Joanderson Brito’s track to the Ultimate Fighting Championship has been a string of one surprise after another. Appearing on Dana White's Contender Series last August after nearly two years away from the sport, the Brazilian earned a UFC contract, only to come up short in a debut that took place under some of the most trying circumstances imaginable. Just when it seemed like the unheralded young prospect might be merely the latest Contender Series product to lose a couple of fights in the Octagon and then disappear, Brito came back for his second UFC appearance and knocked out one of the featherweight division’s most established names in under a minute.