Henry Cejudo said he was going to knock out T.J. Dillashaw and on Saturday night in the main event of UFC Fight Night 143, and he did just that.
Cejudo dispatched Dillashaw in just 32 seconds, capping off a solid night of action on what was the UFC’s historic debut on ESPN and ESPN+. “The Messenger” clipped Dillashaw with a partially-blocked head kick, shoved him to the canvas and eventually finished him off with a barrage of punches.
But when referee Kevin MacDonald pulled the defending UFC flyweight champion off and officially ended the fight, the MMA world erupted in controversy.