Gokhan Saki was a top-notch kickboxer before signing up with the UFC. Khalil Rountree...well, let's just say he wasn't. Because of that, it felt like a pretty safe bet that Saki would pretty easily win their fight at UFC 226 should it stay standing for any length of time.
Well, Rountree threw quite the curveball at fans and pundits when he threw a picture perfect left cross directly to Saki's teeth, and finished him with some vicious ground-and-pound:
Entering the cage following an ugly loss at UFC 219, this win both preserves Rountree's UFC job and now makes him an interesting player in the light heavyweight division.