UFC Fight Night 117 results: 'Maestro' Dong Hyun Kim takes out Takanori Gomi in 90 seconds

The “Maestro” played a masterful concerto against a Japanese legend and made things look easy.

”Maestro” Dong Hyun Kim (15-8-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) picked up a smooth first-round TKO of Takanori Gomi (35-14 MMA, 4-9 UFC), who saw his struggles continue. A straight right hand from Kim led to ground-and-pound that put “The Fireball Kid” away just 90 seconds into the fight.

The lightweight bout was part of the main card of today’s UFC Fight Night 117 event at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, near Tokyo. It aired on FXX following prelims on the same channel.

Kim started in the middle and kept Kim outside. Kim stayed patient early, tossing out a couple low kicks. Gomi sneaked a right hand through a minute in, then dipped away from a pair of Kim left jabs.

But seconds later, Kim circled to the right, then planted his foot and planted Gomi on the canvas with a straight right. It took him only a handful of hammer fists on the ground for Steve Perceval to shut the fight down. The TKO was the ninth first-round finish in Kim’s career.

Kim won for the second straight time after a two-fight skid to open his UFC tenure. Gomi lost for the fifth straight time and sixth time in his past seven fights.

Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 117 results include:

• “Maestro” Dong Hyun Kim def. Takanori Gomi via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 1:30
• Gokhan Saki def. Henrique da Silva via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 4:45
• Teruto Ishihara def. Rolando Dy via unanimous decision (28-27, 28-27, 29-27)
• Jussier Formiga def. Ulka Sasaki via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 4:30
• Keita Nakamura def. Alex Morono via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
• Syrui Kondo def. Chan-Mi Jeon via split decision (28-29, 30-27, 30-27)
• Shinsho Anzai def. Luke Jumeau via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
• Daichi Abe def. Hyun Gyu Lim via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 117, check out the UFC Events section of the site.

(MMAjunkie’s Ken Hathaway contributed to this report on site in Japan.)