Terrance McKinney gets back to the win column with 85-second TKO, six-straight finishes to open UFC Vegas 78

The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to us tonight, August 12, 2023, for UFC Vegas 78, going down live from the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada.

Headlining the event is a Brazil versus Brazil showdown between former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos (32-14) and no. 10 ranked welterweight contender Vicente Luque (21-9-1).

Co-headlining the event was a featherweight contest between Cub Swanson (28-13) and Hakeem Dawodu (13-3-1).

Co-headlining the preliminary card tonight was a lightweight affair between a pair of finishers in Terrance McKinney (14-6) and Mike Breeden (10-6).

Of McKinney’s 13 career wins coming in, all 13 came via finish with five knockouts and eight submissions. What’s more, 12 of them came in the opening round. Breeden on the other hand had eight knockouts and two decisions in his ten career wins coming into tonight’s bout.

Continue reading to see how this 155 lb showcase of finishers went down:

Official Result: Terrance McKinney def. Mike Breeden via TKO (punches) at 1:25 of round one

McKinney opens up the bout with a fast left cross before shooting in on a takedown. Once Breeden stuffs it, McKinney goes right back to the left hand and follows it up with a left high kick.

Breeden blocks it before McKinney throws another, which was also partially blocked.

McKinney then begins to piece combinations together and stun Breeden with them, going to the both the body and head. He also landed a lot of good knees up the middle. McKinney didn’t let up with the pressure, utilized beautiful shot selection, and he had a killer instinct as always which led to his 85-second finish in this fight.

This was an incredibly impressive performance to get McKinney back into the win column.

Man Terrance McKinney just beat the shit out of this guy😭

https://t.co/DcJxvTFlQk

— 🌴ᴛʜᴇᴀʀᴛᴏꜰᴡᴀʀ🌴 (@TheArtOfWar6) August 12, 2023

Terrance McKinney snaps two-fight skid with his 13th career first-round finish this evening at UFC Vegas 78.

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Brady Ordway

I became a fan of combat sports when I was 12 years old. I was scrolling through the channels and landed upon Versus, where WEC was televised. Urijah Faber fought Jens Pulver for the second time that night. That's the first fight I ever saw, and I was immediately hooked. So eventually, I began covering the sport in the fourth quarter of 2018, and have since started writing about animals as well. If you'd like to see those pieces, be sure to check out learnaboutnature.com!

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