Skating backwards and perfectly timing a charge from Garcia–and without any visible windup—Maheshate landed a short, surgical, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it hammer to his opponent’s jaw that sent him stiff and face-first to the canvas.
“I expected that,” Mahestate says matter of factly (via translator). Most of my opponents give me aggressive openings.”
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His record bears out that statement. 9-1 professionally, the majority of his wins have come by similarly speedy finishes in the first two rounds. I ask him when he realized he had the gift of ending fights early and he can’t necessarily pinpoint a time.
“That just came natural,” he says.
The Garcia fight should also be a nominee for UFC Debut of 2022 if you’re building that list, too.
