Jake Woodley added a championship to his four-second knockout reputation at LFA 244 in Mashantucket, Connecticut, on October 23, 2026. He stopped Zayne Havener at 4:16 of the second round to win the LFA middleweight title at Foxwoods Resort Casino.
The result gave Woodley a fifth consecutive victory and moved his professional record to 9–1. His previous appearance had produced the fastest knockout in LFA history. This time, the finish came well into the second round, with a championship attached.
Four seconds made his name
In June, Woodley knocked out David Wright at LFA 235 in Louisville in just four seconds. MMA Fighting’s contemporary report describes a single right hand after Woodley moved forward at the opening bell. The promotion’s knockout record had changed almost immediately.
MMA Junkie’s review of LFA’s June finishes also highlighted the four-second result. That victory and Friday’s title win are consecutive entries in Woodley’s professional fight record, making the contrast between the two finishing times particularly striking.
One bout ended before much of its opening round could unfold. The next required a complete first round and most of a second. Both ended with Woodley winning by strikes, but Friday added a different achievement to his record: the promotion’s middleweight championship.
A second-round finish for the belt
The official LFA results record the title fight as a technical knockout at 4:16 of round two. Sherdog’s independent event record confirms the same round and time and identifies punches as the finishing method. Havener’s professional record became 6–3.
Adding the completed five-minute opening round to 4:16 gives nine minutes and 16 seconds of fighting time. That excludes the interval between rounds. It is 556 seconds, or 139 times the duration of Woodley’s four-second knockout of Wright.
The comparison measures elapsed fighting time, rather than difficulty or the number of punches landed. Friday’s result stands on its own: Woodley secured the title by stoppage, extending his winning sequence to five while reaching nine victories in ten professional appearances.
A finish that closed the card
Woodley’s title victory headlined a ten-bout event. The welterweight co-main event went the distance, with Thomas Blackorby earning a unanimous decision over Devan Worth. The last two fights therefore ended in different ways: a judges’ verdict, then the middleweight title stoppage.
For Woodley, the headline had changed since June. The four-second knockout remains a remarkable entry in LFA’s history, but his latest appearance supplied the belt. The fighter associated with an exceptionally short finish now has a second-round championship victory immediately alongside it.
Sources and further reading
- LFA: official LFA 244 report and results
- Sherdog: independent LFA 244 results
- Sherdog: Jake Woodley’s professional fight record
- MMA Fighting: the record four-second knockout
- MMA Junkie via Yahoo: June’s standout LFA finishes
