The third week of the 2026 season featured a few of the most highly-rated prospects scheduled for the show this year<\/a>, and things got off to an incredible start when the night\u2019s opening bout ended in just 35 seconds. <\/p>\n DWCS Week 3 Opens With Incredible 35-Second KO<\/p>\n The Week 3 opener featured a pair of regional middleweight champions with Argentina\u2019s Carlos Petruzzella taking on American Nick Galanti. <\/p>\n A longtime staple of top Argentinian promotion Samurai Fight House, Petruzzella previously held both the SFH middleweight and welterweight belts and entered DWCS having never seen the judges\u2019 scorecards through 16 professional fights. <\/p>\n Nick Galanti (right) vs. Carlos Petruzzella (left). | (Al Powers\/Zuffa LLC)<\/p>\n That streak of never going the distance continued in Las Vegas, as \u201cEl Tito\u201d initially defended an early takedown attempt before he was dropped by a huge punch from Galanti.<\/p>\n 35 seconds in RD 1 \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n Nick Galanti getting #DWCS<\/a> Week 3 OFF TO AN INSANE START <\/p>\n [ LIVE now on @paramountplus<\/a> ] pic.twitter.com\/U4Xgv7lG0l<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 UFC (@ufc) August 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n A clearly dazed Petruzzella tried to throw his legs up but was subjected to a barrage of right hands from Galanti, forcing the referee to dive in and call an ends to things just 35 seconds into the fight.<\/p>\n Nick Galanti Extends Win Streak to Five Fights with DWCS Knockout<\/p>\n Although Galanti was favored to get his hand raised against Petruzzella, most fans assumed that the American would likely need to fall back on his grappling in order to get the job done. <\/p>\n Training out of Dante Rivera BJJ in New Jersey, Galanti went 4-2 as an amateur fighter before making the jump to the pro ranks in 2023. <\/p>\n Creative double-leg set up from Galanti #CFFC134<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/MPpjPBRlNg<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 UFC FIGHT PASS (@UFCFightPass) August 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n Continuing with Cage Fury FC after spending the entirety of his amateur career there, Galanti secured a first-round submission in his pro debut and took a unanimous decision over Russ Korbul before suffering his first loss in August of 2024. <\/p>\n Galanti rebounded from that setback with four-straight straight finishes to set up a fight with Austin Clayton at CFFC 152, where Galanti won a controversial unanimous decision to secure the promotion\u2019s vacant middleweight belt. <\/p>\n Nick Galanti is the NEW CFFC Middleweight Champion \ud83c\udfc6 <\/p>\n How’d you score the fight \ud83e\udd14 #CFFC152<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/8N9WnIPizl<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 UFC FIGHT PASS (@UFCFightPass) March 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n The 35-second finish of Petruzzella marked easily the fastest finish of Galanti\u2019s career, and it would be a shock if the 28-year-old isn\u2019t awarded a UFC contract later tonight once Week 3 of DWCS concludes.<\/p>\n![\"Nick](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/01m0wrtkya8kjn4710wa.jpg\" "\\"Nick")
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