Cameroonian fighter Ateba Gautier stunned Tre’ston Vines with a first-round TKO at UFC 320 on October 5, 2025.

Ateba Gautier stunned the MMA world at UFC 320 on October 5, 2025, securing a first-round TKO victory over short-notice replacement Tre’ston Vines in just 1 minute and 41 seconds. The Cameroonian middleweight unleashed a flurry of elbows and powerful strikes after dropping Vines with a knee, then overwhelmed him with ground-and-pound and a dramatic neck wrap, prompting the referee to stop the fight. The finish, praised by analysts as one of the year’s most brutal, improved Gautier’s UFC record to 3-0, all by first-round stoppage, cementing his status as a rising knockout threat.