Tyrell Fortune went into his Bellator 239 co-feature bout with Timothy Johnson looking to claim the biggest name on his resume to date.
The veteran Johnson, meanwhile, entered the main card heavyweight fight on Feb. 21 with losses in his first two Bellator matchups and thus had something to prove.
It figured to be an interesting matchup at the world-famous WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Okla., but who knew just how memorable it would be?
Midway through the opening round, Johnson knocked Fortune cold with a hellacious right hand to the jaw. It was an all-time great Bellator knockout and an early contender for “Knockout of the Year.”
With fights on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, Bellator has been opening up the video library and making fights free to watch. Johnson’s knockout is the latest such moment, and you can relive it by watching the video above.
Bellator free fight: Relive Timothy Johnson's vicious knockout of Tyrell Fortune