Top 5 UFC knockouts of 2020
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This year has been really challenging for all the sports organizations around the world due to Coronavirus. The sporting action around the world has been halted for months and UFC has been no exception but Dana White took the brave step and UFC become one of the first sports to resume live action around the world.
Although this year fans have to stay away from live-action when the action continued UFC fighters produced some spectacular fights and we’ve picked the best knockout from 2020 out of these fights.
Top 5 UFC knockouts of 2020: Joaquin Buckley vs Impa Kasanganay
Joaquin Buckley’s knockout against Impa Kasanganay is probably one of the best knockouts in UFC not alone in the year 2020. This knockout made Buckley an overnight star and he was trending all over social media after this.
Buckley made his debut against Kevin Holland in the fight that resulted in a loss against him. But in the fight against Kasanganay at the second round Impa caught the kick from Buckley and that’s when Buckley showed the ninja stuff.
He threw a spinning leg kick with his other leg that left Kasanganay hung in the air for some seconds before he finally falls down and Buckley produced one of the most devastating knockouts of UFC.
Top 5 UFC knockouts of 2020: Francis Ngannou vs Jarizinho Rozenstruik
The heavyweight giant Francis Ngannou is one of the scariest knockouts to ever step in the ring with because he contains some supernatural power in both of his hands that can leave anyone out cold.
Jarizinho Rozenstruik called out Ngannou and the people were shocked that ‘Biggie Boy’ called out him. However, Ngannou accepted the fight and knocked out Rozenstruik in just 20 seconds of the fight with a barrage of wild punches.
Top 5 UFC knockouts of 2020: Sean O’Malley vs Eddie Wineland
In the bantamweight contest of UFC 250, Sugar Sean O’Malley stepped inside the Octagon against Eddie Wineland. Sugar was undefeated before this fight and most of the people considered Wineland as a litmus test for him.
O’Malley looked too steep in this fight in the very first round of the match O’Malley faked a right upper hand and at the same time he hit Wineland with a straight right that left him out cold and O’Malley won the fight.
Top 5 UFC knockouts of 2020: Cody Garbrandt vs Raphael Assuncao
The former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt was having a tough run before this fight he was on a three-fight loss streak before this fight and all those losses came via knockouts. Still, Cody accepted the fight against Raphael Assuncao.
Assuncao was considered a tough opponent for him, but during the second round of the fight Cody was backed up against the fence and he dodged the swing from Assuncao and hit him with a right hand right on the mark.
Cody knocked him out right at the sound of the buzzer and it became one of the best buzzer-beater fights in UFC.
Top 5 knockouts of 2020: Conor McGregor vs Donald Cerrone
The former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor made his much-anticipated return inside the Octagon against Cowboy Cerrone. This was Conor’s first fight since he lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov in 2018.
Most people doubted Conor’s motivation to run this fight and considered Cowboy an easy opponent for him. Conor has achieved everything he wanted and people thought Cowboy can produce an upset in this fight.
But Conor proved them wrong and knocked out Cowboy in just 40 seconds of the very first round. He started with his trademark shoulder strikes followed by a high kick and fury and punches that knocked Cowboy out.
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Shivansh Thakur
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