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1. Demetrious Johnson vs. Joseph Benavidez
UFC on Fox 9
Dec. 14, 2013 | Sacramento, California
Johnson sent a shockwave through California’s capital city.

“Mighty Mouse” knocked out Team Alpha Male’s Benavidez with a clean right hook and follow-up punches, as he retained the Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight crown in the UFC on Fox 9 headliner at the Sleep Train Arena. Benavidez, who had never before been finished, succumbed to the blows 2:08 into the first round.

After a relatively uneventful first half of round one, Johnson backed Benavidez towards the cage, clocked him with a right hook and rendered him unconscious with four jackhammer rights on the ground. The champion had not stopped a fight with strikes in nearly four years.

“A lot of people were saying I don’t have knockout power, but I’m always getting better working at AMC [Pankration] with Matt Hume,” Johnson said. “My coaches [and I] were trying to work on settling my weight down and landing a big power shot. We’re just showing a little bit of what we can do at AMC, and there are more things to come.”