Is Leon Edwards headkick KO of Usman the cleanest 1 shot that ended a champ’s reign?

[Sick85]

Did Usman win the title from mas there?

No he already had the title. So you are correct this doesn’t count then

 

[Dude Incredible]

Lol, some folks are really missing the premise of this thread.

clean KO, end of a champion reign...hmmm... has to be the sustained beating tko CB Dolloway took from Khalid Murtazaliev

 

[13Seconds]

Lol, some folks are really missing the premise of this thread.

What is the premise?

Literally the first sentence in the OP is: "Has there ever been a cleaner 1 shot walk off KO of a champion?"

Then the OP proceeds with 3 examples, 2 of them were not walk off KO's.

As far as clean KO's to dethrone the champ i've seen excellent examples so far in this thread. So what's the premise?

 

[Reign009]

What is the premise?

Literally the first sentence in the OP is: "Has there ever been a cleaner 1 shot walk off KO of a champion?"

Then the OP proceeds with 3 examples, 2 of them were not walk off KO's.

As far as clean KO's to dethrone the champ i've seen excellent examples so far in this thread. So what's the premise?

It at least has to be a title fight or where the champion loses.

Some posts were deleted.

 

[checktheknuckles]

Lol, some folks are really missing the premise of this thread.

Exactly this. Most of the ones mentioned isn't clean at all. Follow up shots needed.

 

[DougieJones]

Masvidal get absolutely obliterated and drops like a sack of potatoes, yet Herb has to take time and reposition himself to make sure Mas was truly out, leading to him eating 3 or 4 extra shots.

How does he still have a job

 

[Sick85]

Masvidal get absolutely obliterated and drops like a sack of potatoes, yet Herb has to take time and reposition himself to make sure Mas was truly out, leading to him eating 3 or 4 extra shots.

How does he still have a job

lol, Herb needs to retire soon

 

[Linelo]

Conor vs Jose

Big John landed the cleanest one that night

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Machida vs Evans I think

 

[Apect15]

Big John landed the cleanest one that night

Instead of saving him he massacred him

 

[Reign009]

Exactly this. Most of the ones mentioned isn't clean at all. Follow up shots needed.

I mean, even that is excusable, but some of the posts (now deleted) weren't even title fights. Some was the challenger getting KO'd.

 

[JKS]

To this day it still boggles my mind how Werdum ran at him. What kind of striking technique is this??

 

[DecisionSplit]

To this day it still boggles my mind how Werdum ran at him. What kind of striking technique is this??

The crowd were all excited thinking that Werdum had hurt Stipe and that Stipe was retreating. Then the place went silent like a funeral. Jan running full speed with his arms swinging versus Santos was similar. As was Ngannou versus Rozenstruik but Ngannou actually connected there. Zhang versus Andrade had a similar running flurry as well. So that not uncommon but seems like a high risk move.

 

[TrueFightFan]

Has there ever been a cleaner 1 shot walk off KO of a champion?

a few that come to mind

Francis vs stipe
Stipe vs werdum
Conor vs aldo

How's about that Conor McGregor fella over Jose Aldo?

Rampage ko Chuck

Hendo ko Wandy

Forgot i though he won title against Chuck

No sherbros, it was page vs Chuck 2

Let's not forget:

Woodley/Lawler.

Would have looked cleaner without the unnecessary follow up strikes.

I see what you are trying to do here but I think you answered your own question with the "Conor vs Aldo", I mean it was just One Clean Punch... not sure there is a "cleaner victory" than that out there in a title fight.

 

[Bearknuckle]

I see what you are trying to do here but I think you answered your own question with the "Conor vs Aldo", I mean it was just One Clean Punch... not sure there is a "cleaner victory" than that out there in a title fight.

I sorta see a walk off as 1 guy still out cold and the other just walking away raising his hand. Conor followed up with some gnp and then the ref got in a knee. Didnt look as cool/clean as a headkick like leon was kicking a pad.

 

[nintey]

To this day it still boggles my mind how Werdum ran at him. What kind of striking technique is this??

He got too much cock. But really, I think his head got big after running through Cain. He thought he was unbeatable on the feet.

 

[BigTruck]

Lol, some folks are really missing the premise of this thread.

Literally was about to say the same thing. 1 shot to me is literally that, no flurry and no follow up

 

[Fioretti]

It's definitely up there, if not #1. There really isn't many 1 shot walk-off KOs by the challenger. I'll have to do some digging.

 

[Pierced7681]

I gotta go with Stipe koing Werdum, it was a perfectly placed one punch ko while moving backwards

 

[Jorge Luis Borges]

To this day it still boggles my mind how Werdum ran at him. What kind of striking technique is this??

Yeah, so weird. Like Werdum just didn't respect him at all.