Conor McGregor’s 13-second demolition of Jose Aldo at UFC 194 on December 13, 2015, is the highlight of the Irishman’s spectacular UFC career. It is also considered as one of the fastest finishes that we have ever seen inside the UFC’s octagon.
However, if we take a trip down memory lane, the Notorious’ career-defining win over Aldo doesn’t even make it to the Top 10 fastest knockouts in the promotion’s history. Electrifying as that stoppage was, it only ranks 12th in the all-time UFC fastest knockout list.
Check out which stoppages were faster:
Uno opened with a flying knee. But Penn refused to let the veteran take charge as he dropped the Uno with a nasty uppercut. Penn then swarmed on his hurt opponent before the referee stepped in to stop the bout in 12 seconds.
Mark Weir didn’t have the best of UFC careers, but it was one that certainly had its moments. Weir’s UFC debut was his best fight ever, even if he went on to win the Cage Rage British Middleweight title later. The Wizard’s first octagon appearance was against Eugene Jackson at UFC 28 and it didn’t last long.
Weir threw a hook-kick to open the fight. Then he tagged Jackson with a perfectly timed counter that sent the latter down. He followed up with a flurry and the fight was over. A year later, Weir was cut from the UFC after suffering back to back losses.
After that ludicrous UFC debut, Maynard bounced back big with his most impressive win and his fastest as well. The Bully needed just one left hook to stop Joe Veres and get his first UFC to win. He would go on to win his next seven bouts to earn a shot at Frankie Edgar’s lightweight belt twice.
Amirkhani had never recorded a knockout before joining the UFC. But in his UFC debut, he introduced himself to the big stage with a flying knee that hurt and knocked out Ogle in just eight seconds. He earned Performance of the Night honors and put himself in the UFC record books in the second-fastest knockout in UFC featherweight history. Interestingly, he’s never won another fight via knockout.
Regardless, this was short and Frye put Ramirez to sleep in this one. This was Frye’s first MMA win and it was quick. The Predator went on to defeat Sam Adkins and Gary Goodridge later that day to win the tournament.
Former WEC heavyweight champion James Irvin didn’t have as much success in the UFC as he did before the WEC merged with the UFC. However, he owns one of the fastest knockouts in the history of the UFC with his eight-second demolition of Houston Alexander at UFC Fight Night 13.
Irvin landed a superman punch shortly after the opening bell that immediately dropped Alexander. Irvin rushed and went on top of his foe before landing a couple of shots that didn’t matter. The superman punch landed flush on the chin and Alexander went limp right away. Irvin then pulled out his imaginary gun and shot his downed opponent with it to celebrate.
Hominick was coming off a fight where he went the distance while challenging Jose Aldo for the featherweight gold. The former TKO featherweight champion was expected to give the Korean Zombie a good fight but Chang had other plans in mind. The Zombie landed a straight right counter that put the former title challenger down and out in front of his countrymen.
Six months later, he made his first octagon appearance against Anthony Perosh. It was quick. After the bell, Jimmo threw an overhand right that immediately dropped Perosh. The Australian was already out before he even fell on the canvass. This stands as the fastest KO in the history of the light heavyweight division.
One punch knockouts are common in heavyweight bouts. This one was no exception. All it took was one stiff jab from Duffee that landed flush on Tim Hague’s grill to make the latter’s knees crumble. Duffee rushed on top of his downed opponent and finished him off with a flurry. It’s the fastest finish in the history of the UFC’s heavyweight division.
We know Duane Ludwig now as Bang, the ex-coach at Team Alpha Male who helped the latter win Gym of the Year in 2013. But Ludwig was an ex-UFC fighter who had a record of 21-14 with 10 knockouts and six submission wins.
At UFC Fight Night 3 in 2006, he set the unofficial fastest knockout record of six seconds against Jonathan Goulet. The timekeeping said it was 11 seconds but Ludwig was pulled by the referee at 6. The NSAC refused to overturn the time of stoppage but the UFC officially considers the time of stoppage at 6.06, giving Ludwig the second-fastest knockout in the history of the UFC.
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