Light heavyweight Tafon Nchukwi brought the sixth week of Dana White’s Contender Series to a thunderous and scary conclusion, knocking out Al Matavao with a head kick to earn a UFC contract.
Nchukwi was the final contract awarded, with Aliaskhab Khizriev, Drako Rodriguez and Phil Hawes all declared UFC-bound by White at the conclusion of the fight card.
Matavao lay on the canvas for an extended period after the finish, which came at the 2:01 mark of the second round at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.