Zhang Mingyang | All Gas, No Brakes

Rising Chinese star Zhang Mingyang has a stat line straight out of a video game: 18 wins, 18 first-round finishes.

It’s a remarkable feat at any level of mixed martial arts — but once he brought that success into the Octagon, the MMA world took notice.

Zhang has competed in the Octagon three times, including a bout on Road to UFC. Altogether, it’s taken the 26-year-old just over eight minutes to secure those three victories, with the longest of them lasting only three minutes and 57 seconds.

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