The PM said the plan would "land on desks around Whitehall with the heavy thud of a gauntlet being thrown down".

"Make no mistake, this plan will land on desks across Whitehall with the heavy thud of the gauntlet being laid down."

A thudding knee and flurry of body shots midway through the second round signalled the end as the referee stepped in, crowning Ditcheva Britain's first female MMA world champion.

Jones dropped fellow American Miocic with a thudding spinning back kick in the third round at New York's Madison Square Garden to make the first defence of his belt.

There’s no question that the ruling handed down Thursday by Judge Colleen McMahon in New York landed with a thud among lawyers trying to bring such cases.