'The Albanian Bear' morphed into 'The Texas Rattlesnake' on the undercard of the historic Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano bout at Madison Square Garden on Saturday.
Reshat Mati moved to 12-0 in his blossoming professional career after earning three identical shutout scorecards from the judges to unanimous decision Joe Eli Hernandez, but his ring entrance caught the eye, too.
After the famous sound of glass shattering kicked off the WWE entrance music of one of the most successful pro wrestling performers of all time, Mati made his way to the ring wearing a 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin black vest and, after comfortably winning his eight-round super-lightweight contest, the music played once more - just as it does in most wrestling promotions!
Austin, now 57, made a one-off in-ring return at Wrestlemania 38 in his home state of Texas to defeat Kevin Owens at the start of April. He had been retired since 2003, and continues to host a podcast and make television and film appearances.
Taylor vs. Serrano, the biggest women's fight in boxing history, airs live on DAZN Saturday April 30 with a DAZN subscription. For more information and to sign up, click here.