UFC on FOX 24 results: Tom Duquesnoy overcomes sluggish start, scores TKO debut win

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tom DuQuesnoy got off to a rough start in his UFC debut, but getting knocked down and bloodied up by Patrick Williams only proved to be a prelude to a violent comeback victory.

Duquesnoy (15-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) battled back from some early trouble to finish an exhausted Williams (8-5 MMA, 1-2 UFC) with elbows, scoring a TKO stoppage at the 0:28 mark of Round 2.

The bantamweight bout was part of the preliminary card of today’s UFC on FOX 24 event at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. It aired on FOX following additional prelims on UFC Fight Pass and ahead of a main card on FOX.

While Duquesnoy came into the UFC with a fair amount of hype and some high expectations, it wasn’t smooth sailing against Williams early. After putting Duquesnoy down with a takedown right off the bat, Williams hurt him with punches, briefly dropping Duquesnoy and opening a cut around his left eye.

But Duquesnoy’s pace never slowed, even when he was getting the worst of the striking exchanges, and soon the pressure began to take its toll on Williams.

Near the end of the first round Williams slowed, pausing after his punches to put his hands on his knees. That was the cue Duquesnoy needed to go on the attack, and elbow strike from the clinch put Williams down before the horn.

Williams was on shaky legs as he got to his corner between rounds, and when he came out for the second it was clear that he hadn’t yet caught his breath. Duquesnoy wasted no time then, backing Williams against the fence and letting fly with another hard elbow behind the ear that planted Williams face-first into the canvas. With one more follow-up left hand, Duquesnoy convinced referee Keith Peterson to jump in and call it off.

With his successful UFC debut, Duquesnoy has now won his last six fights, and he hasn’t lost in over five years. Williams has now lost two of his last three.

Up-to-the-minute UFC on FOX 24 results include:

• Tom Duquesnoy def. Patrick Williams via TKO (elbows) – Round 2, 0:28
• Rashid Magomedov def. Bobby Green via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
• Tim Elliott def. Louis Smolka via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Aljamain Sterling def. Augusto Mendes via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Devin Clark def. Jake Collier via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)
• Anthony Smith def. Andrew Sanchez via knockout (knee, punches) – Round 3, 3:52
• Zak Cummings def. Nathan Coy via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 4:21
• Ketlen Vieira def. Ashlee Evans-Smith via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

For complete coverage UFC on FOX 24, check out the UFC Events section of the site.

(MMAjunkie’s Matt Erickson and Simon Samano contributed to this report on site in Kansas City.)