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The 9 fastest knockouts in MMA

The video shows nine of the fastest knockouts in the history of MMA, the slowest of which took a whole 6 seconds to occur

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Jeff Warsaw
March 1, 2016 · 1 min read
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The sport of mixed martial arts is such that if you blink, you may miss something truly great. With so many different paths to victory, a fighter must prepare him or herself for anything. What many fighters fail to prepare for is a first strike that renders them unconscious.

While many would consider any knockout that occurs in less than a minute to be a fast knockout, there are many knockouts that clock in well under the one-minute mark, some of which clock in a less than ten seconds.

The following video shows us nine of the fastest knockouts in the history of MMA, the slowest of which took a whole 6 seconds to occur.

9 – Hector Lombard knocks out Jay Silva in 6 seconds at Bellator Fighting Championships 18

8 – Conor McGregor knocks out Paddy Doherty in 5.6 seconds at Immortal Fighting Championship 4

7 – Mike Garrett knocks out Jimi Animashaun in 4.5 seconds at Ultimate Challenge MMA

6 – Marian Rusu knocks out Ben Schneider in 4.3 seconds at Ultimate Challenge MMA

5 – Chris Clements knocks out Lautaro Tucas in 3.5 seconds at TKO Major League MMA 25 – Confrontation

4 – Steve Ramirez knocks out Darvin Wattree in 3.1 seconds at Pure Combat 9 – Home Turf

3 – Norifumi Kid Yamamoto knocks out Kazuyuki Miyata in 2.9 seconds at K-1 Hero’s 5

2 – Mike Garrett knocks out Sam Heron in 2.6 seconds at Warrior’s Challenge MMA

1 – Ryohei Masuda knocks out Takahiro Kuroishi in 2 seconds at Rings – The Outsider 2

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