Watch: UFC fighter Francis Ngannou defeats Cain Velasquez during the UFC Fight Night event at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. The referee called the fight in about 26 seconds.

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Then hit him with another. Velasquez toppled over, twisting his knee in the process and Ngannou landed a few more strikes until he got the early stoppage 26 seconds into the fight.

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Francis Ngannou earned arguably the biggest win of his UFC career with a knockout victory over Cain Velasquez in just 26 seconds in the main event of UFC on ESPN Sunday night from Phoenix, Arizona.

Though Ngannou stormed him, Velasquez insists that it wasn't MMA's answer to Mike Tyson that caused him to go down 26 seconds into the bout, but a "freak" knee injury.

Ngannou instantly leaped onto the fallen Velasquez to land a pair of hammer punches just as referee Jason Herzog dove in to wave off the fight. "Give it up to Francis.

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