A welterweight scrap between Matt Brown and Diego Sanchez featured the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 120 card in Norfolk, Virginia last night.
Sanchez (27-11 MMA, 16-11 UFC), who suffered a brutal first-round Knockout loss by Brown (21-16 MMA, 14-10 UFC).
Diego Sanchez, who was making his 27th UFC appearance at the showdown after winning Season 1 of “The Ultimate Fighter” (TUF) in 2005, suffered his third knockout loss in his past four fights.
Brown caught Sanchez’s kick in the first round, walked him back against the cage, had the time to frame his elbow to his face and then destroyed Sanchez.
WHAT AN ELBOW! Matt Brown KO's Diego Sanchez for the finish at #UFCNorfolk! https://t.co/i7MIUI1rXE
— FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) November 12, 2017
This was the most disrespectful knockout in UFC history and one of the violent.
OHHHHH MYYYY!!!"The Immortal" Matt Brown ends Sanchez in round 1 w/ a VICIOUS elbow! #UFCNorfolk (Via UFC on FOX)
Posted by UFC on Saturday, November 11, 2017
Following his loss to Brown Sanchez immediately told people he wasn’t retiring, later Sanchez posted on his Social Media by saying,
https://www.instagram.com/p/BbYma5qnJcu/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BbY2Z86nd7Y/
