American fighter Drew Dober came back wildly from a near-knockout to score a thumping win of his own

• Drew Dober just secured one of the greatest wins of his entire career.
• The American MMA fighter seemed down, nearly out, but rallied to score a brutal finish of his own.

LAS VEGAS — American fighter Drew Dober came back wildly from a near-knockout to score a thumping win of his own Saturday at the UFC Fight Night event that took place inside the Apex facility in Las Vegas.

Dober has long been a fan-friendly but dangerous lightweight fighter as he's famed for 'Performance of the Night' wins, particularly his merciless bombardment of ground-and-pound against Nasrat Haqparast, two years ago.

The 33-year-old entered the Octagon this weekend, though, desperate for a result as he had suffered back-to-back losses against Islam Makhachev and Brad Riddell in 2021.

Against Terrance McKinney on March 12 it looked like he was about to lose for the third time in a row.

McKinney dropped Dober with a nasty knee strike in the opening seconds, and had it not been for Dober's absurd punch resistance, it would likely have been a blowout.

McKinney then threw strike after strike to try and get Dober out of there, yet Dober — who had been downed — refused to go out.

Though back to his feet, Dober was downed again as McKinney landed another brutal knee. Again, lesser fighters would have stayed down. Not Dober.

But then came McKinney again with punching flurries designed to finish fighters who are almost done.

Dober, who was on the ground with McKinney on top, was anything but finished, though, as he eventually got his feet on McKinney's hips and managed to shove him away — following expert coaching from his corner.

This moment appeared to be a turning point as McKinney, after that striking offense, seemed to have emptied his gas tank.

Now it was Dober's turn to attack, and he hit his man with hard punches, struck him until he fell, and then followed with ground-and-pound of his own.

Eventually, the referee had seen enough.

Dober had done it — one of the most remarkable MMA turnarounds of the year!

Watch Dober's stoppage win right here:

By the end of the fight, McKinney had landed 43 of his 74 strike attempts for an accuracy rate of 58%, while also succeeding with two of his three takedowns.

Dober, meanwhile, hit McKinney 31 times from 52 attempts (60%).

With victory, Dober advanced his pro MMA record to 24 wins (11 knockouts, six submissions, and seven decisions) against 11 losses.

In a post-fight speech, Dober said he would relish a fight with Bobby Green next.