Top 5: Deiveson Figueiredo Finishes

It was the night a king was finally fitted for his crown.

Deiveson Figueiredo captured the vacant Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight title when he put Joseph Benavidez to sleep with a rear-naked choke in the first round of their UFC Fight Night 172 main event on July 18, 2020 at the Flash Forum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Benavidez lost consciousness 4:48 into Round 1 and slipped to 0-4 in UFC championship bouts.

The one-sided nature of the encounter—not necessarily the result itself—was a surprise to many observers. Figueiredo floored the Xtreme Couture representative twice with right hands, shredded him with elbows and ultimately throttled him with a rear-naked choke in the…