Sherdog’s Top 10: Fastest Knockouts in UFC History

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(Tie) 6. James Irvin def. Houston Alexander
UFC Fight Night 13
April 2, 2008 | Broomfield, Colorado
Alexander burst on the UFC scene with back-to-back first-round finishes against Keith Jardine and Alessio Sakara, taking care of business in a grand total of 109 seconds. After a technical knockout loss to Thiago Silva slowed his rise, he was matched with Irvin at the Broomfield Event Center. The two light heavyweights touched gloves and reset. Irvin fired first, uncorking a slashing Superman punch that folded Alexander where he stood. Two follow-up right hands knocked the dazed “Assassin” unconscious for a brief moment and resulted in an eight-second stoppage despite his objections. “The first one barely got him -- it barely got his chin -- but the second one was about as hard as I can hit. It was pretty solid on him,” Irvin said. “I would give anything to fight Houston again right now. If we could do it again right now, I’m down. You want to go to the parking lot? We can go out to the parking lot and do it.”

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