UFC Fight Night 126 results: Oskar Piechota takes out Tim Williams with first-round TKO

Oskar Piechota made his first trip to the United States one he probably won’t soon forget.

Piechota (11-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) shut down Tim Williams (15-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) less than two minutes into their curtain-jerker. Piechota got a TKO finish of Williams, who was making his promotional debut, at the 1:54 mark of the fight.

The middleweight bout opened up the preliminary card of today’s UFC Fight Night 126 event at Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. It streamed on UFC Fight Pass ahead of the rest of the card on FS1.

Williams landed with a solid punch early, but Piechota fired back with a right counter to a Williams kick. Another right was there a moment later. Ninety seconds in, each fighter landed a pair of crisp straight punches.

But not long after that, Piechota landed with a massive right hand to the temple. Williams hit the deck immediately, and Piechota was all over him. He only needed to land a few punches on the canvas before referee Kerry Hatley stepped in to shut things down.

“He’s a tough guy – I felt his punches,” Piechota said. “Much respect to him. I think he’s a good guy, and I hope he’ll win his next fight. I’m very patient, so whatever the UFC wants to give me, I’ll take it. I don’t want to say I’ll fight this guy or that guy. I’ll just see what happens.”

Piechota stayed perfect to open his pro career at 11-0, including his first two in the UFC. Williams had his five-fight winning streak snapped and suffered his first setback since back-to-back losses to UFC fighter Anthony Smith when they were fighting in CFFC in 2015.

Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 126 results include:

• Oskar Piechota def. Tim Williams via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 1:54

For complete covearge of UFC Fight Night 126, check out the UFC Events section of the site.

(MMAjunkie’s John Morgan contributed to this report on site in Austin.)xxxxx

Oskar Piechota (10-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) vs. Tim Williams (15-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC)

The middleweight bout opened up the preliminary card of today’s UFC Fight Night 126 event at Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. It streamed on UFC Fight Pass ahead of the rest of the card on FS1.

Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 126 results include:

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For complete covearge of UFC Fight Night 126, check out the UFC Events section of the site.

(MMAjunkie’s John Morgan contributed to this report on site in Austin.)