FABIAN EDWARDS made short work of Louis King to fire him closer to his UFC dream.
The Assassin submitted King with just over a minute on the clock, improving his pro record to 3-0.
Both fighters are targeting MMA’s elite division.
But Edwards, with UFC star brother Leon in his corner, proved he wanted it more.
KO King – a gardener by trade – came out swinging but dug himself a hole when Edwards simply ducked and threw him on the floor.
After patiently wearing him down on the ground, he expertly got behind the 32-year-old and submitted him with a rear-naked choke.
Edwards, 24, warned King before the bout that it would be over in 40 seconds.
And while he fell 21 seconds short of that promise, he still shouted: “I said 40 seconds and I f***ing meant it!
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“These guys are not on my level. No one can stop me. Im the daddy.”
Father-of-one King confessed his four-year-old daughter Amiya would be watching on TV as he could not afford to buy her a ticket.
While Edwards was being announced winner, he simply shrugged as if to say “what could I have done?”
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