Francis Ngannou took the UFC heavyweight strap with a savage knockout at UFC 260.
The Cameroonian-French fighter faced Stipe Miocic for the second time after losing his title fight to the American at UFC 220 by unanimous decision.
The fight in January 2018 went the distance, but Saturday night’s bout only went 52 seconds into the second round.
Ngannou felled his opponent with a savage left but Miocic found his feet before the 34-year-old found the American’s throat with another blow and Herb Dean called time on the fight.
Main card
Francis Ngannou def. Stipe Miocic (C) via second-round KO (punch and ground strike, 0:52)
Vicente Luque def. Tyron Woodley via first-round submission (D’arce choke, 3:56)
Sean O’Malley def. Thomas Almeida via third-round KO (ground strike, 3:52)
Miranda Maverick def. Gillian Robertson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Jamie Mullarkey def. Khama Worthy via first-round KO (punch, 0:46)
Prelims
Alonzo Menifield def. Fabio Cherant via first-round submission (Von Flue choke, 1:11)
Abubakar Nurmagomedov def. Jared Gooden via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Michal Oleksiejczuk def. Modestas Bukauskas via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Omar Morales def. Shane Young via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Early prelims
Marc-Andre Barriault def. Abu Azaitar via third-round TKO (punches, 4:56)
