Heading into their middleweight matchup on Saturday night, all 15 of Paulo Borrachinha and Oluwale Bamgbose’s combined career victories were knockouts -- in Borrachinha’s case, all in the first round.
So their UFC 212 bout in Rio de Janeiro promised fireworks. And boy, did it ever deliver. Borrachinha and Bamgbose traded heavy shots into the second round before Borrachinha emerged victorious, winning via TKO at 1:06 of the second round.
Bamgbose came out like a house afire early in the opening round, as the Bronx native put his opponent on the mat and worked for a submission.