Terrance McKinney

McKinney badly hurt and controlled Green for much of the opening round, but Green escaped back to his feet late. Green closed with punches that forced the stoppage at 4:59 of round one.

Key moments

• McKinney badly hurt and controlled Green for much of round one.
• Green escaped back to his feet late in the round.
• Green's closing punches forced the stoppage at 4:59.

He blasted Nelson with a head kick and follow-up punches just 24 seconds into the opening round, turning a competitive booking into another reminder that he can end a lightweight fight before most opponents have settled.

Key moments

• Stopped Kyle Nelson 24 seconds into round one.
• The finish came by head kick and follow-up punches.
• It pushed McKinney back into the win column after the Chris Duncan loss.

Against Borshchev, McKinney showed that the danger is not only in his hands. He forced an early scramble and wrapped the guillotine in 55 seconds, a result that reinforced how uncomfortable he makes fights whenever he can dictate the first minute.

Key moments

• Submitted Viacheslav Borshchev in 55 seconds.
• The finish came by guillotine choke in round one.
• It was McKinney's second straight 2025 first-round finish.

McKinney opened 2025 by overwhelming Hadzovic early and finishing the job with punches a little past the two-minute mark. The result was important less for the opponent name than for the reset: it halted the slide from the Ribovics knockout and put him back into his preferred front-foot script.

Key moments

• Stopped Damir Hadzovic by first-round TKO at 2:01.
• The win halted a skid that began with the Esteban Ribovics loss.
• McKinney reasserted his pressure-first style immediately.

McKinney rebounded from two stoppage defeats by blowing through Breeden in the first round at the Apex. The win mattered because it stopped the slide immediately and reminded everyone how dangerous his early offense remains when he gets to lead the action.

Key moments

• Won by first-round TKO from punches.
• The stoppage came at 1:25 of the opening frame.
• Snapped the two-fight skid from the Bonfim and Sadykhov losses.

McKinney bounced back from the Drew Dober loss by submitting Gonzalez in the first round with a rear-naked choke. The finish re-established the version of McKinney that makes him so difficult to handle early: aggressive, opportunistic, and live for a finish at all times.

Key moments

• Won by rear-naked choke in round one.
• The submission came at 2:17 of the opening frame.
• Moved McKinney back into the win column after the Dober defeat.

McKinney submitted Ziam in the first round and followed his seven-second UFC debut knockout with another immediate finish. Two UFC appearances, two stoppages, and almost no total cage time made him look like one of the division's most chaotic fast starters.

Key moments

• Won by rear-naked choke in round one.
• The submission landed at 2:11 of the opening frame.
• Gave McKinney back-to-back UFC first-round finishes.

McKinney announced himself in the UFC by knocking Frevola out in seven seconds, one of the fastest debuts the promotion has seen. It instantly framed him as a must-watch action lightweight and remains the cleanest single snapshot of his all-gas style.

Key moments

• Won his UFC debut by knockout in seven seconds.
• The finish came in the opening exchange of round one.
• Immediately made McKinney one of the division's fastest-rising action names.

The setback ended badly, but it also became the defeat McKinney later overcame on his way back to the promotion.

Key moments

• Lost by flying-knee knockout in round two.
• The finish came at 1:49 of the second frame.
• Delayed his UFC arrival until the 2021 Frevola debut.

The win kept his 2019 regional form hot going into the Contender Series shot against Sean Woodson.

Key moments

• Won by rear-naked choke in 43 seconds.
• Needed less than a minute to close the fight.
• Helped earn the summer 2019 Contender Series opportunity.

Henderson avenged the earlier loss to McKinney when the rematch ended with a leg injury stoppage in 39 seconds.

Key moments

• Lost the rematch by first-round injury TKO.
• The stoppage came at 39 seconds of round one.
• Followed the April 2018 kneebar win over Brandon Todd.

The win set the stakes for the rematch later that year, which turned out very differently.

Key moments

• Won by armbar in round one.
• The submission came at 1:39 of the opening frame.
• Set up the July 2018 rematch with Henderson.

McKinney submitted Best in the first round in their rematch two months after already beating him at CageSport 47. The repeat win reinforced how quickly he could re-solve the same opponent once he had seen the matchup once.

Key moments

• Won the rematch by rear-naked choke in round one.
• The finish came at 1:23 of the opening frame.
• Gave him a second straight stoppage of Armando Best in 2017.