No one on Saturday’s UFC Fight Night card saw Brunno Ferreira’s elbow coming, least of all Dustin Stoltzfus.
The Brazilian middleweight scored the wildest finish of the night in Louisville with a spinning back elbow knockout late in the first round, countering a tentative left hand from Stoltzfus with all the fury of centripetal force.
The blow surprised Stoltzfus long enough for referee Jason Herzog to intervene to call the fight.
According to the ESPN broadcast, it was only the eighth spinning elbow KO in UFC history.
The victory improves Ferreira’s record to 11-1 and gives him another winning streak after suffering the first loss of his MMA career against Nursulton Ruziboev last July. He first bounced back with another first-round KO of Phil Hawes in January, and could now be in line for a bonus at the end of Saturday’s card.
