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Andy Nesbitt

UFC 239: Fighters were in awe of Jorge Masvidal’s insane, record-breaking KO

UFC fans were so fired up for the big fight between Jorge Masvidal and Ben Askren at UFC 239 on Saturday night.

Masvidal made it clear leading up to it that he didn’t respect Askren and that he was looking forward to handing him his first professional loss.

And it didn’t take Masvidal long at all to do just that as he recorded the fastest knockout in UFC history with a flying knee KO just five seconds in the fight that put Askren right to sleep.

Masvidal enjoyed it, too, as he finished him off with two unnecessary blows to the head and then celebrated right next to Askren.

Here’s the KO:

Here were Masvidal’s two celebrations. First he tapped the ground and said something to Askren:

Then he pretended to get knocked out:

Masvidal had an easy explanation for his flying knee:

Fair enough.

UFC fighters and fans were in awe:

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