Some fighters have knock out power, but only a select few have the ability to end a fight with one punch. We’re talking about the kind of KO’s that are the reason there are stretchers cageside. We here at LowkickMMA have combed through the archives to find the best one-punch shots. Take a look at
Some fighters have knock out power, but only a select few have the ability to end a fight with one punch. We’re talking about the kind of KO’s that are the reason there are stretchers cageside.
We here at LowkickMMA have combed through the archives to find the best one-punch shots. Take a look at five of the most brutal one punch knockouts in UFC history!
5. Rashad Evans vs. Chuck Liddell:
When the UFC booked recently dethroned light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell vs. Ultimate Fighter season two winner Rashad Evans, most everyone assumed if there was a knockout, it would be “The Iceman” coming out on top.
But UFC 88 proved to be Evans’ big break. “Suga” leveled the former champ with a massive overhand right just as Liddell went to through a lead uppercut.
Evans punch got there first, and the rest is history. Liddell was knocked out cold in the second round, and continued “The Iceman’s” downfall. Liddell would retire two years later after suffering two more vicious knockouts at the hands of Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Rich Franklin.
Former UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones returns to face his old rival Daniel Cormier on April 23rd, in a strikingly similar scenario to their UFC 182 pairing. The glaring difference here is for the first time in five years, ‘Bones’ is competing as the challenger in a title bout. ‘DC’ won the vacant strap when
Former UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones returns to face his old rival Daniel Cormier on April 23rd, in a strikingly similar scenario to their UFC 182 pairing. The glaring difference here is for the first time in five years, ‘Bones’ is competing as the challenger in a title bout. ‘DC’ won the vacant strap when Jones went all Thelma & Louise mid-2015, submitting Anthony Johnson in a thrilling bout at UFC 187. Now, with the Greg Jackson trained Jones reinstated, the feud between the two has jumped right back in to life.
Some interesting back-and-forth over social media, the ‘unstoppable’ presser and heated confrontations were to be expected, but still provided some highly entertaining moments. Remember just weeks ago this video did the rounds, instantly heightening interest in the pair’s venomous and bitter opposition:
At times it seems that Jon Jones just can’t help himself, but there’s also the opinion that his character is just that well portrayed, and it’s hard to separate theatrics from reality. In the timeline of the UFC light-heavyweight division, Jones is most certainly the dominant force, although he’s a far cry from someone like Chuck Liddell, at least in terms of style. ‘The Iceman’ had a fan pleasing habit of knocking fools out on a regular basis, and exited the sport with a huge following of loyal supporters.
Fights with Tito Ortiz, Randy Couture, Babalu, Kevin Randleman, Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson, Wanderlei Silva and many more made Liddell an obvious hall of fame candidate. Where does his story connects with Jones? Well, the comparison between the two has been made on a regular basis, and ‘The Iceman’ was recently posed an interesting question on how he thought a fight between them would go down. It sparked an instant reaction from ‘Bones,’ and now Bas Rutten has even chimed in on the subject.
