For years the UFC’s light heavyweight division has been a cast of familiar names ranging from twilight idols to dominant forces, with very few new contenders to speak of. But after Dominick Reyes took out Ovince Saint Preux at UFC 229 in October, there was a shake up in the ranks. Reyes was within fractions of a second of scoring his fourth finish in four UFC fights, landing a huge shot at the very end of the third round that crumpled OSP where he stood.
“I thought it was a knockout,” Reyes told MMA Fighting at the time.