10 underrated UFC knockouts you may not have seen

#4 Mark Weir vs Eugene Jackson, UFC 38

Before the UFC truly broke it big in the UK, they gave the hardcore British fans a show in the form of 2002’s UFC 38 – the ‘Brawl at the Royal Albert Hall’. The most memorable moment was probably Matt Hughes’s win over Carlos Newton, but for sheer brutality, you can’t look past Mark Weir’s knockout of Eugene Jackson.

Weir – a British kickboxer who had won eight fights in a row – threw a crescent kick that caught UFC veteran Jackson off guard, and as he reacted to avoid it, the Brit followed up with a straight right hand that knocked him into next week. The whole fight was over in around ten seconds – one of the fastest knockouts in UFC history.

Jackson was down for what felt like an age although he eventually left the cage under his own power, and although it’s since been overshadowed by even quicker knockouts from Duane Ludwig, Todd Duffee and Ryan Jimmo, it remains one of the most incredible finishes in UFC history – and one of the most vicious, too.