It was a unique introduction to Makwan Amirkhani. While the last few of the 30,000 fans in attendance at UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Johnson were leaving Stockholm’s Tele2 Arena into a freezing Swedish January 2015 night, a small auditorium in the massive stadium’s catacombs was packed with a few dozen reporters.A few hours earlier, UFC debutant Amirkhani had blown up the huge arena with a blistering eight-second flying knee knockout of veteran featherweight Andy Ogle. Given that some, including commentator Joe Rogan, seemed to think that the stoppage might have been a tad earl … Read the Full Article Here
Amirkhani promises to keep making quick work of rivals
It was a unique introduction to Makwan Amirkhani. While the last few of the 30,000 fans in attendance at UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Johnson were leaving Stockholm’s Tele2 Arena into a freezing Swedish January 2015 night, a small auditorium i…