Marlon Vera rearranged UFC fighter Frankie Edgar's face with a front kick from hell

• Marlon Vera appeared to rearrange Frankie Edgar's entire face with a front kick knockout.
• It all went down at the UFC 268 event Saturday inside Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Marlon Vera rearranged UFC fighter Frankie Edgar's face with a front kick dispatched from the darkest depths of hell Saturday at the UFC 268 event inside Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Vera has been on a tear through the bantamweight division, rebounding from a Jose Aldo loss last year, to outpoint Davey Grant in the summer before finishing Edgar this weekend.

His credentials in the division are considerable, particularly as the strike that ended Edgar's participation in the 135-pound match landed with such impact, it made the American look like a completely different person (see above).

Edgar won the first of the three rounds on all three of the judges' scorecards, having scored a takedown, and landing 67 of 80 strikes for an accuracy reading of 83%.

The second round was more competitive, and so Vera really needed something big in the third to seal the victory.

And boy did he do something big.

With only 70 seconds remaining in the fight, Vera threw the front kick that cracked Edgar plum on the chin, sending him to the canvas in an instant.

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"In the cage it's my family or yours and my family is more important to me," Vera said after the result was announced, as reported by MMA Fighting.

"We drill those things up the middle. I work hard. I go hard. That immigrant mentality, it's forever."

Victory advanced Vera's pro MMA record to 18 wins (seven knockouts, eight submissions, and three decisions) against seven losses.