The clash of debuting heavyweights on the UFC Fight Night 260 preliminary card did not make it out of the first round, with Brando Pericic prevailing over Elisha Ellison.
Both men came out swinging leather from the opening bell. Pericic (5-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) was first to land big, then didn’t relent until he had Ellison (5-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) on the ground and smashed unconscious with punches from above, ending the fight at the 1:55 mark of Round 1 at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia.
Check out the replay of the vicious knockout below (via X):
Pericic, who is a product of City Kickboxing, had teammate Israel Adesanya on his feet with the highlight knockout. Afterward, he was pleased with his performance.
“What a f*cking life – I’m blessed,” Pericic said in his post-fight interview with Paul Felder. “The last eight years, I’ve been sleeping in cars, sleeping in gyms. No one was going to f*cking stop me.”
