For Stefan Struve, the nightmares of the past several years vanished in just 16 seconds at UFC Fight Night 87.
Struve demolished Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva on Sunday night, putting away the Brazilian giant with an flurry of strikes early in the opening round and securing his first stoppage win since 2012 in front of his countrymen in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
"I really needed a win like this after three hard years," Struve said at Sunday's post-fight press conference. "I knew this was going to happen sometime soon. This was the training camp. This is what happened in the gym.