Thanks to a left hook followed with some more shots against the cage, Bisping knocked out Luke Rockhold in the first round to become the new UFC Middleweight champion at UFC 199 in Los Angeles on Saturday night.
UFC tweeted this after the fight came to its sudden end:
Fox Sports UFC provided the official result:
Official result: Michael Bisping def. Luke Rockhold by KO at 3:36, R1#UFC199 #AndNew
— FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) June 5, 2016
ESPN.com's Brett Okamoto reacted after Bisping, who had only 17 days notice to get ready for the fight, knocked out Rockhold:
That is freaking incredible.