David Onama was down early but then came back late to deliver a blistering knockout of Gabriel Benitez in the featured preliminary bout at UFC Vegas 48.
Onama was left with a severe headache after a punch to the eye. Onama then turned the tables by storming forward with a ridiculous 11-punch combination that sent Benitez crumbling to the mat as the referee rushed into stop the action, the end coming at 4:24 in the first round.
“Fifty Gs baby!” Onama said while calling for a $50,000 post-fight bonus. “That’s 50 Gs! That’s what I do. This is what I do .”
Onama looked bullied when Benitez started the fight. He began to do leg kicks and punches on the target.
Benitez connected with the punch to the eye that had Onama rubbing at his face and trying to find his footing. Even after the fight, Onama said he was still struggling to get his vision back.
” I can’t even look right now,” Onama stated. It was very quick. It was pretty blurry. I can’t see sh*t.”
Thankfully, the injured eye didn’t prevent Onama from continuing to fight — and he soon took advantage of Benitez’s aggressiveness, which allowed him to begin firing back with counter shots. As soon as Benitez started backing up, Onama rushed ahead with machine gun-like fire in his punches.
As the final strikes were landed Benitez fell to the ground. The fight was ended with Onama celebrating both his first victory and first knockout at the UFC.
