10 underrated UFC knockouts you may not have seen

#2 David Terrell vs Matt Lindland, UFC 49

David Terrell knocked out Matt Lindland in his UFC debut

Cesar Gracie protégé David Terrell was renowned as one of the world’s best jiu-jitsu players back in 2004, and when he signed to fight Olympic wrestling silver medallist Matt Lindland at UFC 49, most fans were expecting a grappling war between the two. They couldn’t have been much more wrong.

Lindland had always been susceptible to a good striker, particularly a southpaw, and evidently, Terrell had done his homework. He came out quickly, throwing a pair of big left hands, and the second connected and knocked Lindland down hard. The wrestler attempted to recover, but Terrell was too fast and too aggressive, and a series of follow-up punches had Lindland’s head bouncing off the canvas.

The fight was over in 24 seconds and the UFC had a new top contender at Middleweight. Terrell never did fulfil his promise – he lost a title match to Evan Tanner and only fought once afterwards – but this remains a stone-cold classic knockout and probably one of the best UFC debuts of all time.