Watch: Hernandez lays Dariush out 42 seconds into short-notice UFC debut
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Welcome to the big show, Alexander Hernandez.
The unheralded newcomer thunderously announced his arrival at UFC 222 on Saturday, flooring fellow lightweight Beneil Dariush with a left hand that led to a 42-second KO in Las Vegas - just over a week after agreeing to fill in for an injured Bobby Green.
The emphatic finish extended the 25-year-old's win streak to seven, with five of those victories coming inside the distance. Dariush, on the other hand, is now winless in three, a pair of KO losses to Hernandez and Edson Barboza sandwiching a majority draw opposite Evan Dunham at UFC 216.
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