No one in history has more favorite KOs in the Octagon to choose from than Derrick Lewis. He pushed the number to twelve, tieing the number long held by Vitor Belfort, with his KO of Curtis Blaydes at UFC Vegas 19 on February 20. However, that wasn’t his favorite.

This was:

After losing for the better part of 3 rounds and being at a 82 significant strike differential, Derrick Lewis puts Alexander Volkov's lights out with only 11 seconds left. #UFCVegas6 pic.twitter.com/ANI0knapt2

— Birks (@BirksMMA) August 7, 2020

And this was commentator Joe Rogan reacting:

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Joe Rogan was all of us watching Derrick Lewis knock Alexander Volkov out!#UFCVegas15 | Saturday | BT Sport 2 HD pic.twitter.com/2SKKJkAv9b

— UFC on TNT Sports (@ufcontnt) November 27, 2020

During the JRE MMA Show #105, Lewis explained to Rogan why it was his most satisfying.

That was [my favorite], yeah, said Lewis. The crowd made it real satisfying because of the way they reacted. And seeing the one guy from Guardians of the Galaxy, seeing his reaction made it all worthwhile.

I was telling my coach in my camp ‘I’m fighting a Russian guy, it would be cool to have one of those Rocky-type fights. And sure enough, it was a Rocky-type fight. So crazy. It ended just like a Rocky movie.

My manager at home, he fainted. Lou said he fainted, he couldn’t take it any more. Everyone was so pumped about that, I heard the police were called because my neighbors, some fans, were just going so crazy.

I like when my coach says ‘We got a minute left, we got 30 seconds left,’ because then I’m like okay, I have to let everything out. A lot of my fights, I finish in the last few seconds of my fight. So I like the last minute or last two minutes left, to really show what I’ve got left to really show what I’ve got left in my tank.

I wish the fans were there for the Curtis Blaydes fight. I’m pretty sure they would have went crazy for that one too.

UG, what’s your favorite Black Beast KO?

h/t Ryan Harkness for MMA Mania