Masvidal’s 5-second KO quickest in UFC historical past
Jorge Masvidal scored the quickest knockout in UFC historical past on Saturday, ending Ben Askren simply 5 seconds into their welterweight bout at UFC 239 at T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas.
Masvidal (34-13) ran instantly at Askren (19-1) to open the bout and landed a flying knee as Askren ducked his head. Askren instantly stiffened up earlier than dropping to the canvas. Masvidal landed a pair extra strikes on the bottom, however Askren appeared to already be out chilly.
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“He is so predictable, man. He is a scrub,” Masvidal mentioned when requested why he determined to strive a flying knee to start out. “Part of me wished to only throw it on the market so he knew, when you do shoot [for a takedown], like an fool, such as you solely know how you can, your head’s going to get clipped, after which I might put the brakes on him and beat him up for 14 minutes and 30 seconds and execute him. Or, , he took the bait. … He walked proper into it.”
Askren remained on the canvas for a number of minutes and appeared nonetheless dazed when he lastly stood up. He was led out of the Octagon with help from his workforce and was transported to an area hospital.
Askren instructed ESPN’s Ariel Helwani late Saturday evening that he was discharged and was attending his after get together.
Askren additionally took to Twitter afterward to sum up his knockout loss.
Properly that sucked
— Ben Askren (@Benaskren) July 7, 2019
Masvidal and Askren had a contentious buildup to Saturday’s combat, throwing out their share of taunts and insults at one another throughout prefight promotional occasions.
The taunting continued within the speedy aftermath of Saturday’s combat, when Masvidal bought down on all fours subsequent to an unconscious Askren and commenced slapping the bottom.
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Dana White calls Jorge Masvidal’s flying knee on Ben Askren “one of the crucial vicious knockouts” he is ever seen in his life. For extra UFC, enroll right here for ESPN+ http://plus.espn.com/ufc.
Masvidal mentioned he had no regret for the strikes that got here after Askren was knocked unconscious. When a reporter instructed some individuals felt the punches had been pointless, Masvidal shot again, “They had been super-necessary.”
“The referee hadn’t pulled me off, and my job is to hit someone till the referee pulls me off,” he mentioned. “So to these individuals, I might say possibly do not watch MMA, and return to soccer.”
Duane Ludwig held the earlier UFC file for quickest knockout, at six seconds in opposition to Jonathan Goulet in 2006.