Montel Jackson lived as much as his nickname “Quik” with a quick night time on the workplace that was preceded by an ideal commentary name from former UFC champion Dominick Cruz.
“Watch the straight punches from Jackson,” Cruz stated because the battle started. “They’re simply lightning-like, straight down the pipe.”
A split-second after the prophetic phrases had been spoken, Jackson (14-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) fired off a quick two-punch mixture, placing Da’Mon Blackshear down and out simply 18 seconds into their bantamweight preliminary bout at UFC on ESPN 59 at Ball Enviornment in Denver.
A proper to the chest and a left hand to the chin knocked Blackshear (14-7-1 MMA, 2-3-1 UFC) out, and the referee rushed in to cease Jackson from connecting with extra follow-up punches on the bottom.
ONE AND DONE 👊@Montello135 will get it completed in simply 17 SECONDS! #UFCDenver pic.twitter.com/pnwAUJAc7p
— UFC (@ufc) July 14, 2024
Jackson isn’t any stranger to first-round finishes within the UFC, as this was his fourth in 10 fights. Nevertheless, this was simply his quickest; his earlier greatest time was 1:40 in a submission win over Brian Kelleher at UFC 232 in 2018.
The outcome pushes Jackson’s profitable streak to 5, together with three first-round finishes. Moreover, he holds the file for many knockdowns within the bantamweight division with 11, and has tied Chuck Liddell, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Cody Garbrandt and Josh Emmett with seven consecutive knockdowns, in line with UFC analysis analyst Michael Carroll.
Blackshear, whose final win within the UFC was a really uncommon tornado submission of Jose Johnson final August, has now dropped two straight.
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