After Yair Rodriguez' beatdown of UFC Hall of Famer B.J. Penn at UFC Fight Night 103, many fans hyped the Mexican-born fighter as a future UFC champion.
The budding talent was looking to make a statement against former lightweight champion and wily veteran Frankie Edgar at UFC 211, but things went horribly wrong.
Edgar, 35, made mincemeat of Rodriguez, taking the young prospect down at will and battering him with ground and pound. Ringside officials called a stop to the contest after the second round, after Rodriguez' face was morphed into something resembling a Guillermo del Toro Pan's Labyrinth prop.