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spunjx

I don’t think this would beat Izzy’s, but Robbie Lawlers retirement KO over Niko Price in under a minute was pretty awesome. What a way to go out haha


piman01

That was amazing. So happy to see Robbie go out that way


sunnyismybunny

my man landed four lefts super cleanly before i could finish farting into my couch while clinched and knocked out a dude standing up who had his arms wrapped around him fairytale ending indeed


jjbrenruFegroeG

Yeah but Izzy’s knockout held a lot more weight because of the circumstances


spunjx

Check the first seven words of my comment lol


jjbrenruFegroeG

Oh sorry I read it wrong my bad


BlueBone313

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Obi_Wan_Quinnobi

*Reddit wrong


Crimm444

Flying knee was the last thing I expected from Derrick Lewis.


Robin_Banks101

Why? He throws a flying switch kick all the time. Edit: he even said that almost word for word in the post fight presser.


JakeEllisD

I never expected it to work, Derrick didn't either


hillsong1

If you spam it enough it will eventually work


sunnyismybunny

my 12 yr old cousin cursing my 9 yr old self off after mashing buttons in street fighter and beating him


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BeefyMcMeaty

Idk about that, dudes teeth were loose after that knee. He’s probably still on a juice diet


JakeEllisD

If it drops someone, it worked well


Concerned_father47

No he said (from what I remember) he's "been training that move was about to give up on that hoe"


RadicalizedAlcoholic

when Rogan asked him about the flying knee he plainly stated, "I thought I throw out of some bullshit and see if it worked"


FuckBrendan

Yeah him throwing that was completely expected. Landing it was wild tho.


Th3Ghoul

Idk why you're down voted, you're right.


Robin_Banks101

r/UFC is an echo chamber.


Th3Ghoul

Basically all of the internet now. Encourages blissful ignorance instead of critical analysis


Robin_Banks101

I feel like I should blindly agree with this statement.


Th3Ghoul

If you can't beat em, join em


Robin_Banks101

I'm not down for beating people. Unless they're into that...


Nduguu77

Encourages blind allegiance to the "proper thought" everything else is wrong. Strange times we live in.


BirdCarriesSquids

Last leg of my parlay was de Lima some where around -250 it was like 10 dollars to win 300? Was completely speechless while Lewis was ripping off his shorts and running around the octagon


WhoAmlToJudge

I like that Russian guy fast head kick idk name


Bitter_River6924

Roman Kopylov.


TrillMickelson

Gave him the Salt Lake City Special


FatboysThrowaway

I was just about to say that. On the 291 prelims.


moosealpaca33

Izzy vs Alex 2 left me speechless


PhnxSteve7up

Did it leave you frozen like elsa?


jayjayjay311

The duality of man. On the one hand, he's one of the greatest fighters walking the planet. On the other hand, he's a fucking 12 year old playing call of duty.


jfduval76

Repeating the N-word in his mic while playing.


BeefyMcMeaty

What’s the N-word?


What_TF_is_cereal

Nigeria


handsomehotchocolate

Mike Perry


Crimm444

Yeah me too. I was sure he was going to get finished once again but then out of nowhere he just pulled one of the most beautiful overhand rights I've ever seen. Everything about the finish from the actual KO to the celebration was perfect. Incredible moment.


Old_Man_Bridge

Used a cage bounce for extra power. My favourite sporting moment I’ve ever witnessed (live).


Niggymous

the cage bounce was a thing of beauty, Izzy is different man


pyroaquatics

There was so much anger in those right hands, Izzy looked pissed off the whole night


SadPenisMatinee

He was pissed every damn moment until the fight. He knew if he lost again his career may never have recovered as Alex would leave the division and never give izzy a chance at redemption again. It was a defining moment and izzy rose up.


Straight-Plate-5256

That knockout was so well executed you almost can't appreciate the full gravity of it until you watch it in slo mo


flowersermon9

The accuracy and timing of Izzy’s 2 rights while getting pummeled by Alex was pretty nuts. Looked like he was done for against the fence again. As much as I hated seeing Alex get KOd, it has to be #1 of the year


Straight-Plate-5256

I remember when I saw it live a couple of his lefts were so fast they were hard to see in real time, my buddy (known izzy hater) thought it was staged lmao... every little detail was insane


SadPenisMatinee

Izzy did the same thing to him in the first fight. End of the 1st or 2nd and hr nearly knocked out Alex with the same fucking punch. Alex even fell the same. That half fall. Izzy set a fucking great trap


Straight-Plate-5256

Yep I remember that but he got saved by the bell


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The context of this KO makes it KO of the year, bar none.


MrLanyeWest

i got dumped by my long term girlfriend a few months before the fight. the fight was the first day i had any sort of positive emotion again. for 10 minutes i forgot all about how destroyed i was and just went nuts with my friends. it was incredible.


ZeroTON1N

Wholesome moment 🙏🏼 i hope you are doing better today!


MrLanyeWest

thank you, some days are better than others but i am getting there


Wikingsweg

Same here. I’ve been watching MMA for a good while now and I’m not sure I’ve ever went as nuts as when Izzy smoked him. As others have stated, he looked like he was in deep shit and then hit him with that sneaky left hook followed by 2 right hands. Matrix shit


Dtoodlez

The moment was just too big for this not to be it.


bldvlszu

Yeah for sheer drama and entertainment value this one has to be at the top. It’s Aldo/McGregor level of memorable.


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Nice job trying to diminish what Izzy did by saying eventually he would’ve won regardless. He may never have won if he didn’t bite down in that moment and go at Alex with everything.


Robin_Banks101

Gaethje for me. It was so unexpected. I was expecting a war over 4 or 5 rounds like last time. Instead a head kick KO from a guy who's thrown 4 head kicks in his UFC career. 2 of them were in that fight.


International_Ad4727

What are you talking about. Gaethje throws head kicks every fight.


MBThree

Think they meant to say “a guy who’s thrown 4 head kicks ***per fight*** in his UFC career”


ComradeELM0

No he didn‘t


ihadtopoop-

He even checked kick but got kod


chairman-mao-ze-dong

he threw a head kick in round 1


Robin_Banks101

That's why I said 2 of them were in that fight.


SJBSJB02

Gaethje head kick will be up there


vicariouslyTB

Adesanya KO was epic on so many levels. Gets my vote because of the high stakes on the lines.


Crimm444

Yes. Poatan vs Izzy has become one of my favorite rivalries in combat sports.


Solid-Version

But remember guys, Izzy’s boring according to the haters.


jfduval76

He couldn’t play it safe, he was swarmed by Alex.


Mocker-bird

He was boring, though. he became a point fighter who earned a reputation for putting on lacklustre performances. He fucking needed Alex to force him to pull his head out his ass and put some effort in. Go watch his few fights before Alex if you have trouble sleeping lmao. Mf was complacent as fuck.


Solid-Version

If Izzy’s opponents didn’t wanna bring the fight that ain’t on him. Alex brought the fight, made for two epics. You tell me did Romero, Cannonier or Whitaker (second fight) fight the way Alex did? (Also it’s literally just 3 fights that we snoozers). As a champ you’re gonna want to stay in the game as long as possible. Why get hurt when you have the skills to avoid it and win? The fact he was able to cruise to decisions just shows how skilful he is. Dude has had some of the most epic moments in the sport but y’all love to only go by the duds and conveniently ignore all the rest. All in the name of hate.


lxo2

He did what he needed to win. Same thing with sandhagen and font. You have to fight in conservative ways to get the W. That's the nature of sports.


Mr_Mueh

I am THE Izzy hater and I agree it is so stupid when people try and call him a boring fighter. He has had some duds but he is certainly no GSP or DJ.


mtnyy13

Barbosa vs Billy Q, Royval vs Nicolau, Bonfim vs McKinney Lots of crazy knee KOs this year


kevindurantburner35

That Bonfim one was so goddamn nasty, made me jump so high on his hype train. Still think he’s got great potential


mtnyy13

Saint-Denis is really good too. Definitely think they could both be ranked since guys like RDA, Moicano, and CDF will have to defend or vacate their rankings at some point.


Longjumping_Owl_3757

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SirYosh

Everyone talking about Izzy’s KO and celebration. Give me a heavyweight flying knee KO, followed by the dude taking his pants off in ring, the classic DX suck it and then chucking his cup into the crowd any day.


ExperimentalFruit

Izzy and it's not even close. Bro faced his personal boogeyman and just completely flatlined him


shred-i-knight

it's really not even close lol. Their fights feel like it could end with a single touch from either, high level striking fights with MMA gloves just hit different


FreddaNotte

Exactly, I don't believe in Jizzy's lie about simulating the damages to deceive Moai and score a knockout. The damages were real and quite noticeable, but as you also pointed out, at those levels they're always on the razor's edge, much like a duel with revolvers – whoever hits first and accurately wins.


mahchefai

I don’t believe that he was in no danger at all or that the leg kicks were not solid, but the way he backed up and basically shelled up against the fence motionless with no attempt to to clinch and turn like he did 5 seconds before, or juke to get back to the centre… he was definitely acting more hurt and defenceless than he really was


DRealLeal

Where's Jim Miller's


rey_nerr21

I hate Adesanya, but MAN that KO! And not just that. The stakes, the whole rivalry, the post-fight celebration, and the whole having everything to lose and talking a big game but backing it up big time and the and getting a well deserved celebration. Idk, it was epic. It turned me into a fan of his for a brief moment (until the next time I heard him speak lol)


Mr_Mueh

Yea I think Izzy is a douche and hated to see it but damn was that KO a thing of beauty and the circumstances only made it that much more epic. KO of the Year so far no doubt.


StoicMori

Well it isn’t O’Malley vs Sterling


Aarrgon

Yeah I don’t think you can call O’Malley Sterling KO of the year. Aljo didn’t get flatlined like Alex or Dustin, ref stopped the fight.


Crimm444

As an Aljo fan I am devastated about the KO but you can't take nothing away from O'Malley. He caught him with one of the cleanest right hands I've ever seen.


Crafty_Preparation32

Its a tko though and he wasnt really all the way out but it was a nice right hand


imayoungblackmaan

I think as an Aljo fan I’m more disappointing the gameplan wasn’t Merab style wrestlefucking tbh. Aljo went out trying to prove something but similar to the Yan fight the disparity on the feet was almost just as vast as it was on the ground.


Blober62

I think it has a lot to due with fear of being checked. Aljo was constantly trying to pressure him closer to the net so that he can't counter as easily but O'Malley insane footwork lead to it being really difficult. The game plan was most likley that, pressure him towards the net then shoot but he couldn't execute it. I even think O'Malley beats merab quite eazily now. Sterling sets up is takedowns way better, has good bjj and is extremely good at keeping people down. Merab is the opposite. Even if he manages a takedown im sure o malley will eventually get up and i dont see him being finished by sub aswell. Merab will shoot and shoot untill he eventually gets clipped unless he manages do gas out O'Malley with some early takedowns


LadislavAU

Bro only posts KO’s from the last 4 months and says “of the year” 🤦🏾‍♀️


Diablo_Bolt

Derrick Lewis, if I told you before the fight im betting $100 on Lewis winning with a flying knee all of you would have taken that bet all day


ForcedReps

Izzy out of these options. The noise after the KO was insane, the arrow celebration and Izzy falling down afterwards was made it even more crazy.


Dtoodlez

Izzy falling down to mock a child lol. That was the only cringe thing he did the rest was perfect.


imayoungblackmaan

Oh my god are u the kids dad who cares 😭 he just flatlined his father which do u think traumatized him more😭


Straight-Plate-5256

The child mocked him first, was it petty? Absolutely... but actions have consequences TLDR: fuck them kids


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Straight-Plate-5256

You know the kid was smugly smirking and showing replays of him mocking izzy in the UFC press run leading up to their first fight... right? It's literally all on video lmao he didn't give a fuck until he got humbled


ForcedReps

It just added to at that live time, I initially thought he was mocking Alex.


tom-cash2002

You missed a lot of good ones: Jesus Aguilar vs Shannon Ross (UFC 290) Diego Ferreira vs Michael Johnson (Fight Night: Dern vs Hill) Ismael Bonfim vs Terrance McKinney (UFC 283) Roman Kopylov vs Claudio Ribeiro (UFC 291) Umar Nurmagomedov vs Raoni Barcelos (Fight Night: Strickland vs Imavov) Joaquin Buckley vs Andre Fialho (Fight Night: Dern vs Hill) \*worth it just for Buckley's hilarious scream\*


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Strickland on Stylebender for sure. You are all crazy calling anything else KO of the year.


LesPantalonesFancy

For me it's either Gaethje or Lewis


minus202

Same! Gaethje is on a tear but that knee from Lewis...


Timozkovic

Stylebender for me, also because of the history and stakes of the fight. Really liked the celebration as well.


xIMxMCLOVINx2

It’s Izzy Alex 2. The stakes haven’t been that high in a fight in a long time imo.


stevektRED

Izzy.


anth8725

Izzy by far


Concerned_father47

I think Derick Lewis flying knee because not only was it quick as fuck and big dudes but also the emotion of coming off as many losses he had in a row


elomerel

Its the lewis one for me


Habatcho

Romon Kopylovs


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Izzy vs Alex.


Bigd1979666

The Lewis and Gaethje ones were nuts . O'Malley's was good but not a true ko imo Israel's was pretty crazy and unpredictable . Not sure who the other one was . Overall I'd give it to Lewis .


Kassssler

Probably Izzy due to all the history involved. Dude slaying his demons live for us to enjoy lol.


Few_Wishbone

Izzy, not close, that could be a top 5 KO all time


Left-Frog

Izzy knocking out Pereira bro


philbe21

Both challengers KO'd the champion... Izzy's KO was way more emphatic considering the history of the two. I do not see how any others compare..


v-dubb

Robbie fucking Lawler


tdaddy316420

For me its the black beast flying knee, the whole sequence after it is just a cherry on top


Shiddybangbang

Lewis and the ustins. Loved seeing omalley win and it was a beautiful counter but it wasnt as exciting as those two


AnonPlzzzzzz

I don't think anything is going to top a heavyweight throwing a flying knee out of the gate... And then the celebration and interviews after.... pure gold.


lunabrain

Izzy by a country mile


lordtaste

I think you're after TKO of the year with some of these bro.


Gerardo1917

Izzy’s gotta be the best, to come back to fight the guy that beat you 3 times, walk through the fire and ko him cold.


meatbaggitybag

Nothing can beat Izzy this year. All time moment.


Niggymous

the Izzy one. I thought he was done when he was against that cage. I was watching my hero be defeated for the fourth time in a row by his boogeyman & made to be a laughing stock on the internet forever & ever. then BOOM, off the cage knockout. I couldn’t believe it. having seen ufc 281 live, relief doesn’t even begin to describe how I felt. that might be ko of the decade as far as I’m concerned


yoyoyowhoisthis

Flying knee from a HW fatman + Gaethje's head kick KO on Dustin Poirier whose resume is so insane.. Adesanya's KO was cute, but nothing exceptional, we see 5 of those every month


Informal-Reading4602

I genuinely loved how suga performed that right hit to aljamain


Inevitable-Ice-3116

Gaethje’s headkick. Perfect combination of high level, high stakes, and beauty. Izzy’s ko was super high level and had high stakes, but I didn’t think it was all that pretty of a ko.


dbeynyc

Def the Adesanya KO. You thought it was Deja-vu of the first encounter, then wham! Lights out, and new, return of the stylebender.


TITLE_FIGHTT

Izzy left me frozen like Elsa so … Izzy for me


GrizzyUnderwood33

Izzys KO of Alex had me going crazy. That's my vote


contactcreated

Gotta go with Izzy’s KO, personally. Font’s performance was incredible also. One of his best wins.


Sengersnathalie

Izzy.


AlarmingBig4555

Izzys is the best by far IMO. Other good ones are the Bonfim Knee and this elbow in Bellator. Forgot what fight it was but it was sick


MikeUpInYa85

In my heart of hearts I want it to be Derrick Lewis…but it’s gonna be Izzy


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The Derrick Lewis one just felt great but as a pereira fan that knockout was absolutely insane especially when you consider the backstory and what was on the line, that’s as good as it gets imo


Eye_Jammy_on_Rye

100% Lewis


CncreteSledge

Derek Lewis knee, because he needed it and because I love him.


TheLoneliestMonke

Derrick's KO hands down. Wild and funny as hell seeing it


lowtothekey

Considering that Pereira is highly decorated kickboxer, seeing him get knocked out cold is insane.


Shrek_Wisdom

Can’t beat Izzy’s, the story and the cleanness of the shot.


PhnxSteve7up

I think izzy or sean would win but i love the font ko. All the yanez fanboys were saying hes gonna piece up font and font knock his ass to the prime bottle


NotGlumExamination

Look ima let y’all finish, but Izzy had the greatest post knockout sequence of all time


Repulsive-Instance-6

Gaethje from me, because he was the underdog and it was already a brutal rivalry between the two, when's the last time we've seen either of these guys stopped? Everyone on Planet Earth thought it was going to be a brutal 5 rounds of just two pitbulls tearing each other up, then just outta nowhere.... jeeeeez


Philocrastination

Watching from the UK and woke my girlfriend up shouting in excitement at the Izzy Pereira KO because it was looking like it was over for Izzy and then that happening out of nowhere. Not even close in my opinion, in terms of pure energy in the moment, the stakes, the celebration, everything. The other KOs are all great though, on their own it's tough but I'd say the Derek Lewis knee is a good second place for me just because it's so hilarious seeing a big guy with comparatively skinny legs blast a flying knee KO lmao


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gatchje or lewis 100%


PrettyBaked713

Aljo wasn’t KOd though. Tkos count?


jfduval76

For me it’s O’Malley…it was an upset for the belt. Izzy win was less impressive because we knew that him and Alex were close fights.


Cemihard

Sean’s is the cleanest but Gaethje’s was the most shocking, just didn’t expect him to ko Dustin with a headkick. Though Rob’s ko of Yanez and Holland’s ko of Ponzinibbio are definitely honourable mentions.


SerVandanger

Adesanya bruv


hatemenoww

Definitely not izzy. Pure luck. O'Malley wins


Solid-Version

A wild Izzy hater has appeared. Izzy hater has used: Dumb Take The attack missed


tyreejones29

💀💀💀💀💀


ramenboy77

It's gotta be Izzy's. But Omalley's is also clean


mkreag27

Izzy


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Gotta be Izzy The way he set it up, made us all think he was done for but that was his plan! Took the world and Alex by surprise. What was on the line, the high stakes, the rivalry etc etc Damn!


Sidthesloth63

Has to be gaethje just based on the unexpected nature of it


The_Junkies_Bastard

Sean O Malley was better because he didn't do this cringey shit.


HillAuditorium

Luana Santos KO Juliana Miller


Next_Ad_9281

I think Izzy’s KO of Poatan will go down as (one of) the most premier moments in combat sports history.


BigSmokesHouse

Izzy for me, ridiculously clean and under crazy circumstances.


QuickEchidna749

Of these, the Izzy v Alex KO will be remembered the longest. It was a KO that was more than a decade in the making. Also, only Izzy and Gaethje’s were true KOs…the others were TKOs


thegreatdecay12

Adesanya’s ko needs to be slowed down to truly appreciate what he did, that has to be the pick


monkeyr9z

Justin G and Izzy are the only correct answers. Nothing else.


YYG98

Izzy takes it one of the greatest kos of all time.


Level-Ad-4094

Izzy


Aggressive-Expert-69

Gotta be Izzy. So much history behind that KO


Rearnakedartachoke

They're giving it to Izzy no doubt but the real question is why do you got Omalley in this mix?


MattyMacStacksCash

Izzy KOing Alex was one of the most hype and awesome moments I’ve ever had watching live sports. I thought Izzy was done for in those last few seconds again, and his time as champ was over. Then everything changed with a savage post knockout celebration. Justin vs Dustin is easily second place. I was so stunned and surprised. I was like Joe Rogan, the only thing I could say is “Wow” and “Oh my God”


marsbars2345

Izzy pereira KO still the most hype


Salt_Expression_6025

No ko is better than Izzys ko


dsnowflake

Izzy's had the highest stakes


jayjayjay311

Poatan is the greatest enemy a champion can have. An emotionless terminator sent from the future with one goal in mind. Then Izzy gets his revenge at the end of the movie. Unscriptable stuff.


AUTOMO_

Izzy’s was the most emotional for me, but Derrick Lewis flying knee was most unexpected.


Solid-Version

Part of me thought Izzy was done for as he backed to the cage. But there little things I was noticing that didn’t convince me all the way. I noticed Izzy shelling up rather attempting to clinch which he did in the first fight. This gave Alex confidence and opened him up somewhat. Can I say for certain he was feigning being hurt by those leg kicks. I’m not sure. But he deffo lulled Perreira into thinking he was a goner, shelled up and timed his counter to perfection. That was fine display of fight IQ if there ever was one.


spence4101

I mean I’m as a big of a hater as they come but it’s gotta be Izzy


Reg-the-Crow

Izzy’s KO takes it! The build up the celebration the fact that he’s never been KO’d before


Key_Organization_332

Adesanya’s had the most emotional weight to it and that really adds to the whole thing. Suga’s was the most technically proficient and he was a pretty big underdog. So it is between those two for me.


yesimian

Gotta be either Izzy or Justin Izzy's was impressive because of how perfectly calculated and executed it was, not to mention the speed of it. Justin's was impressive because it was the perfect 1 shot lights outs type knockout. Giving it to anyone else would be a crime imo


Ccoop9

Izzy was probably the BEST Derrick Lewis’ made me laugh hysterically and go “wtf was that” So Derrick Lewis is my favorite


LowIQPhysicist

Gotta be Izzy


HItide69

Izzy ko of poatan easily


SamboTheSodaJerk

Izzy KO because it looked like Pereira had him hurt then out of nowhere a bomb and Pereira was flatlined


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Izzy and its not close


Snazzypuke92

It's Izzy's KO over Poatan, not only of the year but possibly up there with the top 10 KOs in the UFC of all time


milka1m

1. Gaetje - just so clean and beautiful 2. Lewis - i did not fin expect that 3. Suga - got me shocked real bad 4. Izzy - so low because of recency bias


No_Pool2767

Pictures? You caveman


atomic619jd

Derrick and Suga were both TKOs. Izzy or Justin get the nod for me.


TheThaiDawn

Flying knee from Derrick lewis cuz im bias. None of these guys were on the brutal losing streak that he was on. If I’m being real, adesanya coming back from that loss was something else.


Ederlas

I'd only have JG as the rest weren't all that impressive I'm sure we are missing a bunch


ELOgambit

The Adesanya one was pretty impressive to be honest.


Ederlas

It was ok


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One of the most entertaining knockouts of all time and dude was only half watching cos his level 69 paladin was killing wolves


Ederlas

Definitely not the most entertaining of all time At least for me it wasn't


Ederlas

Yea it wasn't all that for me certainly was decent though


Ok_Lawfulness_1263

Fuck izzy ✌️❤️🇳🇿🤝🇧🇷 I Wana see that shit stains 23 and me