UFC on ESPN 19 video: Ilia Topuria enhances prospect status with KO of Damon Jackson

Ilia Topuria improved to 10-0 in his young career with a brutal knockout of Damon Jackson at UFC on ESPN 19.

[autotag]Ilia Topuria[/autotag] continued the perfect start to his career at Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 19.

In what his most high-profile win to date, Topuria (10-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) took out veteran Damon Jackson (18-4-1 MMA, 1-2-1 UFC) with a first-round knockout in their featherweight preliminary bout, courtesy of some devastating hands.

The 23-year-old attacked Jackson to the body, then followed it up with a savage head shot for the highlight-reel finish.

Check out the replay of the stoppage below (via Twitter):

For Topuria, the fight went exactly as planned. Afterward, he told Jon Anik in his cageside interview that he predicted the early finish.

“I was expecting the first-round knockout,” Topuria said. “In all my interviews that’s what I was saying.”

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