Top 5 first-round knock-outs in the UFC

#4 Amanda Nunes against Ronda Rousey

Rouse scampering

The stage was set for Ronda Rousey to redeem herself and to overturn her fall from grace. The event was UFC 207 and this came exactly a year after her horrific loss to Holly Holm; the unfortunate outcome which reduced her to a mere poster-girl for internet humour and meme pages.

Rousey squared off against Amanda Nunes for the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship and the stakes were high for one of the most anticipated matches in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Nunes showed exemplary fighting skills by attacking Rousey from a distance and keeping up the tempo.

It was evident that the Brazilian was wary of Ronda’s judo prowess and was doing her best at evading her clinches while landing lusty combination punches which Ronda found hard to fend off.

Nunes kept attacking with great ferocity and Ronda could be seen “scampering like a scalded dog”. Under less than a minute (48 seconds), a brutal combination literally dismantled the challenger and “it was over, just like that”!