Reza Madadi lands a nasty uppercut that puts Yan Cabral out on his feet and forces the ref to step in! #UFCRotterdam https://t.co/Mt510AZ0Yp — FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) May 8, 2016 Reza Madadi came back after a lengthy layoff this past fall, but couldn’t get a win in his return. Today though, Madadi (14-4 MMA, 3-2 UFC) may have asserted himself as a fighter to watch in the UFC’s lightweight division with a big victory over Yan Cabral (12-3 MMA, 2-3 UFC) on the preliminary card of UFC Fight Night 87. Related: UFC Fight Night 87 play-by-play and live results In the third round, Madadi put together a big combination that stunned Cabral and pushed him to the fence, where he dropped punches on him with pinpoint accuracy to get a rare standing TKO . UFC Fight Night 87 took place at Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It aired on FOX Sports 1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass. Check out the video of Madadi’s TKO above
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