UFC 323 Had SEVEN Finishes Before The Main Card Even Started Tonight

UFC 323 is the final pay-per-view of the year (as well as the final pay-per-view of the ESPN era) and they are going out with a BANG! We opened with a huge Mairon Santos KO....

Mansur Abdul-Malik absolutely smashed Antonio Trócoli (which was expected, as he was a crazy -1450 favorite) right after that....

We then got the biblical battle that was Iwo Baraniewski vs İbo Aslan….

Jalin Turner then put down the old vet in Edson Barboza - which was a little tough to watch; Barboza got DEMOLISHED….

There was a bit of a weird one to start the main prelims, when Fares Ziam stopped Nazim Sadykhov "at the horn" - which was actually after the horn….

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Herzog made the decision to stop the fight despite Sadykhov kinda getting saved by the horn - but honestly, he was so rocked, it was definitely for the best. Terrance McKinney fought Chris Duncan next, so you knew that was crazy….

And then Manuel Torres knocked out Grant Dawson to cap off an all time slate of prelims at the T-Mobile Arena….

There were a couple fights that went to decision as well, but obviously with these insane finishes - nobody really minded that. I mean hell, we needed a breather after a few of those wars. What a night….and it's quite literally only getting started!