UFC 259 video: Trevin Jones opens card with nasty TKO of Mario Bautista

Trevin Jones got UFC 259 off on a strong note with a sweet display of hands against Mario Bautista.

Jones (13-6 MMA, 1-0 UFC) showed excellent accuracy with his strikes throughout the first round of their bantamweight bout Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Then in the opening moments of the second, he found a home for a shot that dropped Bautista (8-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) and set up the TKO just 40 seconds in.

Check out the replay of the stoppage below (via Twitter):

FIVE !

@TrevinAJones opens the night with STYLE.

[ #UFC259 – LIVE on @UFCFightPass & #ESPNPlus ] pic.twitter.com/Zj1xk4pb31

— UFC (@ufc) March 6, 2021

HOW ABOUT IT TO START THE NIGHT!? #UFC259 pic.twitter.com/1M6PnpJ8Zx

— UFC (@ufc) March 6, 2021

The victory was a relieving moment for Jones. He made a spectacular come-from-behind effort to win his UFC debut against Timur Valiev in August, then the result was overturned by the Nevada Athletic Commission when he tested positive for marijuana.

Jones said he didn’t let the disappointment of his situation derail him, though. He was just happy to produce a winning performance on a big card.

“It was very frustrating, but at the end of the day everyone wants me to cry and I’m not going to cry,” Jones said in his post-fight interview with Joe Rogan. “It just motivated me, man. I had to treat this fight like my baby again.”