It's been a long couple of months without any live sport, but UFC 249 is delivering in spades in Jacksonville today.
And no one bought it more than Vicente Luque and Niko Price in their welterweight clash to kick off the main prelims.
After choking Price out in their first meeting in 2017, Luque was the huge betting favourite, but the 10-fight UFC veteran Price didn't take a backward step all night.
The pair went toe-to-toe in a tight opening round, which could have gone either way.
Luque, who was coming off a loss to Stephen 'Wonderboy' Thompson in November, started landing his shots more in the second frame, and started to pull away in the third.
Price's right eye was already in a bad way from Luque's left hooks when the American was floored with 1min 50 left in the fight.
Price managed to get back to his feet, but referee Jason Herzog called time out to check the fountains of blood flowing from his eye.
After a close inspection, the doctor advised Herzog to stop the bout.
Price wanted to continue, but pictures of the eye, which was completely closed, suggested the stoppage was a smart one.
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— Justin Perry aka JP (@ImJust_JP) May 10, 2020
Vicente Luque drops Price with a huge left hook! 💥👊 #UFC249 pic.twitter.com/lKt70NEP0X
— Sports ReUp (@SportsReUp) May 10, 2020
Price joins Mike Perry as an unfortunate victim of Luque's striking...
Luque’s victims 💪🏼 #UFC249 pic.twitter.com/wd3qJliICM
— Aziz 🐌 (@3zzes) May 10, 2020
Luque said he'd taken plenty of lessons out of his loss to Wonderboy, but wanted to put on a show.
"I got ready for the best Niko Price ever. I knew he wasn't going to be easy - I was sure of that," he said.
"I learned a lot from my last fight with Thompson. I'm trying to improve my game, show a little bit more head movement.
"He (Price) brought the fight, it became a brawl and I'm an entertainer.
"First event back from everything that's going on, I just wanted to give a show. I think I bought it."
The win takes Luque to 12-2 in the UFC, and he spoke about the powerful left hook that eventually earned the victory.
"I worked a lot on my left hook - it's powerful," he said.
"I was triyng to get more head movement, I worked a lot on that. I wanted to show my improvement, moving forward to get cleaner shots.
"He was a tough guy, I think I hit him hard in every round but he took it.
"I'm excited, I'm happy and I'm ready to go fight the top guys again and keep moving up the division."