Nathaniel Wood utterly starched Marko Kovacevic with punches in the first round of Friday’s Cage Warriors 84 headliner to capture the organization’s vacant bantamweight championship. Wood (11-3) came out looking for the finish to begin the title fight with Kovacevic (9-2), which took place at Indigo at The O2 in London and streamed on UFC Fight Pass following prelims on The Sport Bible’s Facebook page. After several exchanges on the feet, Wood tagged Kovacevic with a hard shot that put him on wobbly legs. Kovacevic’s attempted to keep his wits about him, but Wood was relentless with his follow up strikes and attacked until a hard shot put Kovacevic on his back and caused the referee to step in and halt the action at 3:41 of Round 1. The finish sent the Brit’s home country fans into a frenzy and marked the first championship fight victory of the 25-year-old’s career