Want to see Conor McGregor and other UFC stars discuss their favorite knockouts? Well, this list and video happen to be just for you then.
Every fighter, whether they tell you or not will gain inspiration from their fellow competitors. In mixed martial arts there tends to be a small revolution whenever one fighter successfully executes a new technique on another. So it only makes sense for them to watch the fights carefully to make sure you stay ahead of the curve and in the process they’ve all come across their favorite knockout.
Check out the list below and the video on the last page to see what knockouts fighters love most! Don’t forget to let us know what you think in the comments!
6) Daniel Cormier and Dustin Poirier
-Edson Barboza vs. Terry Etim, UFC 142
Edson Barboza was considered one of the lightweight division’s top prospects. Riding a three-fight UFC win streak with an undefeated record, Barboza had nothing but momentum behind him going into his fight against Terry Etim. Even after winning the first two rounds of the fight, Barboza takes an unnecessary chance and lands one of the craziest kicks the UFC will ever see.
5) Paige VanZant and Sage Northcutt
-Holly Holm vs. Ronda Rousey, UFC 193
When Ronda Rousey took on Holly Holm last November, she was expected to run through the former champion boxer. When the night of the fight came, the whole world ended up being shocked. Holm sliced through Rousey like a knife through butter and landed one of the most devastating highlight knockouts you could ever hope to see.
4) Dan Henderson and Alexander Gustafsson
-Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping, UFC 100
After coaching opposite of each other on the ninth season of The Ultimate Fighter, Dan Henderson and Michael Bisping were scheduled to fight at the biggest event in UFC history. Bisping had pestered Henderson throughout the season with trash talk and this was Henderson’s opportunity to shut him up and he certainly took it.
3) Ronda Rousey
-Lyoto Machida vs. Randy Couture, UFC 129
The Roger Center held more than sixty thousand fans on the night of UFC 129. They were surely all sent flying to their feet in excitement when Lyoto Machida flying-crane kicked Randy Couture in the face. To this day it remains one of the most unbelievably knockouts in the sports twenty-plus year history.
2) Rose Namajunas and Conor McGregor
-Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort, UFC 127
The night that Anderson Silva front kicked Vitor Belfort in the face changed the sport. It was the first time a front kick had been so successfully utilized landing to the face in known MMA competition and ever since then it has become a common strike to see thrown, but no one still to this day has landed it as precisely as Anderson did.
1) Joseph Duffy
-Scott Smith vs. Pete Sell, TUF Finale 4
In the midst of the fight Scott Smith is rocked by a left hook to his liver, so much so that he is left cowering over in pain. Pete Sell proves that you can never be too careful in MMA by rushing forward to finish his opponent that is already in agony, but somehow Smith manages to recover long enough to throw one massive haymaker right hand that knocks Sell unconscious. It is one of the few fights in MMA that at the end, both competitors are left lying on the mat.
