Australian UFC light heavyweight Jimmy Crute was the unfortunate victim of a first-round knockout in his return to the octagon.
Favoured in his matchup against American Jamahal Hill, Crute was hit with an early right but looked to steady himself, before succumbing to the exact same shot about 20 seconds later, ending the contest in less than a minute.
“He got him with the same shot again,” said Daniel Cormier in commentary.
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Hill’s nickname is ‘Sweet Dreams’ and he more than lived up to it as the referee quickly stepped in to save Crute from further damage.
“Everybody who picked me to lose, everybody just doubt me – I don’t know why, what are y’all seeing?” Hill said afterwards.
He was full of praise for his fallen opponent.
“Jimmy is a tough dude, he’s unbelievably talented.”
It’s the second straight loss for the Bendigo native, who came up short against former title contender Anthony Smith in his last bout.
Earlier on the card, Manel Kape defeated Zhalgas Zhumagulov via TKO after an unstoppable barrage of punches.
“Left, right, sit down my friend,” said Michael Bisping in commentary.
“Look at this combination here, look at the ferocity, the speed… you can only take so many.”
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