It was a foreshadowing of things to come: Andre Ewell dropped a charging Renan Barao with a crisp straight shot in the opening minute of their UFC Sao Paulo main-card bout.
Barao recovered from that blow and went on to win the first round. But the former UFC bantamweight champion, who missed weight Friday by nearly six pounds, gassed after that point, and Ewell used his effective striking to rally past Barao over the final two rounds and score the upset in his UFC debut on Saturday night.
Ewell got the better end of two out of three 29-29 scores for the split-decision win.