Michael Chandler’s brutal KO of Tony Ferguson at UFC 274 in 7 incredible photos

{"id":1890346,"date":"2022-05-08T10:55:06","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T14:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https://ftw.usatoday.com/?post_type\u003dfishburn_gallery\u0026#038;p\u003d1890346","raw":"https://ftw.usatoday.com/?post_type\u003dfishburn_gallery\u0026#038;p\u003d1890346"},"modified":"2022-05-08T10:55:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T14:55:06","password":"","slug":"ufc-274-michael-chandler-ko-of-tony-ferguson-in-7-amazing-photos","status":"publish","type":"fishburn_gallery","link":"https://ftw.usatoday.com/gallery/ufc-274-michael-chandler-ko-of-tony-ferguson-in-7-amazing-photos","title":{"raw":"Michael Chandler\u0027s brutal KO of Tony Ferguson at UFC 274 in 7 incredible photos","rendered":"Michael Chandler\u0027s brutal KO of Tony Ferguson at UFC 274 in 7 incredible photos"},"content":{"raw":"The fight card for UFC 274 had all the makings for a great night of bouts and let me tell you - it didn\u0027t disappoint at all.\r\n\r\nCharles Oliviera capped off the night by \u003ca href\u003d\"https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2022/05/ufc-274-results-charles-oliveira-submits-justin-gaethje-in-wild-first-round-now-set-for-vacant-title-bout\"\u003echoking out Justin Gaethje in the first round of their main event fight\u003c/a\u003e and is now the No. 1 contender for the lightweight belt after \u003ca href\u003d\"https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2022/05/dana-white-reaction-ufc-274-scale-controversy-charles-oliveira\"\u003elosing his title Friday because of weigh-in controversy\u003c/a\u003e.\r\n\r\nThe craziest knockout of the night, however, came early in the main card when \u003ca href\u003d\"https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2022/05/ufc-274-results-michael-chandler-brutally-knocks-out-tony-ferguson-with-insane-front-kick\"\u003eMichael Chandler KO\u0027d UFC veteran Tony Ferguson\u003c/a\u003e with a front kick to the head 17 seconds into the second round.\r\n\r\nCheck this out:\r\n\r\nhttps://twitter.com/TheBeardedPod/status/1523145464366788609\r\n\r\nFerguson was thankfully able to leave the Octagon under his own power after that:\r\n\r\nhttps://twitter.com/espnmma/status/1523147904932020224\r\n\r\nThe KO led to some amazing photos.","rendered":"\u003cp\u003eThe fight card for UFC 274 had all the makings for a great night of bouts and let me tell you \u0026#8211; it didn\u0026#8217;t disappoint at all.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharles Oliviera capped off the night by \u003ca href\u003d\"https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2022/05/ufc-274-results-charles-oliveira-submits-justin-gaethje-in-wild-first-round-now-set-for-vacant-title-bout\"\u003echoking out Justin Gaethje in the first round of their main event fight\u003c/a\u003e and is now the No. 1 contender for the lightweight belt after \u003ca href\u003d\"https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2022/05/dana-white-reaction-ufc-274-scale-controversy-charles-oliveira\"\u003elosing his title Friday because of weigh-in controversy\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe craziest knockout of the night, however, came early in the main card when \u003ca href\u003d\"https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2022/05/ufc-274-results-michael-chandler-brutally-knocks-out-tony-ferguson-with-insane-front-kick\"\u003eMichael Chandler KO\u0026#8217;d UFC veteran Tony Ferguson\u003c/a\u003e with a front kick to the head 17 seconds into the second round.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCheck this out:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote class\u003d\"twitter-tweet\" data-width\u003d\"550\" data-dnt\u003d\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cp lang\u003d\"en\" dir\u003d\"ltr\"\u003eMICHAEL CHANDLER YOU ARE FILTHY \u003ca href\u003d\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFC274?src\u003dhash\u0026amp;ref_src\u003dtwsrc%5Etfw\"\u003e#UFC274\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href\u003d\"https://t.co/4WBkSfEhpl\"\u003epic.twitter.com/4WBkSfEhpl\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026mdash; Dylan Lowe (@TheBeardedPod) \u003ca href\u003d\"https://twitter.com/TheBeardedPod/status/1523145464366788609?ref_src\u003dtwsrc%5Etfw\"\u003eMay 8, 2022\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cscript async src\u003d\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset\u003d\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFerguson was thankfully able to leave the Octagon under his own power after that:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote class\u003d\"twitter-tweet\" data-width\u003d\"550\" data-dnt\u003d\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cp lang\u003d\"en\" dir\u003d\"ltr\"\u003eTony Ferguson leaves the cage after his \u003ca href\u003d\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFC274?src\u003dhash\u0026amp;ref_src\u003dtwsrc%5Etfw\"\u003e#UFC274\u003c/a\u003e loss and is embraced by Chuck Liddell. \u003ca href\u003d\"https://t.co/zbTFIzX2IS\"\u003epic.twitter.com/zbTFIzX2IS\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026mdash; ESPN MMA (@espnmma) \u003ca href\u003d\"https://twitter.com/espnmma/status/1523147904932020224?ref_src\u003dtwsrc%5Etfw\"\u003eMay 8, 2022\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cscript async src\u003d\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset\u003d\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe KO led to some amazing photos.\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false,"block_version":0},"excerpt":{"raw":"WOW. 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