Bek Nurmaganbet knocked out Marcos Vazquez with a combination at 2:57 of the first round on the Canelo vs. Mbilli undercard at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Nurmaganbet had also dropped Vazquez earlier in the round before the finishing sequence. The win improves Nurmaganbet to 16-0 with 14 knockouts, and he has now stopped his past 12 opponents. Vazquez falls to 21-4-1 and has lost four of his past five fights.
Bek Nurmaganbet kept his perfect record intact with a first-round knockout of Marcos Vazquez on the Canelo vs. Mbilli undercard, as first reported by MMA Fighting. The finish came at 2:57 of the opening round at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Nurmaganbet ended the fight with a combination, but the finishing sequence was not his first success of the night. He had already put Vazquez on the canvas earlier in the round, setting up the stoppage that followed.
The result moves Nurmaganbet to 16-0, with 14 of those wins coming by knockout. That means 87.5 percent of his victories have ended inside the distance by KO. He has now stopped each of his past 12 opponents, a run that leaves only four of his 16 fights outside that streak.
Vazquez, meanwhile, drops to 21-4-1 and has now lost four of his past five fights. The defeat adds to a difficult recent stretch for a fighter who built a 21-win résumé before the slide began. Against Nurmaganbet, he was hurt early and never recovered his footing before the finish.
Why it matters
- Nurmaganbet extends an unbeaten record and a 12-fight stopping streak, a combination that strengthens his profile as he continues to climb.
- The win came on a high-visibility Riyadh card headlined by Canelo vs. Mbilli, giving him a prominent platform.
- For Vazquez, four losses in five fights raises questions about his direction after a long career that included 21 wins.
Nurmaganbet's knockout rate is the clearest feature of his record. Fourteen knockouts in 16 fights, with the last 12 opponents all stopped, points to a fighter who rarely leaves the outcome to the scorecards. Vazquez's slump, by contrast, shows how quickly a once-winning record can be overshadowed by recent form.
The Kingdom Arena crowd saw the finish arrive in the closing minutes of the first round, after the early knockdown had already shifted the momentum decisively.
