There certainly wasn’t a shortage of surprises at UFC 162, with the biggest being Chris Weidman‘s mind-blowing knockout win over Anderson Silva.
The MMA world exploded on Saturday night after Weidman knocked off arguably the greatest fighter of all time and ended a near-seven-year run. For generations to come, the world will look back on this bout as one of MMA’s great upsets.
The outcome was unforeseeable to even those bold enough to pick Weidman to win the fight. There was plenty of humble pie to go around after he dropped Silva with a left hook and dived in with a right hand to finish.
Weidman wasn’t the only fighter making history on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
A former heavyweight title contender netted the third-fastest knockout in the history of the heavyweight division. A spectacular knockout by a certain featherweight threw another monkey wrench in the UFC title picture, and at lightweight, one fighter proved he doesn’t even need punches to earn a TKO.
Let’s rank the stoppage victories from UFC 162.