Overview
- Medic floored Salikhov with a clean straight left and sealed the finish with ground-and-pound at 1:03 of Round 1.
- The welterweight bout took place on the UFC Vegas 111 main card at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas and aired on ESPN+.
- The win lifts Medic to 12-3, with every UFC appearance ending inside the distance and his last two victories taking exactly 63 seconds.
- Salikhov, 41, saw a three-fight winning streak snapped after recent first-round knockouts had revived his momentum.
- Oddsmakers had backed Medic entering the matchup, with FanDuel listing him around -156 against Salikhov at +126.