all right coming up next a UFC featherweight division [Applause] fight all right well I'm excited for this one this is a kickboxer of the highest order he has so many different kicks and punches in his Arsenal and figures to try to keep this on the feet here tonight the beautiful thing that he does is he throws that front p kit to create distance when a guy starts to get you close and wants to wrestle with him he throws it and the moment you're back at his range he starts to blast high kick he doesn't always intend on Landing him but he beats up your arms with high kick after high kick after high kick and as you get desperate you start to run into the knees and he does not need much space to land a knockout punch this guy is one of the best strikers we've ever seen in the UFC and if you don't find the Striking range early against this guy you could be in real trouble all right well he's one of the more accomplished Strikers in this Division scoll and brawl whatever you want to say he's going to try to keep this fight standing tonight it does not matter how he accomplishes it all he wants to do is be on his feet and at rage hitting you with a beautiful jab staying away from the grappling exchanges you don't accomplish all the things that this man has accomplished over the course of his career without understanding distance he has great distance management which then in turn allows him to land all these beautiful diverse kicks spinning back kick jumping high kick so many things he possesses that he will try to use tonight in this fight yeah if this turns into a kickboxing match tonight most people believe yeah his opponent is in a world trouble our tail of the tape now for this featherweight fight both Fighters are 27 some differences in height and reach as well and now to get us started here's Bruce Buffer ladies and gentlemen this fight is three rounds in the UFC featherweight division introducing first fighting out of the blue Corner this man is a kickboxer making his professional debut here tonight he CH 5' 11 in tall weigh in at 136 lb fighting out of Las Vegas [Music] ab and now his opponent buing out of the Red Corner this man is a pick boxer making his professional debut here tonight he stand 5'8 in tall weighing in at 140 lb fighting out of Las Vegas Nevada e town and when the action begins our referee in charge Dan mlia Dan mgat you ready you ready all right here we go round one outstanding matchup of Strikers any chance this thing hits the canvas tonight I don't believe so I think when you have two highle Strikers like you have in these two men they're going to go to the center of the octagon and it's going to be a kickboxing match a kickboxing match that you would see in a ring tonight we get to watch it inside of an octagon ooh oh oh big left trouble in oh oh he's hurt bad he's hurt bad joh he's got op press he's got to rotate that finish down now oh he he's done he didn't like that right hand well he works hard to get up again here but he looks hook oh big left hook there oh beautifully placed hook there he's connected on a few of them so far here in this round he sets them up beautifully he always pivots he turns on the front foot and he drives his entire body into that hook able to check that kick as well oh he needs to start looking to finish now CU he's got his opponent hurt very bad oh he might be out combinations here [Applause] shot finds the target there great shot lands now he's got to go find that followup attempt to kill what they call it going in the fight well he gets up again here but he looks hurt oh look at that jab snapped his head back his jab gets to the Target so fast and always brings his hands right back to his face throws a big right hand but doesn't find it home oh nice look at the force behind that leg kick big powerful punch land now he gets back to range wow he's out he got him all right you ready you ready all right so two truly Elite Strikers here we sat down with them on Thursday and ask them any thoughts of taking this fight to the ground they want to strike to they want to strike that's what got them to the show that is the path that they are normally on and tonight they get someone that allows them to fight in their comfort zone they don't have to worry about the F takedowns all they have to worry about oh he's in trouble he's hurt bad [Music] big punch lands over the top how's he going to follow this [Music] one wow actually got the take down man great job finding a way out finding an escape to get back to your feet oh hook shot blocked there by Hof wow what a head kick oh nice and now he lands in combination [Applause] oh oh straight right oh what a fantastic strike to throw at the exact oh looked like it did stun him a little bit Boom Big jab some re wa oh big left back to the left hand now unable to connect oh you can hear the whack from here as he lands another leg kick in DC now we're seeing visible damage as that leg starts to R up now you start to see the damage and now you start to see the limping of the opponent watch as he gets kicked in the leg he's turning away he can't even get any pressure on his front leg anymore he is beat up that leg has been tenderized by this young man pretty good strike there but not a ton of meat on the bone kind of looks like me at the Boer at home boxing District he's used everything he could early in the fight and now he's just a survival go great punch and both got oh and just like that the fight is it's over oh all right you ready you ready all right so we got two classically trained Strikers here any chance this fight actually goes to this fight does not go to the ground this one will be bought in the pocket two guys will stand in front of each other they will trade punches they will trade kicks it's going to be a classic matchup that you normally see inside of a ring we get it in the Octagon tonight kabby Lo's uppercut is blocked and he comes through with a big KN oh perfect head kick there nice punch lands over the top man DC his hands look good lot of volume lot of accuracy tonight he's doing a great job being accurate but he's also very fast look at the hand speed right oh he lands another hook there he's already landed several in the round that one might have been the cleanest of the bunch he D Hurt serve him up go get him oh straight right he's in trouble he's getting lit up oh both of these guys going all out High action fight here oh straight right oh oh nice combination oh he's hurt man he's hurt bad John he's got to press him he's got to go changee that finish down now oh big left hook there good series of strikes for him there staying busy and staying accurate I mean the accuracy is unbelievable that is oh man this dude is good oh Over the Top This fight's going to be over what a great way of mixing up his attack he didn't stay the course he mixed it up he went High when his opponent thought he was going low and now he got him hurt very badly oh and he just continues to punish his opponent with that hook I'm not sure how many more he can take he will not be able to take many more he better understand that it only takes one in the perfect spot to end your night over and over he's Landing these big body kicks well it's one thing to have length it's another thing to use it and he does it as well as anyone nice kick there by kabalo checks the leg [Applause] kick just unable to quite find that range oh now his opponent in a b trck such a sneaky head kick he did not recognize high and now got to hurt [Applause] bad all right let's now look back at some of the action from that round he went head hunting landed nearly got the finish too a lot of coaches tell you don't head hunt in this case he's been head hunting and he landed a big enough shot to truly put his opponent on notice beautiful this one's all good man knock them down knock down again okay ready round two ready second round underway nice kick Punch coming it's [Applause] blocked all right so he's landed some good shots tonight but this is not a combo meal right no three piece no soda it's one and done more often than enough John don't you come to be without a combo I want the whole platter give him the whole platter young man put some punches together make this guy take the whole thing give him more than one strike you have now found a set of punch the jab is landing consistently find something that's going to go behind it nice punch land's hurt man it's almost like he's got a rangefinder out there just too easy as he connects with another good series of punches I'm not sure his opponent knows where he is no is on Beach Street right now he's seeing TWY Birds over the top of his head when you take a hook like that you are on wobbly legs good combination of Jabs for him there kabala's lower jaw now hand both of these gentlemen are put it on the line wow and just like that the fight is over he's done he's done yeah that was just a gorgeous just shot to end the fight right there I'm not even sure the opponent really saw it coming so back to the drawing board for him but for the winner this is certainly exactly what he was looking for here tonight all right DC no Tator tonight but we're going to get just some highlights from this one this was a fight that had it all in for my money his best performance to dat his best performance to date in the biggest moment in the biggest moment you got to show up and that's exactly what he did tonight he used every bit of his skill to get the job done now go inside the Octagon where Bruce Buffer has the official decision ladies and gentlemen referee Dan mlead has called the stop to this contest at 2 minutes 1 second of the second round playing the winner by knock out e all right so there he is the man of the hour what a massive knockout for him to get this win in style tonight he did everything he needed to do to find The Knockout now he can celebrate with his family and friends as they earn the spectac ular victory