{"id":92791,"date":"2025-08-24T04:32:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T04:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/92791\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T04:32:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T04:32:06","slug":"kyle-daukaus-with-amazing-knockout-in-aug-23-ufc-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/92791\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Daukaus With Amazing Knockout In Aug. 23 UFC Return"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t \"Kyle<\/a>December 3, 2022, ORLANDO, FL, ORLANDO, FL, United States: ORLANDO, FL – December 3: Eryk Anders L and Kyle Daukaus R step in the octagon for a 3-round bout at Amway Center for UFC Orlando – Thompson vs Holland : Evevnt on December 3, 2022 in ORLANDO, FL, United States. ORLANDO, FL United States – ZUMAp175 20221203_zsa_p175_287 Copyright: xLouisxGrassex\t\t\t \t\t\t <\/p>\n

Kyle Daukaus<\/a> (16-4, 1 NC MMA, 3-4, 1 NC UFC) last made the walk to the famous UFC Octagon\u00a0<\/a>in December of 2022. That late autumn night, the promotion trekked down to The Sunshine State for UFC Orlando<\/a> at the Amway Center.<\/p>\n

Daukaus drew the assignment of Eryk Anders (17-9, 1 NC MMA, 9-9, 1 NC UFC) during the opening fight on the main card. \u201cYa Boy\u201d made life miserable for Kyle Daukaus in Central Florida on Dec. 3, 2022.<\/p>\n

Although the fight was slated to have been an advertised three rounds at five minutes per round, Anders needed less than nine minutes of action to get the job done. A flurry of ground and pound shots spelled the end of the UFC story for Kyle Daukaus to that point.<\/p>\n

\"Kyle<\/a>December 3, 2022, ORLANDO, FL, ORLANDO, FL, United States: ORLANDO, FL \u2013 December 3: Eryk Anders L and Kyle Daukaus R step in the octagon for a 3-round bout at Amway Center for UFC Orlando \u2013 Thompson vs Holland : Evevnt on December 3, 2022 in ORLANDO, FL, United States. ORLANDO, FL United States \u2013 ZUMAp175 20221203_zsa_p175_287 Copyright: xLouisxGrassex<\/p>\n

Once the calendar flipped over to 2023, reports indicated that Kyle Daukaus\u2019 UFC contract had been completed<\/a> and that he wasn\u2019t signed to a new one. After his contract reached its expiry in January of 2023, Daukaus took his talents to UFC Fight Pass mainstay Cage Fury Fighting Championships.<\/p>\n

Kyle Daukaus Receives Call to Return to UFC on Three Weeks\u2019 Notice<\/p>\n

While in CFFC, he secured the promotion\u2019s middleweight championship<\/a> on Labor Day weekend in 2023, scoring a unanimous decision win over Gregg Ellis in the main event of the evening. From there, Daukaus would successfully defend the strap twice over.<\/p>\n

Late this spring, he was to have fought Chris Brown in New Town, ND to defend his title for a third time, but the fight was scrubbed ahead of CFFC 143. After, an Aug. 30 main event against Guram Gochasvili was planned.<\/p>\n

This fight, too was postponed before next weekend\u2019s CFFC 145. Life gave Daukaus a second chance at the UFC. On Aug. 5, with the withdrawal of Marco Tulio from this weekend\u2019s UFC Shanghai, it was revealed that Kyle Daukaus would be stepping into replace him<\/a> against Michel Pereira<\/a> (31-14, 2 NC MMA, 9-5 UFC) during the prelims.<\/p>\n

Kyle Daukaus Quickly Finishes Michel Pereira Saturday in Shanghai<\/p>\n

While most of America was still fast asleep early Saturday morning, Daukaus was hard at work proving that he belongs in the promotion to stay. Not long after the command to fight was issued, Kyle Daukaus absorbed a kick to the leg from Pereira and stalked his opponent.<\/p>\n

Upon eating another kick, Daukaus landed a massive right hand to sit Pereira down. A vicious burst of ground and pound shots, including some elbows, wrote a finish<\/a> to the contest. For the first time since February of 2022, he\u2019d gotten his hand raised in victory under the UFC banner. Time of the stoppage: 43 seconds into the first round.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a return to the UFC for Philly\u2019s Kyle Daukaus!,\u201d exclaimed Brendan Fitzgerald, who was working Saturday\u2019s UFC Shanghai telecast as the blow-by-blow commentator for ESPN+.<\/a> \u201cI guess he was working on his striking since we last saw him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kyle Daukaus with Well-Earned Trip to Victory Lane<\/p>\n

After the win, Daukaus was interviewed on the broadcast by Michael Bisping, using his airtime to give credit where it\u2019s due.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst and foremost, I want to thank God,\u201d he said. \u201cWant to thank my cornermen, my brother. I want to thank China so much. You guys have been so supportive. I love it, thank you so much! I think that deserves [$50,000!] I don\u2019t know, this guy hasn\u2019t been finished in a long time with a knockout like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kyle Daukaus was hopeful to receive a $50,000 (USD) cash advance with the victory. At night\u2019s end, it was announced that he\u2019d be taking home the Performance of the Night Bonus for his efforts.<\/p>\n

Daukaus is Back in the UFC to Stay After Saturday Night<\/p>\n

Prior to UFC Shanghai early Saturday, Daukaus hadn\u2019t been seen in MMA\u2019s No. 1 promotion for close to three years\u2019 time. He had to earn his way back to the organization, defending the CFFC Middleweight Championship along the way.<\/p>\n

With the performance that Kyle Daukaus turned in during Saturday\u2019s card, he\u2019s in the UFC for the long haul. In his ongoing five-fight winning streak, the judges\u2019 scorecards have not been needed at any point.<\/p>\n

If he keeps finishing fights the way he did against Pereira on Saturday, he\u2019ll find himself on the shortlist for the UFC Middleweight Championship in a hurry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"December 3, 2022, ORLANDO, FL, ORLANDO, FL, United States: ORLANDO, FL – December 3: Eryk Anders L and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-92791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}