Media Was this a top 3 head kick KO in UFC history

[italiamusica]

My Top 3: (and I'm high and probably forgetting a lot of good ones)

 

[TCE]

They shouldn't be blocking circular kicks with those small gloves. It's crazy. Just lean back and it can't reach you. Ever.

Front and side kicks is a different story.

I'm sure if it was that easy to just "lean back" when a powerful, quick head kick is aiming for your dome, then we would hardly see them. A lot of the time they don't see them coming until the last second where many would instinctively put a hand up to defend themselves.

 

[Travis Alexander]

TS started watching MMA last year confirmed.

 

[Kindjal]

Almost 14 years ago Stephen Thompson KO'd Dan Stittgen with a clean head kick

 

[spinup]

Only counting roundhouse head kicks (no front kicks or spinning heel kicks):

Kevin Lee vs Gillespie
Edwards vs Usman
Shevshenko vs Jessica Eye

 

[FEDORFAN44]

Underrated head kick ko is Sylvia vs telligman

 

[Ashslog]

It was a sign what is coming for Cruz

 

[JakePaulMMA]

Freaking melted Coleman...

Mark Coleman doing the ol' "mime in an elevator" trick

 

[Intermission]

I'm sure if it was that easy to just "lean back" when a powerful, quick head kick is aiming for your dome, then we would hardly see them. A lot of the time they don't see them coming until the last second where many would instinctively put a hand up to defend themselves.

it would account for those they did see

 

[Intermission]

My Top 3: (and I'm high and probably forgetting a lot of good ones)

uriah hall wasnt in the ufc

 

[wwkirk]

Ooh! Savage!

 

[TheStruggler]

The goat head kick still goes to Holly Holm. And I consider wmma to be bush league trash but considering it was rondo getting kicked the fuck out makes it number 1 all day every day till the end of time. Nothing will ever be as satisfying as that do nothing bitch getting kicked the fuck out.

 

[TheStruggler]

almost 20 years later and people are still moping about their Pride hero getting KO'd by a UFC HW can

Crocop is one of the most overrated UFC fighters ever. Dude never right for the belt and get melted in almost every big fight he had in the UFC.

 

[omawho402]

100% and it was an out cold KO. A proper KO, not TKO and the kick looked effortless.

 

[Clark Rogers]

@Slobodan waiting in Incognito Mode to ban the first guy that posts Gonzaga vs Crocop...

ngl it was first that came to mind lol

Uriah Hall's TUF KO

Silva crane kicking Vitor

Machida knocking Randy's tooth into the crowd.

Been several IMO.

 

[jeff7b9]

Gonna be a pretty crowded top 3 if that one makes it.

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For this old timer it would look something like:



Anderson KO 1 Vitor

Rashad KO Salmon

Barbosa KO3 Etim

 

[Trabaho]

My Top 3: (and I'm high and probably forgetting a lot of good ones)

Uriah and Gonzaga are too brutal, I won't pick them cause of that. Barbosa one is def top 3. Ronda Holly is a good one "Schadenfreude". Buckley Ninja kick is top 3 too. And perhaps ad a classic regular high kick like in the OP. Actually Anderson Vitor was so clean. Yeah hars to pick needs a top 5. Salmon also got wrecked too much.

 

[jeff7b9]

Nah. Cormier answered the phone with Jones head kick.

Must've been a wrong number cause I saw him get knocked the fuck out.

 

[rollthedice]

I remember when the UFC was still with FOX, one fighter at 125 (IIRC) threw a head kick that missed and followed it up with a spinning wheel kick. Didn't knock the guy out but it looked pretty cool.

Funny that exact sequence lead to a KO here in NZ, for some weird reason I can't link anything on here but the fight on YouTube is called "New Era Fight series #1 - Daniel mateio VS Reuban Woodmass" skip to 5min and watch from there. If someone could gif it that would be great!

 

[VinceArch]

Funny that exact sequence lead to a KO here in NZ, for some weird reason I can't link anything on here but the fight on YouTube is called "New Era Fight series #1 - Daniel mateio VS Reuban Woodmass" skip to 5min and watch from there. If someone could gif it that would be great!

I've tried it in sparring a few times with mixed results.