Top 10 Knockouts with the Rarest Punch in MMA

the history of mixed martial arts is rich in unique techniques and outstanding fight finishes today we have put together a collection of unforgettable knockouts that were obtained by fighters using special techniques ranked by the uniqueness of the strike combined with the intensity of the fight [Music] beloved or hated by many michael page aka venom has a reputation as a celebrity at bellator and regularly does whatever he pleases for the fun of the public but contrary to the first impression his relaxed behavior in the cage does not come from the mediocre level of his opponents but rather from his roots in kickboxing through many years of fighting in the semi-contact division of kickboxing paige has become a master of distance control and he is able to punish an opponent using the slightest vulnerability in his defense with an impressive collection of medals and titles the british semi-middleweight turned his attention to mma in 2012. venom's first victim was the new fighter ben dishman [Applause] venom burst into the world of mixed martial arts with an impressive tornado victory successful in mma venom soon moved to bellator where he amassed six stunning victories before facing evangelista santos in 2016. santos's armor could not withstand the lethal knee hits and this fight became the final chord in the brazilian's career [Applause] [Music] in 2011 veteran stefan sthruv was called upon to test the potential of recent ufc rookie travis brown and despite his nearly threefold superiority in fights the dutchman faced off as an underdog the reason for this was the promotion of the unbeaten hawaiian brown who won eight of his ten victories by knockout the agile travis was in good condition nevertheless having unsuccessfully tried to take the fight to the canvas and experiencing problems with controlling the distance the hawaiian got into a difficult situation [Applause] this one superman punch from brown was enough to bring down the dutchman [Applause] despite the proven destructive power of such blows they rarely appear in mma ranked as number two in the best knockouts of 2019 landmark showtime kicker and former ufc lightweight gold owner anthony pettis has always had a talent for cage matches in an effort to overcome a deep recession in his career he suddenly found himself pitted against stephen thompson known as wonder boy steven successfully controlled the fight attacking anthony for the majority of the two rounds however towards the end of the second round the tables turned and pettis was able to land one fantastic superman punch that sent thompson to the canvas nick diaz has been known as a spectacular fighter in mma before meeting robbie lawler at ufc 47 diaz had a reputation as a dangerous fighter with jiu jitsu skills with four of his eight career victories by submission on the opposite side there was a knockout fighter with basic wrestling skills robbie lawler viewers expected to see a good fight diaz aggressively moved forward alternating his blows despite this it was not enough to quickly crush the former champion the conclusion of the fight came in the seventh minute of the match [Music] pulling waller to himself diaz threw out a short right hook that did not seem to pose a serious threat also called a phantom punch it landed exactly on robbie's exposed jaw with lawler on the ground nick won his first knockout victory in the octagon [Music] six years later at ufc 124 viewers saw a mirror-like replay of this scenario in a duel between two winners of the ultimate fighter mac danzig and jeremy stevens waiting for the moment when stevens rushed into the attack danzig managed to cleanly catch his counterpart with a phantom punch in the second minute of the match look at that perfect boom crazy on march 1 2014 at the chinese ufc event little-known formidable fighters dong young kim and john hathaway tried with all their might to justify their place in the main event of the evening and looking ahead they succeeded both fighters went on a series of three victories and for 11 minutes at a high pace they exchanged heavy blows making it clear that the fight had no chance of reaching a referee's decision in the third round the intensity of the fight reached its peak after several elbow attempts hathaway ran into an elbow roundhouse and instantly was knocked out kim used an impressive blow to win this knockout victory in 2014 unlike the long-term light heavyweight champion the brazilian featherweight ricardo ramos who managed to score a spectacular finish against eamon zahabi brother of the famous coach firos zahabi [Applause] he started loading up i'm there and he just caught him in the corner in recent years we have seen a lot of spectacular knockouts with this technique in mma but if a roundhouse kick guarantees an approving response from the public then a turn to turn exchange can shock even a prepared viewer as goga shabbataba proved to us at icb89 making his bellator debut in 2011 douglas lima soon ran into champion ben askren who defeated the brazilian with wrestling eight years later with only one stellar duel in 2019 ben was replaced by the popular michael page by the time of their meeting in may 2019 lima had passed the bellator 2 tournament of the 8 as well as winning and defending the championship title even with the loss of the belt in a bitter confrontation with rory mcdonald a year earlier lima was still at his peak the much discussed meeting between lima and paige took place in the grand prix bellator welterweight title match but despite the brazilian's merits he entered the fight as only a moderate favorite the unrelenting hype surrounding the unbeaten michael page with a record of 14-0 clearly influenced many fans who expected mike to confidently defeat the recent champion but lima first of all showed how effective his low kicks are even against a master of distance showing already john in the way he reacts although he got douglass [Applause] at the beginning of the second five minutes michael threw a good right hook and dared to move forward but lima perfectly calculated the moment he knocked paige with a low kick and then needed only one more blow to knock the cheeky grin off michael's unprotected face [Applause] for almost two decades at combat sports gary goodridge nicknamed big daddy has managed to be noted for a large number of unique knockouts at one of the brazilian tournaments he used his powerful grip to force augusto santos to surrender by pinching his neck at pride one gary literally knocked down oleg tukhteroff with one blow but the undisputed jewel in the old school fighter's distinguished career is his first mixed rules fight in 1996 after winning an armed wrestling tournament a year earlier and holding the canadian heavyweight boxing title big daddy was eager for new challenges despite the lack of connections goodridge showed a rare talent as a negotiator and as a result of just one phone call was enrolled as a participant in ufc 8. each of the tournament fighters was required to represent one of the styles of martial arts so gary went to the korean martial arts school kuksu-1 and easily beat their best fighter while preparing for the ufc goodridge was immediately awarded a fourth degree black belt flamboyant goodridge made his ufc 8 debut against judica paul herrera and quickly herrera shoots the leg and herrera is a very good grappler here oh my elbows in number by good explosion i'm not sure which one took them out nico price also known as the hybrid tries to live up to his nickname in every fight some fighters can only finish an opponent from certain positions however price is known for his ability to finish an opponent from almost any position in july 2018 going into the ufc with three wins and five matches price faced the huge welterweight randy brown in the first round both fighters tried to take the initiative but still the round went to brown determined to take the second round price tried to knock his opponent down but he ended up on his back and was forced to get out of the situation taking advantage of brown becoming entangled in his legs price suddenly used a hard strike knocking brown unconscious with the first blow nico recorded his first knockout in the ufc after losing two of his next three appearances by knockout the hybrid decided to return to his usual techniques in his fight against james vick once on the ground vic tried to improve his position and got to his feet while leaning to the side a moment later price used his heel and struck vick's jaw knocking his opponent to the floor and recording his second knockout somersaulting kicks are unusual but still regularly seen in kickboxing having its roots in karate it is known as the signature move of tinchin nasukawa who uses it frequently in the ring at the same time in the history of mma there are few attempts to kick in a roll and for most of them the fighter justin gaethji is responsible but not so long ago this impressive technique received its moment of fame famous for his performances in european tournaments frenchman davey gallon performed this move in november of 2019. his unexpected rival in the english mma event was ross pearson having won his first victory in seven matches pearson was ready to retire but he received an offer he could not refuse and return to mma after spending three competitive rounds mainly in clinches and on the floor for the last minute of the match gallon dared to kick in a somersault and succeeded sending the once formidable pearson into a hard knockout oh [ __ ] oh my god goodness i don't even know what to call then oh my goodness knockouts with elbows are not as uncommon as one might think but they are rarely used outside of a static grip on the back of the torso but who if not the inventive year rodriguez who gave us the best knockout of 2016 with low-kick scissors was destined to take a fresh look at using this technique on that memorable evening he was paired with chan seung zhang the gladiator of the octagon famous for the rich history of the cage showdown better known as the korean zombie a five-round meeting in november 2018 between the 15th ranked rodriguez and the 10th ranked zombie was intended to determine who was worthy to enter the title race sung came out with only one performance in the last five years due to his service in the korean army rodriguez in turn had not appeared in the cage for about a year and a half in the last performance rodriguez suffered a crushing defeat from frankie edgar and was in dire need of a victory therefore their duel managed to present the viewer with one of the best confrontations in 2018. for five rounds the fighters tried to knock each other out in a standing position as a result zhang was leading on the referee cards and he attempted to bring a spectacular end to the fight but nothing is for certain in the ring rodriguez in the absolute last second of the fight brought his opponent down to the floor with an unexpected blow this set the record for the latest knockout in the history of the ufc and was so close to the end of the match that it is almost impossible to beat a knockout hit with an elbow performed by rodriguez was awarded the title knockout of the year multiple world karate and kickboxing champion raymond daniels is not yet well known in mma but he is well known to any self-respecting fan of martial arts glorious for his flamboyant and aggressive style and having emerged victorious from his confrontation with stephen thompson he outplayed michael page in a trilogy before moving on to conquer mma becoming the bellator kickboxing welterweight champion and performing well in glory daniels decided to follow in the footsteps of his nemesis michael page and fought his second mixed martial arts fight in may of 2019. his first foray into mma in 2008 followed the usual scenario in the wake of the rise in popularity of mixed martial arts in 2008 raymond decided to test himself in strike force where he expectedly lost by submission in the second round but after 11 years at the top of kickboxing few knew what to expect in the cage from a master of unusual knockouts debut fighter wilker barros was unlucky enough to become the victim of a spectacular strike [Applause] [Music] 30 seconds before the end of the first round raymond knocked his opponent down with a roundhouse kick finding burrows at the neck daniels made a two rotation tornado punch knocking down his puzzled opponent with a hard right hook later raymond daniels won an extreme victory in mixed martial arts against experienced jason king having had a great fight and finished it in the first round the 40 year old daniels made fans anticipate his next performance in mma the world of mixed martial arts knows many more unorthodox knockouts if you want to see another video like this one then like this video and subscribe to the channel so you won't miss out on any new videos see you next time 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Length: 17min 27sec (1047 seconds)

Published: Tue Mar 16 2021