Remember when Shamrock was putting Ankle locks on everyone in WWE?
anyone else feel like that was thrown?
Maybe the punch pinched a nerve in his neck or something that made him go down, because the impact wasn't nearly strong enough. The ground and pound that followed after was enough for a stoppage though.
It's not like that first punch knocked him out - it just stunned him for a second. Remember that there's a lot more man behind Brock's punches than behind most you see in MMA.
The 9000 hammerfists that followed probably didn't feel too good though.
That punch he threw was basically the same one that sent Herring hard onto his ass, and the same one, although technically bad since it was all arm, that sent Mir onto his ass too. He has a ton of power, plus getting hit on the ear is a bit of a sweet spot.