"I met up with you and Brown the night before the fight, and you were telling me, 'Imma start this fight off with a flying knee.' Mike is showing me videos of him doing that in the training room."
"As Askren immediately shot for a double leg, Masvidal knocked him out cold with a perfect flying knee in 5 seconds, which still remains the fastest knockout in UFC history."
Jorge Masvidal's flying knee knockout of Ben Askren in 2019 is a historic UFC moment. Masvidal had informed teammate Dustin Poirier about his plan to start the fight with a flying knee. Poirier witnessed Masvidal practicing the move before the fight. When the fight began, Masvidal executed the flying knee just five seconds in, resulting in the fastest knockout in UFC history. This victory propelled Masvidal to stardom, leading to subsequent title shots, while Askren retired after his loss to Demian Maia.
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