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21-Year-Old MMA Fighter Repeatedly Slams Opponent to Ground for Vicious Knockout

"Young Blood" has stopped all three opponents he's faced as an amateur fighter.
Drew Beaupre|
(True Revelation MMA)

Amateur MMA fighter Xander Casady secured one of the more unique and violent knockouts you may ever see during his recent fight in Iowa.

The UFC is set to return this week with a UFC Houston card headlined by Sean Strickland and Anthony Hernandez, but the world’s leading MMA promotion took a brief break last week after kicking off 2026 and its new Paramount partnership with three-straight events.

There was still plenty of MMA action on offer from the likes of ONE Championship, BRAVE CF, and a number of smaller regional organizations, including the True Revelation 63 card that took place at Burlington Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, IA, on Saturday night.

Xandar Casady Wins MMA Fight With Brutal Slam KO

Comprised entirely of amateur fights, True Revelation 63 featured a total of eight matchups and saw every single one of those contests end inside the distance.

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After Mike Pecoy stopped Ryan Hollon with strikes in between submission-wins from Eduardo Medina and Cesar Orellana, lightweight MMA prospect Casady entered the cage for his third amateur bout against Miguel Adams Jr. Both men came into the night after starting their amateur careers with back-to-back wins, and Casady was making his second appearance for True Revelation MMA following a first-round submission at True Revelation 60 last May.

Neither lightweight needed the judges’ scorecards in their previous two outings, and at True Revelation 63 it was the 21-year-old Casady that extended his undefeated record to 3-0 with a violent finish in the second round.

In full mount and with Adams trying to avoid being punched by pulling Casady into him, “Young Blood” decided to just repeatedly lift his opponent up and slam him into the mat with his chest until Adams appeared to go out and Casady was able to unload with a barrage of punches (clip courtesy of @Barrelelapierna).

It looked like “The Atomic” was already finished even before Casady’s follow-up punches forced the referee to step in, and the violent victory marked the third first-round stoppage out of as many amateur appearances for Casady.

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The next two fights at True Revelation 63 both ended via armbar before Brok Hopwood stopped Santonio Jackson with strikes in the co-main event, and the night’s headlining attraction saw Angel Cortez improve to 4-0 against Richard Sturek when he secured the card’s fourth win by armbar out of eight scheduled bouts.

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Drew Beaupre
DREW BEAUPRE

Drew is an MMA writer that regularly watches regional events in addition to major promotions such as the UFC, PFL, Bellator, and ONE Championship. He joined MMA Knockout when it was founded in 2023.

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