Ludwig now officially holds fastest KO record in UFC history

Who says you can’t change history? Duane Ludwig has been petitioning the Nevada State Athletic Commission to review his fight from 2006 that most regard as the fastest unofficial knockout in UFC history. However, because the referee took too long to jump in, the official time became eleven seconds.

UFC President Dana White tweeted this on Christmas eve:

@DUANEBANGCOM @ufc and for x mas you have the fastest KO in UFC history and it will be changed ASAP

Ludwig’s response on Twitter was, “HOLY S**T! THANK U!! Pls tell me @danawhite twitter is NOT hacked?!” It was not, and now Ludwig can hold his head high.

At UFC 140, Chan Sung Jung tied the ‘official fastest KO in UFC history’ with his 0:07 second KO of Mark Hominick, tying that previous ‘official record’ of Todd Duffe’s of Tim Hague at UFC 102. The recent UFC Encyclopedia by Thomas Gerbasi also completely ignored Ludwig’s unofficial KO record, so there is going to be a lot of fans who need to get brought up to speed on this one.

Congrats, Bang!