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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
Jamie Varner made his return to Zuffa on Saturday night at UFC 146 in a short notice fight against the undefeated Edson Barboza. The former WEC Champion had won three of four fights since going winless in four in 2010, but Barboza entered off a "Knockout of the Year" front-runner in January.
Conventional wisdom pegged the fight as clearly in Barboza's favor, but Varner had other things in mind, and he shocked everyone with a TKO win in the first round.
The upset came just over three minutes into the opening round, as Varner just swarmed Barboza after hurting him with a few strikes. Once Barboza was backed up to the cage, Varner went for the kill, and unleashed an onslaught that led to the stoppage.
Varner has now stopped three straight fights in the first round, and has a new lease on his career after this upset win in his UFC return.
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