Adriano Moraes shocked the world on Wednesday night with a brutal second-round knockout over Demetrious Johnson in the first ever ONE on TNT event.
Despite coming into the fight as the reigning ONE flyweight champion, Moraes was a decided underdog to Johnson, who was one of the promotion’s biggest additions after a historic trade brought him over in exchange for Ben Askren going to the UFC. None of that seemed to bother Moraes, who showed confidence throughout the fight until he finally connected with an uppercut and a huge knee that demolished Johnson with the fight ending at just 2:24 in the second round.