Despite many expecting the power of Ateba Gautier to earn him another victory, Roman Kopylov pulls off a shocker, finishing Gautier in just over three minutes to open the UFC 332 main card.
After some circling, Gautier landed a strong body kick. He soon followed with a couple of damaging left hands, rocking Kopylov at one point.
Kopylov turned the momentum, however, when he landed a counter left to the face, stunning Gautier. Kopylov then worked his punches until he dropped Gautier, raining down some more blows until the referee waved off the bout.
This snapped a 10-fight win streak Gautier was riding and marked his first loss in the UFC.
Kopylov has won back-to-back fights and three of his last five fights. He entered this fight off a win over Marco Tulio at UFC 328 in May.
