November 23, 2024 6: 30 am ET
Zhang Mingyang revealed assoonas onceagain that he is a force in the opening round when he put Ozzy Diaz away in highlight-reel style at UFC Fight Night 248.
Mingyang (18-6 MMA, 2-0 UFC) preserved his rate of endingup his challenger in the veryfirst round in all of his profession wins when a ideal brief left elbow dropped Diaz (9-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) and led to a flurry of ground-and-pound to end the light heavyweight bout less than 3 minutes in at Galaxy Arena in Macau.
The crowd went wild for Mingyang’s workmanship, and you can check out the replay of it listedbelow (via X):
THAT ELBOW WAS CLEAN 😤 #UFCMacau pic.twitter.com/RXXBcqu4d0
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) November 23, 2024
Zhang Mingyang records simply the 10th surface in UFC history stemming from an elbow strike at range and the veryfirst in light heavyweight history! #UFCMacau pic.twitter.com/Br9kRxhl11
— UFC (@ufc) November 23, 2024
Afterward, the 26-year-old Mingyang delivere