Sherdog’s Top 10: Fastest Knockouts in UFC History

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(Tie) 10. Duane Ludwig def. Jonathan Goulet
UFC Fight Night 3
Jan. 16, 2006 | Las Vegas
Goulet paid a heavy price for his miscalculations at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, where only 1,008 fans were on hand to witness this historical nugget. Goulet marched toward Ludwig, a vastly superior kickboxer, and walked into a right cross that dropped him face first on the canvas. After a brief pause, referee Mario Yamasaki signaled the stoppage and sent Ludwig back to a jubilant corner that included longtime mentor and former UFC heavyweight champion Bas Rutten. “Not to get cocky or nothing, but people just need to work more technique,” Ludwig said. “He comes in wide, and I just come with a short right hand. Everything just came together. I had two weeks’ notice. I wasn’t really training, and I just focused in.” The UFC recognizes it as the fastest knockout in its history at six seconds, though the official time of the stoppage remains unchanged at 11 seconds on the Nevada Athletic Commission books.

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