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We’ve loved seeing two humans go at each other, sometimes to the death, for centuries.
I mean, have you watched Gladiator?
As a race, we also used to capture and enslave other humans just to watch them fight.
Now they do it voluntarily and people don’t die, for the most part, though they do lose
consciousness sometimes and walk away with a hefty sum of money.
This shows a great amount of skill on the part of their contender because, let’s face
it, both of these fighters could take anyone of us out with a single punch.
Which is what brings us to today's episode - the Top 10 Best UFC Knockouts!
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10.
Chuck Liddell Vs Tito Ortiz (UFC 47) Alright, but before Liddell quit, I mean retired,
due to a jaw that will never be the same, he took another significant KO against Tito
Ortiz.
They’d been awaiting the opportunity for a while before they had the chance, so tensions
were high.
Despite having been friends and training partners, things weren’t looking so good for the scheduled
2004 Las Vegas fight.
When the fight started, things were looking good for Liddell, as he showered Ortiz in
punches.
That’s not always a tell-tale sign is it?
Very soon, we hear the crowd start chanting “Tito”.
It wasn’t quick to end though.
Both fought well, Liddell even delivering several huge blows and a decent kick to the
head.
It couldn’t all be good though, right?
We know how this ends, Liddell knocked Tito out and actually still got some punches in
before being pulled away.
9.
Rich Franklin Vs Nate Quarry (UFC 56) Back in 2005, Nate Quarry, made his Octagon
Debut in 2005 after an ankle injury and what a debut indeed!
He knocked out his contender in Lodune Sincaid.
After that, he faced the likes of Shonie Carter and Pete Sell, who also fell to Quarry’s
blows.
He soon became a favorite.
Next up was Rich Franklin.
What’s interesting about Franklin is that he went from math teacher to deliverer of
concussions.
Before fighting Franklin, Quarry had said “Rich Franklin has a weak chin and I have
heavy hands”.
After that, I’d be buying a ticket to the most remote place on this planet.
During the fight, a dark comment was made by Joe Rogan, a UFC commentator stating that
the UFC community hadn’t “seen Nate Quarry on the ground” ...it wouldn’t be long.
The fight was pretty even but Franklin was throwing a lot of shots looking like he was
ready for a big moment.
First, Franklin throws a left punch putting Quarry on the mat, coincidence?
Quarry gets back up though and attempts to continues but his punches are seriously strained
and barely make a difference.
Franklin lures him to the center of the cage and knocks him out flat on his back!
Franklin and his team end the fight ecstatically, Quarry had been gloriously defeated.
8.
Shogun Rua Vs Lyota Machida (UFC 113) The first time these two fought each other,
it was certainly noteworthy.
On the one hand, you had a champ that seemed to never take a hit, on the other, a fighter
that hadn’t quite recovered from a knee injury.
Machida took home the win, after an unexpectedly hard fight.
The rematch, however, had a lot more energy.
It was in Montreal, Canada during UFC 113, and Machida came in as the favorite.
Rua supporters had expressed their thought that all he had to do to beat his opponent
was get him on the ground, but that wasn’t what Rua had trained to do.
This time, it was much faster and more aggressive.
It wasn’t long until Rua knocked Machida out with a hit from the right.
It’s hard to tell exactly which hit because once he’s down, Rua continues the blows
until he’s forced off.
7.
Matt Hughes Vs Carlos Newton (UFC 34) Controversy is the word of the hour when this
win is involved.
It’s Matt Hughes and Carlos Newton who, during this whole match, went on for quite
a bit without much clarity of what the outcome could be.
During the second round, however, when Newton got his legs around Hughes' neck, things took
a turn.
Hughes lifted Newton off and carried him to the fencing where they stood for a few moments,
Newton in the air.
They both slammed down, only one coming out of that crash conscious.
Since it took Newton some time to come back to consciousness, the fight was deemed a win
for Hughes.
Here’s the controversial part: some say that Hughes only dropped Newton to the canvas
because he was already going unconscious from the headlock.
They were both extremely strong fighters, really pushing each other to the limit.
Regardless, Hughes walked away with the win.
6.
Connor McGregor Vs Jose Aldo (UFC 194) This fight was long-awaited and well deserving.
After McGregor had been the most famous MMA fighter at the time, and Aldo was the top-rated
MMA fighter, they had to go head to head, and it didn’t disappoint.
The best part of the match was that it was a real game of opposites.
Different countries, different fighting methods, different attitudes.
You hardly had time to really taste the competition, though, because within 13 seconds flat, McGregor
took home the win with a hard knockout.
Not the shortest in MMA history, but wow. 5.
Dan Henderson Vs Michael Bisping (UFC 100) Bisping came into this fight with only one
L under his belt in the UFC. Henderson, sometimes referred to as “hendo”, continues to be
the favorite when it comes to critics, seeing as he’s stable and a better standing fighter.
Bisping wasn’t showing much control of the fight, not landing many punches, failing at
every turn and frankly, looking weak in comparison.
Then, Bisping threw a right, frankly soft-looking blow, and got hooked with a hit that knocked
him out.
4.
Gabriel Gonzaga Vs Mirko Cro Cop (UFC 70) The second event held in the UK, the first
in Manchester, and it gave a lot to talk about both live and on Pay-per-view.
Mirko Cro Cop was ready for Gonzaga it seems, because despite the back and forth, there
seemed to be no real intensity going on Gonzaga’s side that could take him the final step into
that victory.
Or so we would think!
Turns out, the opposite was true.
This was made clear by the final act that we’ve all been waiting for, the roundhouse
kick that put Cro Cop on the canvas with the lights out.
Savage, quick, to the point, the things we want in a knockout all in one.
3.
Edson Barboza Vs Terry Etim (UFC 142) How about a quick lightweight one?
The fighters in this division are no joke.
On one side, we have Barboza, a Muay Thai kickboxer that’s sure to get you with a
hard strike and 22 knockouts on his record!
With those kinds of stats, Etim must have been a little nervous.
Etim, however, had proven to be better at ground fighting and grappling, so he knew
he had that going for him.
In the end, though, it was Barboza’s extensive training in several martial arts, his Brazilian
roots, and his overall advantage that led to this explosive and historical moment.
In the third round, mainly controlled by Barboza, the roundhouse kick had Etim out long before
he even hit the ground.
Beautiful!
2.
Chris Weidman Vs Anderson Silva (UFC 162) It wasn’t until the second round of this
emblematic fight that things got intense.
Silva was giving Weidman the runaround, trying to tire him out.
Little did he know, it would be Weidman to catch him off balance.
Silva did a bend at the waist to pull away from a punch and got caught in the process.
In other cases, it had worked out great, the bending, like against Griffin or Liston, but
this time it proved to be the final nail in the coffin.
He got clipped mid pull-back and went straight down.
Night night!
1.
Anderson Silva Vs Vitor Belfort (UFC 126) Ah, Silva again!
UFC 126 saw “The Spider” go up against Vitor “The Phenom" Belfort.
Silva went into the match ready to watch out for Belfort’s striking power.
Turns out, it was The Spider’s striking power that would bring it home.
Despite showing some of those pull-back moves we talked about before, they didn’t cost
him anything this time.
With one kick, he managed to bring down Belfort in a knockout that took a few seconds to play
out.
After the kick, Belfort stumbled around showing signs of consciousness, fighting the urge
to go down, but eventually lost it.