UFC bantamweight Toshiomi Kazama has said he's 'really glad to be alive' after suffering a brutal knockout.

Kazama, 28, fought Elijah Smith on the preliminary card of UFC Vegas 109 on Saturday night and was left unconscious in the last minute of the opening round.

The Japanese fighter found himself on his back in the final 60 seconds of round one, when his opponent summoned the strength to lift him straight above his head.

Both men knew what was coming as Kazama found himself in mid-air on the shoulders of Smith, who proceeded to drive his opponent with maximum force into the canvas.

Smith used his left hand to make sure Kazama felt the full wrath of his brutal powerbomb as the back of his head smashed the floor.

Kazama was instantly knocked out as he lay on the floor motionless, an

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