The 8 fastest knockouts in UFC history

#5: Don Frye vs. Thomas Ramirez, UFC 8 – 02/16/1996

UFC Hall of Famer Don Frye held the record for the fastest UFC knockout for almost a decade

The legendary Don Frye made it into the UFC’s Hall of Fame in 2016, and with two UFC tournament wins – as well as victories over the likes of Tank Abbott, Gary Goodridge and Ken Shamrock on his ledger, few could’ve argued that he deserved it.

Perhaps his biggest splash in the Octagon came in his very first outing, though. Faced with the hulking Hawaiian Thomas Ramirez – who weighed almost double Frye’s 206lbs – it seemed like ‘The Predator’ was outgunned, but that wasn’t the case at all.

Using his boxing experience as well as his superior speed, Frye popped Ramirez with a quick jab before following with two right hands. Ramirez went down and out, and Frye had set a new UFC record for the quickest knockout in promotional history – at just 8 seconds.

It was a record that would last for almost a decade – longer, if you go by official athletic commission records – and Frye had instantly written his name into UFC history.