The 2018 Heavies Awards - Knockout of the Year - WINNER: Yair Rodriguez

[Ironheart]

Wow. Some great KOs this year. Had to go with Yair's, but there are some amazing contenders.

 

[JayPettryMMA]

The list for 2018 KOTY is already insane, but there was one more:
ACB 89 (Sept 2018) Goga Shamatava vs. Pavel Pastushkov
A counter spinning elbow to a spinning back fist.

I suggested that one, but there were so many candidates, and so few spaces to pick from.

 

[Sweater of AV]

It's Yair's year imho. Lots of great KO's in 2018.

 

[Bobthebuilder85]

I’ve gone for abdul, that uppercut was nasty. Lyoto was a thing of beauty tho and the respect afterwards was great to see. Was expecting to see dc on the list

 

[RudimarChute]

Yair/Zombie ftw!

 

[FrontNakedChoke]

Niko Price from the bottom.

 

[WeedLordBonerHitler]

Voted Nunes. If we're gonna treat wmma as equal to mmma (and we are), that's undoubtedly the ko of the year, and it's not even close.

Caitlyn Jenner is a woman too right?

To be fair it was a great TKO though!

 

[Paynebringer]

Needed multiple choices for this poll...

 

[jonlolzjones]

It was lucky as shit, but yair’s was obviously best.
He loses to Korean zombie 99/100 times, though.

 

[jonlolzjones]

Also, why isn’t jones vs gus an option? He knocked him out.

 

[qw3rty]

Voted for Lyoto, a lot of great finishes this year, including WMMA

I'm pretty sure some newcomer guy in Bellator landed an awesome flying knee, I'll try to find it

Edit: Video of that

 

[jeff7b9]

Why isn't Francis on there?

I thought I was in the twilight zone...

How in the holy fuck do you have a KO of the year poll and not include the KO of the Millenium?

This punch had the concussive force of a 40 year old escort getting hit by Harrison Ford

 

[Roljo]

easy choice

 

[deadon]

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I thought I was in the twilight zone...

How in the holy fuck do you have a KO of the year poll and not include the KO of the Millenium?

This punch had the concussive force of a 40 year old escort getting hit by Harrison Ford

How ANYONE could forget that is beyond me. I thought Reem died for a minute.

 

[MDoza]

Ortega vs Frankie

A grappler made one of the most durable guys in the sport fly with an uppercut

 

[kriminal.pro]

It was very hard for me to make up my mind between the Yair elbow and the Nunes knocking out Cyborg but I went with the Nunes knock out not because it is better but because of the context. It's one of the biggest wins in any division against a bigger almost unbeatable (going into the fight) opponent who has never even come close to being knocked out let alone knocked out to win your second belt. So dominant. Beyond impressive. Huge occasion. So it got my vote.

If I was just voting and the best "looking" knockout it would be Yair. he meant the elbow but I think he got very lucky that it landed.

 

[AaandStill]

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I thought I was in the twilight zone...

How in the holy fuck do you have a KO of the year poll and not include the KO of the Millenium?

This punch had the concussive force of a 40 year old escort getting hit by Harrison Ford

Because it was nominated and won 2017 Heavy's KO of the Year...
http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/the-2017-heavies-awards-best-knockout-of-the-year-winner-francis-ngannou-over-alistair-overeem.3687451/
(UFC 218 was on December 03, 2017)

 

[Scurvydawg]

The last one is actually the best, dude went into a super whirlwind combo and couldve kept going if he didnt drop.

That is such a brutal KO. Saw that and was like " Holy crap, I hope he is ok!" Savage..

Some visually spectacular finishes this year. Hard to choose only one!

 

[Arrrrgh]

yair's elbow was a once in a lifetime finish. not because the technique is so low precentage but all the circumstances: 1 second left, behind on the cards and flat lined kz with a shot you had to watch 2x to even see what happened. it didnt make sense live. beautiful finish.

war kz.

 

[315MMAFighter]

The 2018 Heavies Awards - Knockout of the Year
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It's Time for the 2018 Heavies Awards!

There were no lack of knockouts in 2018! We saw everything. So let's do our due-diligence by selecting the very best knockout to ensure that it lives in perpetuity.

This is my third year in a row doing this category because I believe it is the most important one. A knockout is the most fulfilling manner by which one can finish an opponent because it is the most conclusive. Nothing in sports today is a more quintessential example of physical domination.

The choices listed below were considered to be the best knockouts of the year by most websites and even posters here.

There will be one vote each and the poll will be open for 5 days! Please tell us for whom you voted and why!

Choose wisely, my friends.​

Nominees

Abdul Razak Al-Hassan def. Sabah Homasi via KO (punch) R1 3:47 UFC 220

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Yoel Romero def. Luke Rockhold KO (punches) R3 1:48 UFC 221

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Lyoto Machida def. Vitor Belfort KO (front kick) R2 1:00 UFC 224

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Justin Gaethje def. James Vick KO (Punch) R1 1:27 UFC Fight Night 135

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Yair Rodriguez def. Chan Sung Jung KO (Elbow) R5 4:59 UFC Fight Night 139

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Amanda Nunes def. Cristiane Justino KO (Punch) R1 0:51 UFC 232

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Brian Ortega def. Frankie Edgar KO (punches) R1 4:44 UFC 222

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Jessica Andrade def. Karolina Kowalkiewicz KO (punch) R1 1:51 UFC 228

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Mandel Nallo def. Carrington Banks KO (knee) R2 0:57 Bellator 207

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Niko Price def. Randy Brown KO (Hammerfists) R2 2:09 UFC Fight Night 133

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Mzwandile Hlongwa def. Torbjorn Madsen KO (Spinning Back Fist) R1 1:11 EFC 75

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Yaír wins this by ten trillion miles, that strike was fkn Matrix like