10 fastest finishes in UFC title fights ever

Modified Mar 03, 2021 16:16 GMT

Where does Conor McGregor's KO of Jose Aldo land in this list?

#1 Conor McGregor vs. Jose Aldo – UFC Featherweight title – UFC 194 – 13 seconds

It was perhaps, at the time, the biggest UFC title fight of all time. After over a year of build-up and an insane amount of trash talk, Irish superstar Conor McGregor would finally get his shot at UFC Featherweight champ Jose Aldo. UFC fans had debated for a long time about how the fight would go, but nobody could’ve predicted quite how insane a finish the fight would produce.

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McGregor looked super confident from the moment he entered the Octagon, while Aldo looked more tense, more nervous. The two men pressed forward and after a couple of feints from McGregor, Aldo bit and fired a glancing blow – only for ‘The Notorious One’ to counter with a picture-perfect left hand that dropped the Brazilian to the ground.

McGregor landed a couple of follow-up shots, but in reality they weren’t needed – he’d knocked Aldo out in just 13 seconds.

An explanation remains tricky some five years on; everyone knew McGregor had a coffin-nail left hand, but had Aldo allowed the Irishman into his head? Had he simply wilted under the pressure? Or were McGregor’s countering skills simply that good?

In reality, it didn’t matter; McGregor had delivered on the hype and made himself into the biggest star in UFC history – all in just 13 seconds.

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