Twitter reacts to Ovince Saint Preux's 34-second TKO of 'Shogun' at UFC Fight Night 56

from MMA Junkie on Nov 09, 2014
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An opponent switch a little more than a week out from fight night completely changed the course of Ovince Saint Preux’s (17-6 MMA, 5-1 UFC) career on Saturday as he knocked out former UFC champion Mauricio Rua (22-10 MMA, 6-8 UFC) for the biggest victory of his life in the UFC Fight Night 55 headliner.

“OSP” was originally scheduled to compete against Francimar Barosso in the co-main event, but an injury to Jimi Manuwa created an opening atop the card and the 31-year-old refused to let it pass him by.

Saint Preux landed a perfect punch early in the first round and stopped Rua just 34 seconds to silence the crowd at Ginasio Municipal Tancredo Neves in Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

To see what fighters, media members and more in the MMA community thought about the biggest victory of Saint Preux’s career, check out the Twitter reactions below.

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I'm going all in on OSP for this bout. I may be wrong. But I think this is the end of Shogun as a top fighter. #UFCUberlandia

— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) November 9, 2014

Ovince Saint Preux out to "100 Black Coffins" by Rick Ross from the Django Unchained soundtrack. He wins life #UFC

— Damon Martin (@DamonMartin) November 9, 2014

Shogun walking out to Mass Effect action scene music.

— MiddleEasy (@MiddleEasy) November 9, 2014

It 3:50 a.m. in Uberlandia, Brazil.

— Dave Meltzer (@davemeltzerWON) November 9, 2014

OSP knocks out Shogun in seconds. Brazil goes quiet.

— Jeremy Botter (@jeremybotter) November 9, 2014

Dang. What looked like a slip ends up being a left hook to the button by OSP. Shogun got knocked out inside a minute. Unforgiving sport.

— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) November 9, 2014

Just like that. One legend falls for maybe a final time while one youngster gets one hell of a feather in his cap. #UFCUberlandia

— Cody Gibson (@TheRenegade559) November 9, 2014

My God. You could hear a pin drop.

— MiddleEasy (@MiddleEasy) November 9, 2014

Maybe should've taken Joe Rogan more seriously when [he said] that Ovince Saint Preux was a destroyer.

— Michael Carroll (@MJCflipdascript) November 9, 2014

Not sure I’ve ever seen an arena empty that fast. Wow.

— John Morgan (@MMAjunkieJohn) November 9, 2014

Like I said. After that first shogun vs Hendo fight they both should've retired… Osp vs the shogun that was would've never had a chance :/

— Cody Bollinger (@CodyBollinger) November 9, 2014

Shogun Rua is 1-4 in his last five fights with 2 TKO's and a submission loss. Rough run for a legend #UFC

— Damon Martin (@DamonMartin) November 9, 2014

For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 56, check out the UFC Events section of the site.

Twitter reacts to Ovince Saint Preux's 34-second TKO of 'Shogun' at UFC Fight Night 56

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