Ryan Spann stuns crowd with bone-chilling knockout of Dominick Reyes at UFC 281

Ryan Spann scored a huge victory against Dominick Reyes at UFC 281 courtesy of a terrifying knockout that came inside the very first round of the fight.

Reyes opened with some solid body kicks, while Spann had success with his hands. 'Superman' landed the one-two combination multiple times and looked like the sharper fighter between the two combatants.

During one of these exchanges, Reyes attempted to land a combination of his own, walking straight into the jab of Ryan Spann. It was followed by a strong right hand that appeared to have landed on the crown of Reyes, who subsequently went out like a light. This was the second consecutive victory for Spann this year.

Watch the finish below:

RYAN SPANN JUST SLEPT DOM REYES #UFC281 https://t.co/wbNNFw0QrH

Since the No.12-ranked light heavyweight contender missed weight by six tenths of a pound at UFC 281, Spann will be forefitting 20% of his purse to his opponent.

For Reyes, this was his fourth loss in a row and the American hasn't won a fight since October 2019. His latest victory came against Chris Weidman at UFC on ESPN 6.

Following the victory, Ryan Spann called out for a fight against the top-five of the light heavyweight division in the post-fight octagon interview:

"We're back at the gym on Monday. Look, I want top-five, and I don't want four, three or two."

Watch the post-fight interview below:

MMA fans react to Dominick Reyes' vicious knockout loss to Ryan Spann

Quickly after his devastating knockout loss, several fans on Twitter began to urge Dominick Reyes to consider retirement. Once an undefeated prospect with an unblemished 12-0 record, Reyes' losing-skid began with his fight against Jon Jones at UFC 247.

Jones was amongst the first to react to the loss on Twitter. According to him, Reyes' unwavering opinion that he won the fight against 'Bones' is perhaps the reason behind his losing form:

"I didn’t take his confidence, in his mind he beat me. Maybe that’s his problem."

I didn’t take his confidence, in his mind he beat me. Maybe that’s his problem. twitter.com/gamechanger051…

However, the last three losses have been alarming since all of them came by the way of finishes. Concerned fans took to Twitter to voice their immediate thoughts.

One fan claimed that Reyes hasn't been the same since his unanimous decision loss to Jon Jones:

"Time for Dominick Reyes to retire I think hasn’t been the same since he lost to @JonnyBones #UFC281"

Time for Dominick Reyes to retire I think hasn’t been the same since he lost to @JonnyBones #UFC281

Yet another fan wrote:

"Dominick Reyes got the craziest fall from grace I ever seen."

Dominick Reyes got the craziest fall from grace i ever seen

Another fan wrote:

"Dominick Reyes chin is gone. Crazy he took Jones to the brink and now it’s a win if he makes it to the second round."

Dominick Reyes chin is gone. Crazy he took Jones to the brink and now it’s a win if he makes it to the second round.

Check out some of the reactions below:

No way Dominick Reyes is the same man who almost beat Jon Jones

Dominick Reyes needs to just retire at this point…

That was hard to watch but reminder that Dominick Reyes is still the goat slayer. #UFC281

Might be time for Dominick Reyes to call it a career.😬 #UFC281

Dominick Reyes has been finished brutally 3 straight times. Honesty it might be time for him to hang it up #UFC281