The 36-year old former Strikeforce welterweight champion and King of Pancrase had lost five of his past six fights with three knockouts in that span.
But the naysayers don't have much to say at the moment. Marquardt landed a vicious counter right hand to finish C.B. Dollaway early in the second round of their FS1 middleweight prelim bout Saturday night at UFC on FOX 17 in Orlando.
Dollaway (15-8), who dropped his third straight fight, seemed to get the better of things in a tentative first round. He landed solid leg kicks as Marquardt attempted to figure out his range.