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UFC 245: 20-year Old Chase Hooper Secures Early Knockout Win on Debut over Daniel Teymur

Published 12/15/2019, 1:18 AM EST

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The “teenage dream” nearly ended with the teenage years of Chase Hooper when he was held to an Anaconda choke by Daniel Teymur at UFC 245 inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

But Hooper, just over two months of having turned 20, managed to stay calm and get out of the situation. He quickly managed to turn things around with heavy punches and elbows to Teymur, knocking the veteran out in the first round.

Hooper was making a much hyped debut on Saturday, being the youngest fighter in the UFC roster. With his impressive debut, he made sure that the hype will remain at least for a few more fights.

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With the win in under five minutes, Hooper extended his pro record to 9-0-1 (wins-losses-draws).

Among other first round Knockout wins on the night were Mike Perry and Oscar Piechita taking down Geoff Neal and Punahele Soriano.

UFC 245 quick results-

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  • Amanda Nunes vs. Germaine de Randamie — Nunes def. de Randamie by unanimous decision (49-44, 49-46, 49-45)
  • Jose Aldo vs. Marlon Moraes — Moraes def. Aldo by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
    Urijah Faber vs. Petr Yan — Yan def. Faber by KO (head kick) at 0:43 of Round Three
  • Mike Perry vs. Geoff Neal — Neal def. Perry by TKO (head kick and punches) at 1:30 of Round One
  • Irene Aldana vs. Ketlen Vieira — Aldana def. Vieira by KO (punches) at 4:51 of Round One
  • Omari Akhmedov vs. Ian Heinisch — Akhmedov def. Heinisch by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
  • Matt Brown vs. Ben Saunders — Brown def. Saunders by KO (punches and elbows) at 4:55 of Round Two
  • Chase Hooper vs. Daniel Teymur — Hooper def. Teymur by TKO (punches and elbows) at 4:34 of Round One
  • Kai Kara-France vs. Brandon Moreno — Moreno def. Kara-France by unanimous decision (29-28 x2, 30-27)
  • Jessica Eye vs. Viviane Araujo — Eye def. Araujo by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
  • Oskar Piechota vs. Punahele Soriano — Soriano def. Piechota by KO (punch) at 3:17 of Round One

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