Jared Gordon has been on the fallacious finish of some razor-close selections recently so he simply took the judges out of the equation by delivering a brutal first spherical knockout at UFC Vegas 106.
After some early floor work towards Thiago Moises, the veteran New Yorker launched a superbly timed proper hand that blasted the Brazilian and despatched him crashing to the canvas. A break up second later, Gordon dropped one other couple of bombs from above that utterly separated Moises from consciousness because the referee rushed in to cease the combat.
The tip got here at simply 3:37 within the opening spherical.
“I used to be a bit hesitant as a result of I believed he would shoot for the takedown instantly,” Gordon mentioned after his win. “I knew my boxing was higher. I caught him coming him and received the knockout.”
Regardless of going through a world-class grappler, Gordon confirmed no worry taking the combat to the bottom within the early going, though Moises caught him with a shot that opened a gash proper in the midst of his brow.
Fortunately there wasn’t a lot blood flowing from the open wound as Gordon continued his floor assault till Moises managed to work his means again to the ft. That plan backfired virtually instantly with Gordon launching the fitting hand that twisted Moises’ head round and despatched him again right down to the bottom once more.
There was no getting up as a result of Gordon adopted up with just a few extra brutal punches that put Moises to sleep with the referee rescuing him from additional hurt.
In his thoughts, Gordon believes he ought to be on a for much longer profitable streak however as an alternative he dropped selections to Paddy Pimblett and Nasrat Haqparast in latest fights. This time round there was no scorecard wanted with Gordon including a vicious knockout to his resume after ending Moises on Saturday from the UFC APEX in Las Vegas.