Overview
- Making his first UFC appearance, Ryan Gandra stopped José Daniel Medina by TKO at 0:41 of Round 1 after trapping him on the fence and unleashing follow-up punches.
- Gandra, now 9-1 overall and 1-0 in the UFC, told Michael Bisping in his post-fight interview that “the problem in this division is here.”
- Medina, a fellow Contender Series alum, protested the referee’s stoppage and fell to 11-7 overall with an 0-4 mark in the UFC.
- The middleweight bout took place at UFC Fight Night 268 at Arena CDMX in Mexico City on Feb. 28, 2026.
- The prelims featured multiple quick finishes, including Javier Reyes over Douglas Silva de Andrade (TKO, 4:59 R1), Francis Marshall over Erik Silva (RNC, 2:29 R1) and Damian Pinas over Wesley Schultz (TKO, 2:30 R1).