UFC star goes limp from sickening KO punch

A UFC star was sent to the shadow realm in a scary “KO of the year contender” that has the MMA world losing its mind.

Johnny Walker's soul disappeared. Photo: Twitter, UFC.

UFC star Johnny Walker went limp in a terrifying knockout defeat that has announced Jamahal Hill as a force in the light heavyweight division.

Hill is suddenly a serious contender to make a run for Glover Teixeira’s belt after a statement, first round knockout of Walker in the main event of the UFC Vegas 48 Fight Night.

Hill’s right hand from hell saw Walker collapse backwards after an apparent spasm where he pushed off his feet in the middle of his fall.

Jamahal Hill makes Johnny Walker go limp. Photo: Twitter, @SandhuMMA, UFC.

It left him lying prone on the fence of the Octagon.

ESPN commentator Jon Anik said Walker “went limp”.

Hill followed it up with a second clean power punch to Walker’s jaw before the referee was able to rush in and stop the contest.

JAMAHAL HILL WITH A HUGE KO 😱😱

(🎥: @UFC_CA)pic.twitter.com/W3aoY2ax6p

— TSN (@TSN_Sports) February 20, 2022

The slow motion replay shows it was a pinpoint strike right to Walker’s temple that did the damage.

JAMAHAL HILL PUTS JOHNNY WALKER TO SLEEP 😴 #UFCVegas48pic.twitter.com/WeR2f7bfBZ

— Outside The Octagon (@OTO_MMA) February 20, 2022

It is an early contender for knockout of the year and it earned Hill a bonus for performance of the night.

“I timed that one coming forward,” Hill said in the Octagon.

“I just threw and it landed and it landed clean. Because if that one didn’t land, I had another one coming right behind it. It was good.”

He is undefeated in the UFC with three knockout wins, one win via a unanimous decision and a no-contest result.

“I’m feeling great,” Hill said.

Johnny Walker was not there. Photo: Twitter, @ClinchPerfect, UFC.

“I just wanted to come out here and show myself again and show what I can do. Stop doubting, start believing.

“I’m ready to come for that [title]. Right now, we’re going to see. I’m going to get with the head bosses and see what makes sense.”

The hype is building.

Veteran combat sports columnist Kevin Iole posted on Twitter the finish was “one of the best KOs I have ever seen”.

“It ranks among the greatest knockouts in UFC history and should vault Hill into the top 10 of the light heavyweight division,” he wrote for yahoo.com.

MMA Fighting journalist Damon Martin described Hill’s hook as a “right hand cemetery”.

ESPN’s Marc Raimondi posted: “Jamahal Hill has some dynamite in them hands. My goodness gracious”.

UFC fighter Tatiana Suarez wrote on Twitter: “Holy smokes. OMG”.

UFC welterweight Bryan Barberena wrote: “That KO was nuts”.