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#2. Uros Medic surgically picks apart Omar Morales

Uros Medic was surgical in his victory over Alen Amedovski

Serbia’s Uros Medic is nicknamed ‘The Doctor’, and it’s safe to say that he lived up to that moniker perfectly last night with a surgically precise – and explosive – second round finish of Omar Morales in a lightweight bout.

While the first round of this bout wasn’t much to talk about – with Medic picking methodically at his opponent – that changed in the second when ‘The Doctor’ landed a clean left hand that dropped Morales instantly.

The Venezuelan fighter got to his feet, but Medic was then on him, using perfect timing and precision to land another left to hurt him equally badly. Morales stayed on his feet this time, but a quick combination dropped him for a second time, and that was enough for the fight to be stopped.

This was one of the best finishes we’d seen in the octagon for some time, as not only did Medic display killer instinct to finish Morales off, but he also stayed calm and didn’t look to rush into a wild flurry either. ‘The Doctor’ is now 2-1 in the UFC, and hopefully we’ll get to see him again soon.

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#1. Chidi Njokuani moves to 2-0 in the UFC with a violent elbow

Chidi Njokuani has dispatched both of his foes in the octagon with vicious knockouts

When he made his UFC debut in February, Chidi Njokuani instantly marked himself out as a fighter to watch in the middleweight division by sparking out Marc-Andre Barriault in just 16 seconds in what was one of the year’s most explosive finishes so far.

Somehow, though, ‘Chidi Bang Bang’ was able to top that finish last night, picking up another $50k bonus cheque in the process. Sure, it took him a little longer to dispatch Dusko Todorovic, but the way he took him out was simply insane.

After largely outfighting Todorovic in all areas – even hunting for a brabo choke when the fight hit the ground momentarily – he found himself in the clinch, and from there, he separated just enough to land a crushing right elbow to the temple.

Todorovic went down hard, his lights switched completely off, and referee Mark Smith was forced to step in without even needing Njokuani to follow it up.

Put simply, we haven’t seen a newcomer to the octagon perform in this kind of explosive fashion in a long time, and so the UFC should expect ‘Chidi Bang Bang’ to catch on as a major star very soon. Hopefully he can get back into the octagon again in the near future.