Sherdog’s Top 10: Fastest Knockouts in UFC History
No. 8
UFC 38 “Brawl at the Hall”
July 13, 2002 | London
Weir made quite a splash in his promotional debut, as he blitzed Jackson in 10 seconds Royal Albert Hall in London. The Gloucester, England, native could not have known then that it would go down as his only UFC victory. Weir hid his lethal hands behind a hook kick and caught Jackson with a short right hand as they came together. The blow leveled Jackson and left him defenseless to the clubbing right hands that fell next. He remained on the canvas for several tense moments before rising to his feet and greeting a gracious Weir in defeat. “I had a lot of pressure [on me],” Weir said. “The media attention is amazing. Of all the years I’ve been doing martial arts, this is the first time I feel recognized as a sportsman, an athlete; and to live up to it ... that’s all I kept thinking to myself: ‘I have to live up to it.’”
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