At the UFC Performance Institute in Shanghai, an emerging talent repeated one of the most dangerous knockouts in the history of sport.
Edson Barboza has one of the most ferocious highlights of everyone who has entered the Octagon.
The Brazilian may only appear once on our top 5 scariest UFC Knockouts of all time, but to be honest, it would be hard to be printed to rank his top 5 only.
Every hunter who can remind fans of Barboza is definitely impressed and that is exactly what one of the competitors did on the road to UFC.
Series four of the competition is currently underway, with some new 'PFL-like' rule changes, with a striking finish stable the first day of fighting.
Keiichiro Nakamura is progressing in Road to UFC with a stunning one-shot knee knockout
On the first day of fighting for Road to UFC Series 4, Keiichiro Nakamura went on to the semi-final with featherweight with a devastating one-shot knockout.
After Nakamura took the first round on all three scorecards, Eoh Jin Park looked at the second pace, but he became overy when he shot for a Takedown against the fence.
His opponent threw a knee in the middle, face planting park to extend the winning series of the Victor to six, where every victory came through interruption.
“That knee came directly from a highlights,” wrote a fan on social media with another who called it “Straight Nasty”.
Various other reactions referred to the strike as 'beautiful', while others were just happy to see some fights take place on a Thursday.
'Good. Night. That knee was beautiful. '
“I can't lie, I completely forgot that this took place today, nice knee.”
“Nothing better than violence at 9 o'clock!”
“That was an incredible knee attack from Nakamura! I am completely addicted to these fights. '
One fan hit the nail on the head when he stated that the finish reminded them of one of Edson Barboza's iconic one-shot knockouts.
During the UFC Fight Night event that took place in April 2023 in Kansas City, with the head of Max Holloway vs Arnold Allen, Barboza Billy Quarantillo stopped with a similar knee when his back was against the cage.
Keiichiro Nakamura continues to the semi -final of featherweight with the bracket that takes shape
After his remarkable knockout victory, Keiichiro Nakamura will prevent in the semi-final of featherweight that take place when the UFC returns to Shanghai for a Fight Night event on 23 August.
The Japanese Nakamura will be confronted with the experienced Kaiwen Li, who stopped his opponent, in the second round that was also shown in the show last year.
The winner of their matchup will be confronted with the one who comes at the top when the Sebastian Szalay of Australia takes on the Chang Min Yoon in South Korea after both men have won the decision.
Given that fighters will now receive points that will influence the value of the contracts offered, Nakamura has certainly earned a wage increase with that knockout if he can make it completely.