On Saturday night in the UFC Vegas 86 co-main event Dan Ige stunned the crowd with a first-round knockout of Andre Fili.
The story going into the fight was that the last time his wife was 37 weeks pregnant, he got a knockout, and she's 37 weeks pregnant again. Looks like lightning does strike twice.
"I think we got the recipe. I'm gonna go home, get her pregnant again and fight again," he said in the cage after the fight.
50K IGE STRIKES AGAIN 😱@Dynamitedan808 with the one punch KO on Andre Fili! #UFCVegas86 pic.twitter.com/r0v1IVSzXB
— UFC (@ufc) February 11, 2024
Here's what Ige's fellow fighters thought of the knockout.
My man 50KKKK @Dynamitedan808 #UFCFightNight
— KAMARU USMAN (@USMAN84kg) February 11, 2024
People are going to learn to stop calling out people you've trained with. Lol some of us are considerate training partners, but when there is money on the line... whelp.
— Chris Curtis The Action Man (@Actionman513) February 11, 2024
Way to f'n go @Dynamitedan808 #UFCVegas86
FREEIGE . That was the easiest play of the day ! 😂
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) February 11, 2024
Woooooooooooow FIFTY K
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) February 11, 2024
Fans were also in awe of the moment.
Damn!!!!!! Beautiful finish by Ige #UFCVegas86 pic.twitter.com/tBmUreG76w
— Jillian DeCoursey (@lionheartjill) February 11, 2024
Dan Ige is a punisher.
— Luke Thomas🏋️♀️ (@lthomasnews) February 11, 2024
Dan Ige after committing a felony in the cage but his wife is about to go into labor: #UFCVegas86 pic.twitter.com/WEeuo6ZZge
— MacMally 🍀 (@MacMallyMMA) February 11, 2024
Ige was coming off a loss to Bryce Mitchell in September 2023. He was supposed to fight Lerone Murphy but Murphy was injured and Fili stepped in as a replacement.