Mairon Santos Finishes Muhammad Naimov With One-Hit KO - UFC 323 Highlights

UFC 323: Mairon Santos Explodes in Third, Stops Muhammad Naimov

Muhammad Naimov and Mairon Santos kicked off Saturday’s UFC 323 preliminary card, with the event the final numbered UFC event of the ESPN era. The would-be featherweight fight was shifted to catchweight after Santos missed weight by a pound and a half. The Brazilian, having recently joined “The Fighting Nerds,” was a TUF winner, and still just 25. It was Santos holding center early, firing kicks towards Tajikistan’s Naimov, then catching one whe…

Mairon Santos Finishes Muhammad Naimov With One-Hit KO - UFC 323 Highlights

Mairon Santos scored his ninth career win via KO at UFC 323, putting away Muhammad Naimon in the third round. While the fight was fairly competitive through the first two rounds, things took a drastic turn in the final stanza as Santos landed a calf kick that momentarily took Naimon off balance. That’s the only opening Santos needed to uncork a booming right hand that caught Naimon clean, sending him crashing to the canvas. A couple of follow-up…