UFC 194 results: Conor McGregor KOs Jose Aldo in just 13 seconds to win 145 title

LAS VEGAS – Conor McGregor said he was going to make history. And he absolutely did.

“The Notorious” threw just three punches at UFC 194, but he made the first one count. McGregor (19-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) knocked out longtime featherweight champion Jose Aldo (25-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC) in 13 seconds. One punch. One knockout. And a couple quick follow-ups on the floor for good measure.

McGregor made UFC history with the fastest knockout in a title fight, beating the 14-second mark set by Ronda Rousey, and the longstanding grudge between challenger and champion was over in an instant.

The featherweight title unification bout was the main event of today’s UFC 194 event at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It aired on pay-per-view following prelims on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.

As Aldo threw a right hand, McGregor threw a straight left that drilled the champion on the chin and put his lights out. McGregor quickly followed Aldo to the canvas – even though a left hand Aldo threw at the same time actually connected with McGregor’s head. The two hammer fists were just icing on the cake.

McGregor came out quickly to little surprise. And the fight was over in UFC title fight record time.

“Nobody can take that left-hand shot,” McGregor said. “He’s powerful, and he’s fast. But precision beats power, and timing beats speed, and that’s what you saw there. I feel for Jose. He was a phenomenal champion. We deserved to go a little bit longer. But it would’ve happened sooner or later.

“No power. No power. Just precision. No speed. Just timing. These are fundamentals. That’s all it takes. Yesterday at the weigh-in, I didn’t want to get off the stage. I wanted to embrace every bit of it. Sometimes, it’s over before you even know it.”

As his nose bled from the cut, Aldo said he wanted a rematch.

“I think I need a rematch since it really was not a fight. I think we need to get back in here,” Aldo said through his translator. “(His trash talk) didn’t affect me at all. We’ll have to come back in here and it’s on to the next at this point.”

UFC President Dana White is on record saying that if McGregor beat Aldo, he would grant him a title fight in his home city of Dublin in the famed Croke Park stadium.

Up-to-the-minute UFC 194 results include:

• Conor McGregor def. Jose Aldo via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 0:13
• Luke Rockhold def. Chris Weidman via TKO (strikes) – Round 4, 3:12
• Yoel Romero def. Ronaldo Souza via split decision (29-27, 28-29, 29-28)
• Demian Maia def. Gunnar Nelson via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-25)
• Max Holloway def. Jeremy Stephens via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
• Urijah Faber def. Frankie Saenz via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
• Tecia Torres def. Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Warlley Alves def. Colby Covington via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 1:26
• Leonardo Santos def. Kevin Lee via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 3:26
• Magomed Mustafaev def. Joe Proctor via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 1:54
• Yancy Medeiros def. John Makdessi via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
• Court McGee def. Marcio Alexandre Jr. vs. via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

For complete coverage of UFC 194, check out the UFC Events section of the site.

(MMAjunkie’s John Morgan and Steven Marrocco contributed to this report on site in Las Vegas.)