145 seconds — that was all the 28-year-old French debutant needed to send the crowd inside the Accor Arena into raptures. Salahdine Parnasse finished Dan Hooker, a veteran of the UFC's lightweight division, inside the opening round, hurting him with a heavy shot to the body before swarming forward for the technical knockout. For the former champion, it was a sixth stoppage win in a row.
The French success did not end there. Axel Sola knocked out compatriot Fares Ziam in brutal fashion in the first round. The low-tempo meeting between Michael Page and Nursulton Ruziboev never lived up to the crowd's expectations, ending in a unanimous decision for the Briton. Daniil Donchenko, by contrast, outpointed Punahele Soriano to stretch his winning run to eight fights. Losene Keita produced another of the evening's standout moments, putting Muhammad Naimov to sleep in the first round with a precise right hook.
