Gabriel Bonfim knocked out Randy Brown at UFC Vegas 111 on Saturday night, but the stoppage has divided the MMA world.Brown met No. 14-ranked welterweight Bonfim in the main event of the Las Vegas card to mark the fifth-last UFC event of 2025.Bonfim fought Brown at welterweight in the main event of Las Vegas 111 on Saturday nightGettyThe Brazilian had a strong opening round, damaging Brown’s lead leg with nasty calf kicksGettyBrown’s lead leg was the story of round one, as Bonfim battered the Jamaican with several nasty calf kicks, forcing his opponent to constantly switch stances and almost crash to the canvas before the bell sounded.Bonfim looked sharp and kept Brown guessing by exposing his front leg early on to open the door to knees and punches through the middle.Brown’s corner told him to keep moving out of Bonfim’s line of sight before round two, as the Brazilian had landed 19 excruciating leg kicks throughout the opening exchanges.In round two, Bonfim came out swinging but was repeatedly met with damaging leg kicks to halt any momentum. Then, when the pair briefly clinched in the second minute, Bonfim caught Brown with a deadly knee and looked to have put ‘Rude Boy’ straight to sleep.Referee Mark Smith rushed over and instantly waved off the fight, preventing Bonfim from landing any further blows, but once his opponent was pulled off, Brown protested as if to say he was just fine.Gabriel Bonfim KO of Randy Brown leaves MMA fans divided“I think Brown was OK, but if I was the ref, I can understand too — that’s a tough one,” former UFC champion Dominick Cruz said in the aftermath of the stoppage.Bonfim’s victory has since split the MMA world, with fans arguing it was an early stoppage and others suggesting Brown was out cold.“I don’t love the stoppage,” esteemed MMA journalist Ariel Helwani wrote on X.“He turtle’d right away. Fell badly, no doubt, but was premature in my opinion.”Brown instantly protested the stoppage after referee Mark Smith waved off the fightGettyOthers agreed, as one fan wrote: “I felt it was early. “I also felt that, should it have continued, he would’ve taken 2-3 more unnecessarily brutal head shots. “However, that’s part of the game, a fighter should be allowed that opportunity…”However, many disagreed, with one fan saying Brown ‘looked wasted.’Another said: “Clearly out when that knee hit him, look at his eyes. Bro just woke up when he went on his back.”A second wrote: “I was a bit iffy on it, until he tried to walk across the cage and looked like he was about to pass out from too many beers.”Bonfim and Brown embraced to watch back the KO on the big screens in Vegas after the fightGettyNevertheless, Bonfim is now 7-1 in the UFC, having entered the promotion through Dana White’s Contender Series in 2022GettyAnother added: “Eyes rolled back, arms falling limp and not breaking his fall. Please tell me this is just bait.”While a fourth said: “Brown would have taken unnecessary damage if the ref didn’t stop it there.”Cruz later added: “I do think it’s a little early, but at the same time, if Bonfim gets up and he’s actually out and he actually comes and puts a stamp on this, how bad does Mark Smith look and what does the whole internet say about him?”UFC Vegas 111 also witnessed Joseph Morales score a first-round submission win over Matt Schnell in a flyweight co-main event, while Uros Medic, Chris Padilla, and Christian Leroy Duncan secured emphatic KOs.