Level-Change Knockouts? (Takedown Fails)

[BabyBlue_Bomber]

Velasquez vs Ngannou

Gomi vs Gracie

Hunt vs Mir

Fujita vs Overeem

Lawler vs Villasenor

 

[AmonTobin]

This perfectly combines my love of KO's and disdain of wrestling

Came here to say almost the same. My love of a good KO + my disdain for mindless wrestling (I do enjoy intelligent mma wrestling). Perfect street justice. It's just the law of the MMA jungle. If you telegraph that shit, prepare to be hit.

 

[EndlessCritic]

People talk about BJ Penn moving up in weight to fight guys like Lyoto Machida.

Nobody gives credit to a guy like Yoshihiro Akiyama fighting Jerome Le Banner in his second MMA fight. Didn't end well for Akiyama:

 

[laleggenda27]

 

[Lycandroid]

Mark Kerr s self KO is the ultimate takedown fail

 

[laleggenda27]

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

Anderson Silva vs. Carlos Newton in Pride

Good thread topic, btw

Evil Goatee Anderson did damage.

Hansen vs Imanari



Nagashima vs Aoki

The Hansen KO was brutal. I remember the forum celebrating when Aoki got his skull caved in, especially since there was so much shit talk about once it got to the MMA round (was a mixed rules fight) that Nagashima would get tapped instantly

 

[Clark Rogers]

Also, Vitor putting the goat vagina on Eastman's skull and MVP shattering Cyborg's skull may both have been off of takedown attempts.

I was just getting ready to mention the Cyborg skull crush.

 

[Disconnected]

Double KO takedown.

 

[drunkenfistmma]

Funniest shit ever

 

[Darko1978]

Werdum vs Hunt. Werdum got him to think he was gona go for a level change then kneed him in the head. Its the only one where the wrestler/bj guy sells the knee to a striker. That makes it great IMO.

 

[Gang Sign Luke]

Cowboy Oliveira vs Ryan LaFlare is a good one

 

[EndlessCritic]

Cowboy Oliveira vs Ryan LaFlare is a good one

I don't think there was an attempted takedown here.

 

[Mickey Mick]

Mitrione vs Phil de Fries fits this to a tee. 19 seconds into the first round too.


Sorry for the shitty quality video, it’s the best I could find!

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

Mark Kerr s self KO is the ultimate takedown fail

Do they start to get gun shy with their takedowns when that happens like strikers do when they get KO’d? Lol

 

[tat2man5k]

Browne vs Barnett

 

[DoctorTaco]

Idk if this counts, but in their first fight, Chad Mendes was trying to take Jose Aldo down at the end and when Aldo broke out of it, he ko’d Mendes right afterwards by kneeing him in the head

I think I remember seeing a breakdown of this- Chad would jab then shoot. He did so 2-3 times and then when he tried again Jose fired the knee as soon as he saw the jab

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

Daniel Way vs Daniel Almeida at Australian FC 10 years ago, I was there. Way was a tall kickboxer by the look of it and Almeida a grappler, he went for the takedown, Way timed the knee perfectly and dropped him and that was it.

This is from memory, it's not on Youtube, it's a bit random I suppose ha ha

 

[Uber_Noober]

Velasquez vs Ngannou

Gomi vs Gracie

Hunt vs Mir

Fujita vs Overeem

Lawler vs Villasenor

I was hoping to see the Gomi/Gracie gif.

 

[McGeezle]

Damir Hadzovic vs Marcin Held

Luke Barnatt vs Gilbert Smith if we're counting TUF