Now that's how you create a splash in your UFC debut and set the table for a pay-per-view.
Making his promotional debut as a +650 underdog, Khama Worthy scored a shocking first-round knockout of Devonte Smith in the last prelim bout before the launch of the UFC 241 pay-per-view at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. on Saturday night.
Worthy dropped Smith with a short right uppercut and pounded him out with some hammerfists to land the first finish of the night and the biggest upset of the year according to ESPN Stats & Info .
WORTHY PULLS OFF THE HUGE UPSET! @TheDeathStar_1 KOs Smith in the first round! Wow! #UFC241 pic.twitter.com/0VHe5HD5h8
— UFC (@ufc) August 18, 2019
What's as amazing as the knockout itself is the fact that the 32-year-old Worthy took the fight against his friend Smith on just four days notice and he discussed that with reporters earlier in the week.
"I had to get all my schedule figured out like, who's going to take the kids to day care?"
— UFC News (@UFCNews) August 15, 2019
Hear Khama Worthy ( @TheDeathStar_1 ) talk about dropping everything for his short-notice UFC debut and what it will be like fighting a friend in Devonte Smith 🔊⬆️ #UFC241 pic.twitter.com/tiomjXXhxc
Just like that, Worthy has made an instant name for himself.
