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Hardest hitting 145 pounder?

Emmett, too bad he doesn't have Conor/Topuria's touch when it comes to setting up strikes. I would put Stephens, but I think Emmett has more out cold KO's. Mendes is another.
 
Pancake Sprawl said:
what's the proof he hits harder? that he knocked out Bryce Mitchell? the other guys Emmett has KO'd aren't exactly tough. Stephens is 1 of the only few to stop RDA with strikes and he did it with 1 punch. even Fiziev didn't KO him the way Stephens did.
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I don't know if you can "prove" it? Every KO is different and there are a lot of factors involved. I wouldn't even claim Emmett definitely hits harder. It might be Jeremy. But like...Emmett didn't just KO Bryce. He straight sent him to the shadow realm. He made the guy have an f'ing seizure in the cage.
 
mkess101 said:
I don't know if you can "prove" it? Every KO is different and there are a lot of factors involved. I wouldn't even claim Emmett definitely hits harder. It might be Jeremy. But like...Emmett didn't just KO Bryce. He straight sent him to the shadow realm. He made the guy have an f'ing seizure in the cage.
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that's a fair point. that's why i brought it up because i think that's his best KO.
 
Speaking of the obvious answer, where the hell has Josh Emmett been? He literally went through 2024 without a single fight.
 
TheMadHatter said:
Id put Conor at number 1 with Ilia being a close 2nd
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Conor shouldn't even be in the discussion.

He rarely, ever, kept someone down with one shot. Almost all of Conor's finishes were flailing on a still-conscious opponent.

Even Aldo was getting up, or trying to get up.

Jeremy Stevens would often leave people flatlined, some with rigor mortis.
 
you guys are also forgetting speed plays a factor in knockouts, its punches that you don't see coming or expect that rattle you
 
Pierce 34 said:
you guys are also forgetting speed plays a factor in knockouts, its punches that you don't see coming or expect that rattle you
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No one is "forgetting" anything, genius, and thanks for stating the obvious.

No shit? Speed plays a factor too? Thanks for this stunning revelation. All these decades gone by, I never knew.

The thread title is HARDEST-hitting 145 pounder. Not fastest.

Hard punches have to do with many factors, the most important of which is proper leverage + body mechanics + placement + timing of punches. The person's FEET also have to be planted firmly, and aligned properly, with a complete body torque behind foot placement, culminating with a leveraged shot to the opponent.

Ali was "fast" — and sometimes knocked people down with punches — but he lacked proper body mechanics with many of his punches. His right hand in particular was pathetic, almost girl -like the way he threw it. His jabs and lefts were thrown better. He was a classic example of how "speed and reflexes" can make someone great, even when their power basically sucked.

His threat is not about fast 145ers, it's about truly hard-hitting 145ers.

Ilia Topouria has outstanding body mechanics + leverage on his shots. I'm not saying he's the hardest-hitting FW, but he certainly belongs in the discussion, KOing Volk and Holloway back-to-back.

Topouria put the Volk completely out with one punch, the right, and while Holloway wasn't completely KO'd by the left — he stayed on the ground after the referee pulled Topouria off. Holloway is not the type to stay down, but he did. He was fucked-up.

Still though, I think Jeremy Stephens might take the nod. He's not as good as Topouria, as skilled as Topouria, he's lost a bunch, but when he fugging hits you clean — you're down, you don't get up, you have rigor mortis.
 
markantony20 said:
Just going down a trip through memory lane and seeing ranking from back in the day and I saw the rankings from around September 2016 when at the UFC 205 press conference Conor delivered his now famous “Who Da Fok Is That Guy?” Line to Jeremy Stephans after Stephans claimed he was the real hardest hitting at 145

But I looked at the rankings around that time and thought maybe he was? But upon reflection his record around that era was full of decisions and not many finishes.

Obviously he is a power puncher when 20 of his 29 wins are by KO.

I’m curious to see who you think is the hardest puncher at 145?

To my admittedly casual brain it would be a guy like Barboza right?

Aldo is also of course the FW GOAT but I always think of him as a clinical striker rather than a KO artist.

Who you got?
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I think it must have been conor, no? He won all his 145 fights by ko/tko I think?
 
I'd say Emmett or Stephens hit hardest but Topuria is almost as hard but much more precision n skill behind it.
 
Emmett definitely hits harder than Topuria but he simply doesn't have a fraction of his skill, as demonstrated in their fight.

Power becomes far, far more dangerous when you know how to set up and place your punches like Toupria does.
 
IronGolem007 said:
No one is "forgetting" anything, genius, and thanks for stating the obvious.

No shit? Speed plays a factor too? Thanks for this stunning revelation. All these decades gone by, I never knew.

The thread title is HARDEST-hitting 145 pounder. Not fastest.

Hard punches have to do with many factors, the most important of which is proper leverage + body mechanics + placement + timing of punches. The person's FEET also have to be planted firmly, and aligned properly, with a complete body torque behind foot placement, culminating with a leveraged shot to the opponent.

Ali was "fast" — and sometimes knocked people down with punches — but he lacked proper body mechanics with many of his punches. His right hand in particular was pathetic, almost girl -like the way he threw it. His jabs and lefts were thrown better. He was a classic example of how "speed and reflexes" can make someone great, even when their power basically sucked.

His threat is not about fast 145ers, it's about truly hard-hitting 145ers.

Ilia Topouria has outstanding body mechanics + leverage on his shots. I'm not saying he's the hardest-hitting FW, but he certainly belongs in the discussion, KOing Volk and Holloway back-to-back.

Topouria put the Volk completely out with one punch, the right, and while Holloway wasn't completely KO'd by the left — he stayed on the ground after the referee pulled Topouria off. Holloway is not the type to stay down, but he did. He was fucked-up.

Still though, I think Jeremy Stephens might take the nod. He's not as good as Topouria, as skilled as Topouria, he's lost a bunch, but when he fugging hits you clean — you're down, you don't get up, you have rigor mortis.
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lmao get triggered much? Im very impressed on how you know knockout punch science
 
Emmitt, Korean Zombie, Korean Superboy, Stephens, Topuria, Hiroyuki Takaya, Kid Yamamoto(multiple divisions though) are probably at the top of my list.

You could make a case for Cub, Pulver, Patricio Pitbull, Hellboy, Aldo, and Conor.
 
Illia Topuria, Joh Emmett, Chad Mendes are your Top 3. HM goes to Patricio Pitbull.

Personally I'd vote Emmett; the way he puts his entire body into his shots and turns his hips over is ridiculous. That Mitchell KO was absolutely glorious.
 
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