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Welterweight Josh Koscheck knocked out Japan's Yoshiyuki Yoshida with a pair of sledgehammer-like punches two minutes 15 seconds into the first round of the UFC's "Fight for the Troops" ....

Welterweight Josh Koscheck knocked out Japan's Yoshiyuki Yoshida with a pair of sledgehammer-like punches two minutes 15 seconds into the first round of the UFC's "Fight for the Troops" fundraising card Wednesday night.

Yoshida was staggered by the first straight right hand, falling into the fence. As he bounced back up, Koscheck crunched the defenceless fighter with a huge looping right.

"If that wasn't worth five bucks from every UFC fan, I don't know what else I can do," said Koscheck, a former four-time All-American collegiate wrestler.

The mixed martial arts card at the Crown Coliseum, home to the Fayetteville FireAntz of the Southern Professional Hockey League, was organized to raise funds for a US$65-million centre for traumatic brain injuries for the U.S. military, and the stands were filled with thousands of soldiers from nearby Fort Bragg wearing camouflage UFC shirts.

Koscheck (14-3) was coming off a short turnaround, stepping up on short notice to replace the injured Diego Sanchez at UFC 90 on Oct. 25 when he lost a decision to Thiago Alves. A fourth-degree judo black belt, Yoshida (10-3) came in on a nine-fight win streak.

In the co-main event, Mike (Quick) Swick administered a fast, comprehensive beating to Montreal welterweight Jonathan (The Road Warrior) Goulet. Swick dropped the Canadian with a short right and then threw down more than 15 hammer-fists and other blows until referee Dan Miragliotta stepped in after just 33 seconds with a dazed Goulet (22-10 with one no contest) toppling backwards from his knees.

Goulet recovered and was upright by the time the official decision was announced.

"I had an injury and my right arm wasn't where it should have been. I've got my right arm back and I'm healthy," said Swick (13-2), winning his third straight at 170 pounds since moving down from middleweight.

The two were supposed to meet in September 2007 but Swick was injured.

Military veterans on the card included former marine Luigi Fioravanti, former U.S. navy vets (Hollywood) Steve Bruno, (Crazy) Tim Credeur, and Dale Hartt, and former Navy SEAL Brandon Wolff.

The vets were 4-1 on the night.

Credeur (11-4) handed middleweight Nate Loughran (9-1) his first loss when Loughran was unable to answer the bell for the third round.

Credeur, a jiu-jitsu and judo black belt who wa