opponent with it, but it certainly confused them and allowed time for him to land a savage kick to the head immediately afterwards.
It's always exciting to see MMA fighters use WWE moves in their arsenal, and as we see more MMA fighters move into WWE roles post-retirement, perhaps this will become even more common in the future.