Media Poll: What Was The KO Of The Decade?

[Zebra Cheeks]

Nominees are based off the award winners of “ko of the year”. I’m assuming the Masvidal KO of Askren gets the award this year. I did take the liberty of adding a few that stood out, but weren’t given the award. If it’s not on the list please feel free to select other and post explaining/showing what/why.

2010: UFC 113 - Rua KO Machida

2011: UFC 126 - Anderson Silva KO Vitor

2012: UFC 146 - Barboza KO Terry Etim

2013: UFC ON FX 8: Vitor KO Rockhold

2014: UFC FIGHT NIGHT: Hunt KO Nelson

2015: UFC 193 - Holm KO Ronda

2016: Bellator 158 - Page KO Evangelista

2017: UFC 218 - Ngannou KO Overeem

2018: UFC 232 - Nunes KO Cyborg

2019: UFC 239 - Jorge KO Askren

TS Pick: UFC Fight Night - Hunt KO Mir

TS Pick: UFC 194 - Conor KO Aldo

 

[BooBoyMan]

Barboza/Etim for me. Most aesthetically pleasing knockout I've ever seen.

You seem to have the wrong gif for it btw lol.

 

[Axe720]

Masvidal sending Askren to the shadow realm gets my vote. Not only did he put out an undefeated fighter, he did it in record time.

 

[ConorFacts]

Wilder vs Ortiz:

The way he KOd Oritz, a guy with next level defense, is something special.

 

[Reydereyes]

Masvidal's knockout was something special, and to top it off he did it to an undefeated fighter. You'll never see anything like that ever again, that shit looked like it was staged for a movie. It could very well be the best knockout in the history of the sport.

 

[Zebra Cheeks]

Barboza/Etim for me. Most aesthetically pleasing knockout I've ever seen.

You seem to have the wrong gif for it btw lol.

I agree aesthetically it was incredible. My only reservation is the fact the it wasn’t a fight that had huge implications. But by the criteria of the KO with no context of the fights, I have to agree

 

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

I got to think about this one, but I'm leaning towards Masvidal KO on Askren.

 

[Zebra Cheeks]

@BooBoyMan fixed the Etim Gif thank you

 

[Drugstore Cowboy]

Punch: Conor/Aldo
Kick: Barbo/Etim or Andy/Vitor
Knee: Jorge/Ben

All other are great but not as elegant & sophisticated as these 4 imo.

 

[gevoudane]

What about the KO slam Andrade did to Rose?

 

[DanAndroid]

KO of the Decade was Uriah Hall's spinning kick KO on Adam Cella.

 

[Sansnom]

Nominees are based off the award winners of “ko of the year”. I’m assuming the Masvidal KO of Askren gets the award this year. I did take the liberty of adding a few that stood out, but weren’t given the award. If it’s not on the list please feel free to select other and post explaining/showing what/why.

2010: UFC 113 - Rua KO Machida

2011: UFC 126 - Anderson Silva KO Vitor

2012: UFC 146 - Barboza KO Terry Etim

2013: UFC ON FX 8: Vitor KO Rockhold

2014: UFC FIGHT NIGHT: Hunt KO Nelson

2015: UFC 193 - Holm KO Ronda

2016: Bellator 158 - Page KO Evangelista

2017: UFC 218 - Ngannou KO Overeem

2018: UFC 232 - Nunes KO Cyborg

2019: UFC 239 - Jorge KO Askren

TS Pick: UFC Fight Night - Hunt KO Mir

TS Pick: UFC 194 - Conor KO Aldo

Great thread

 

[KTMshredsall]

Hollys KO of Ronda is #1 imo, it had a good vs evil wicked witch vibe. I thought the bar i was at was going to collapse with all the cheering

 

[MartiniSIDe]

I Feel this one should get a mention

 

[Zebra Cheeks]

Great thread

Thanks boss. You wouldn’t believe how much time this took haha

 

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

I Feel this one should get a mention

One of the most creative KO's ever.

 

[Randlewand]

Masvidal's knockout was something special, and to top it off he did it to an undefeated fighter. You'll never see anything like that ever again, that shit looked like it was staged for a movie. It could very well be the best knockout in the history of the sport.

Too fluke-y to be a serious contender.

 

[Zebra Cheeks]

I Feel this one should get a mention

I certainly thought about it. Understandably I had to be so extremely picky for this thread or simply put, it would be too much. The only reason I left it out was the hugging and weird affairs prior to the KO. I agree it deserved the mention for sure because the raw creativity was nuts

 

[Twixt]

Voted aldo vs mcgregor, but I think bisping vs rockhold deserves a mention.

 

[DivineMind]

Fighter Kevin Lee vs. Gregor