Knockouts are the prime highlights of MMA bouts. So, most of our favorite UFC fights involve a knockout incident. Do you know which are the UFC fastest knockouts of all time?
We have enlisted the fastest knockouts the tournament has seen thus far. Besides a comprehensive list, you can also find brief breakdowns and video replays at the bottom of the page.
Throughout the history of UFC, there have been countless knockouts. That said, there are some which stand out from numerous others. In this piece, we have attempted to bring together some of the UFC’s fastest knockouts of all time.
| FIGHTERS | EVENT | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| Jorge Masvidal vs. Ben Askren | UFC 239 | 0:5s |
| Anthony Perosh vs. Ryan Jimmo | UFC 149 | 0:7s |
| Chan Sung Jung vs. Mark Hominick | UFC 140 | 0:7s |
| Todd Duffee vs. Tim Hague | UFC 102 | 0:7s |
| Seth Baczynski vs. Leon Edwards | UFC Fight Night 64 | 0:8s |
| Don Frye vs. Thomas Ramirez | UFC 8 | 0:8s |
| James Irvin vs. Houston Alexander | UFC Fight Night 13 | 0:8s |
| Makwan Amirkhani vs. Andy Ogle | UFC on FOX 14 | 0:8s |
| Allen Crowder vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik | UFC on ESPN+ 12 | 0:9s |
| Gray Maynard vs. Joe Veres | UFC Fight Night 11 | 0:9s |
| Eugene Jackson vs. Mark Weir | UFC 38 | 0:10s |
| BJ Penn vs. Caol Uno I | UFC 34 | 0:11s |
| Duane Ludwig vs. Jonathan Goulet | UFC Fight Night 3 | 0:11s |
| Walt Harris vs. Alexey Oleinik | UFC on ESPN 4 | 0:12s |
| Manny Gamburyan vs. Rob Emerson | UFC 87 | 0:12s |
| Johny Hendricks vs. Jon Fitch | UFC 141 | 0:12s |
| Glover Teixeira vs. Anthony Johnson | UFC 202 | 0:13s |
| Gary Goodridge vs. Paul Herrera | UFC 8 | 0:13s |
| Chad Reiner vs. Anthony Johnson | UFC Fight Night 10 | 0:13s |
| Conor McGregor vs. José Aldo | UFC 194 | 0:13s |
| John Phillips vs. Alen Amedovski | UFC on ESPN+ 18 | 0:14s |
| Vinny Magalhães vs. Anthony Perosh | UFC 163 | 0:14s |
| Anthony Hamilton vs. Damian Grabowski | UFC 201 | 0:14s |
| Terry Martin vs. Jorge Rivera | UFC 67 | 0:14s |
| Jens Pulver vs. John Lewis | UFC 28 | 0:15s |
| Stefan Struve vs. Antônio Silva | UFC Fight Night 87 | 0:15s |
| Justin Ledet vs. Johnny Walker | UFC on ESPN+ 2 | 0:15 |
| Dustin Ortiz vs. Hector Sandoval | UFC Fight Night 114 | 0:15s |
| Andrei Arlovski vs. Paul Buentello | UFC 55 | 0:15s |
| Bobby Nash vs. Kenan Song | UFC Fight Night 122 | 0:15s |
| Aspen Ladd vs. Germaine de Randamie | UFC on ESPN+ 13 | 0:16s |
| Alexis Davis vs. Ronda Rousey | UFC 175 | 0:16s |
| Mike De La Torre vs. Maximo Blanco | The Ultimate Fighter 21 Finale | 0:16s |
| Ken Stone vs. Erik Perez | UFC 150 | 0:17s |
| Antoni Hardonk vs. Colin Robinson | UFC 80 | 0:17s |
| Mark Kerr vs. Greg Stott | UFC 15 | 0:17s |
| Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Dave Herman | UFC 162 | 0:17s |
| Phil Baroni vs. Dave Menne | UFC 39 | 0:18s |
| Juan Manuel Puig vs. Doo Ho Choi | UFC Fight Night 57 | 0:18s |
| Roger Huerta vs. John Halverson | UFC 67 | 0:19s |
| Matt Mitrione vs. Phil De Fries | UFC on FUEL TV 9 | 0:19s |
| John Matua vs. David Abbott | UFC 6 | 0:20s |
| Mike Swick vs. Alex Schoenauer | The Ultimate Fighter 1 Finale | 0:20s |
| Francis N’Gannou vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik | UFC 249 | 0:20s |
| Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Jason Brilz | UFC 129 | 0:20s |
| Marcos Rogério de Lima vs. Richardson Moreira | UFC Fight Night | 0:20s |
| Sam Morgan vs. Josh Burkman | The Ultimate Fighter 2 Finale | 0:21s |
| Ricardo Romero vs. Kyle Kingsbury | UFC 126 | 0:21s |
| Francisco Rivera Jr. vs. Alex Caceres | UFC Fight Night 68 | 0:21s |
| Gregor Gillespie vs. Andrew Holbrook | UFC 210 | 0:21s |
| BJ Penn vs. Matt Hughes III | UFC 123 | 0:21s |
| Nate Marquardt vs. Demian Maia | UFC 102 | 0:21s |
| Asbel Cancio vs. Dave Beneteau | UFC 5 | 0:21s |
| Ion Cutelaba vs. Luis Henrique da Silva | UFC Fight Night 110 | 0:22s |
| Julia Avila vs. Gina Mazany | UFC Fight Night | 0:22s |
| Volkan Oezdemir vs. Jimi Manuwa | UFC 214 | 0:22s |
| Gideon Ray vs. Mike Swick | UFC Fight Night 1 | 0:22s |
| Igor Zinoviev vs. Frank Shamrock | UFC 16 | 0:22s |
| Nick Denis vs. Joseph Sandoval | UFC on FX 1 | 0:22s |
| Robbie Peralta vs. Jason Young | UFC on FUEL TV 5 | 0:23s |
| Daniel Spitz vs. Anthony Hamilton | UFC Fight Night 116 | 0:24s |
| Matt Lindland vs. David Terrell | UFC 49 | 0:24s |
| Vaughan Lee vs. Iuri Alcântara | UFC Fight Night 41 | 0:25s |
| Walt Harris vs. Nikita Krylov | UFC on FOX 10 | 0:25s |
| Boston Salmon vs. Khalid Taha | UFC 236 | 0:25s |
| Humberto Bandenay vs. Martín Bravo | UFC Fight Night 114 | 0:26s |
| Teila Tuli vs. Gerard Gordeau | UFC 1 | 0:26s |
| Chris Camozzi vs. Joe Riggs | UFC Fight Night 83 | 0:26s |
| Francis N’Gannou vs. Cain Velasquez | UFC on ESPN 1 | 0:26s |
| Wanderlei Silva vs. Chris Leben | UFC 132 | 0:27s |
| Alex Morono vs. Khaos Williams | UFC 247 | 0:27s |
| Benji Radach vs. Steve Berger | UFC 37 | 0:27s |
| Ron Waterman vs. Chris Condo | UFC 20 | 0:28s |
| Tim Boetsch vs. Dan Henderson | UFC Fight Night 68 | 0:28s |
| Reza Nasri vs. Brian Johnston | UFC 11 | 0:28s |
| Diego Brandão vs. Katsunori Kikuno | UFC Fight Night 75 | 0:28s |
| Volkan Oezdemir vs. Misha Cirkunov | UFC Fight Night 109 | 0:28s |
| Andrei Arlovski vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik | UFC 244 | 0:29s |
| Amir Sadollah vs. Johny Hendricks | UFC 101 | 0:29s |
| Joachim Christensen vs. Dominick Reyes | UFC Fight Night 112 | 0:29s |
| Thiago Santos vs. Steve Bossé | UFC Fight Night 70 | 0:29s |
| Matt Brown vs. Mike Pyle | UFC Fight Night 26 | 0:29s |
| Patrick Smith vs. Scott Morris | UFC 2 | 0:30s |
| Ilir Latifi vs. Sean O’Connell | UFC Fight Night 81 | 0:30s |
| Álvaro Herrera vs. Vernon Ramos | UFC Fight Night 78 | 0:30s |
| Steve Judson vs. Brad Kohler | UFC 22 | 0:30s |
| KJ Noons vs. Sam Stout | UFC Fight Night | 0:30s |
| Marc Diakiese vs. Teemu Packalén | UFC Fight Night 107 | 0:30s |
| Trevor Smith vs. Caio Magalhães | UFC Fight Night 56 | 0:31s |
| Wes Albritton vs. Tito Ortiz | UFC 13 | 0:31s |
| Chad Mendes vs. Cody McKenzie | UFC 148 | 0:31s |
| Zarrukh Adashev vs. Tyson Nam | UFC Fight Night | 0:32s |
| T.J. Dillashaw vs. Henry Cejudo | UFC on ESPN+ 1 | 0:32s |
| Tito Ortiz vs. Evan Tanner | UFC 30 | 0:32s |
| Drew McFedries vs. Jordan Radev | UFC Fight Night 10 | 0:33s |
| Jonathan Goulet vs. Mike Swick | UFC Fight Night 16 | 0:33s |
| Marlon Moraes vs. Jimmie Rivera | UFC Fight Night 131 | 0:33s |
| Kyle Bradley vs. Chris Lytle | UFC 81 | 0:33s |
| Syuri Kondo vs. Poliana Botelho | UFC Fight Night 129 | 0:33s |
| Todd Duffee vs. Anthony Hamilton | UFC 181 | 0:33s |
| Ronda Rousey vs. Bethe Correia | UFC 190 | 0:34s |
| Ovince St. Preux vs. Maurício Rua | UFC Fight Night 56 | 0:34s |
| Andrew Holbrook vs. Joaquim Silva | The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale | 0:34s |
| Fábio Maldonado vs. Stipe Miocic | UFC Fight Night | 0:35s |
| Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Igor Pokrajac | UFC 140 | 0:35s |
| Derek Brunson vs. Ed Herman | UFC 183 | 0:36s |
| Jay Hieron vs. Tyron Woodley | UFC 156 | 0:36s |
| Johnny Walker vs. Misha Cirkunov | UFC 235 | 0:36s |
| Keith Jardine vs. Wanderlei Silva | UFC 84 | 0:36s |
| Dennis Siver vs. Melvin Guillard | UFC 86 | 0:36s |
| Drew McFedries vs. Xavier Foupa-Pokam | UFC 98 | 0:37s |
| Cody Gibson vs. Johnny Bedford | UFC Fight Night 44 | 0:38s |
| Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Charles Byrd | UFC 235 | 0:38s |
| Domingo Pilarte vs. Journey Newson | UFC 247 | 0:38s |
| Ion Cutelaba vs. Magomed Ankalaev | UFC on ESPN+ 27 | 0:38s |
| Johnny Bedford vs. Rani Yahya | UFC Fight Night 39 | 0:39s |
| C.B. Dollaway vs. Cezar Ferreira | UFC Fight Night 38 | 0:39s |
| Anthony Hernandez vs. Kevin Holland | UFC Fight Night | 0:39s |
| Alex Oliveira vs. Carlo Pedersoli | UFC Fight Night 137 | 0:39s |
| Stefan Struve vs. Roy Nelson | UFC Fight Night 21 | 0:39s |
| Gabriel Benítez vs. Humberto Bandenay | UFC Fight Night 129 | 0:39s |
| Rony Jason vs. Jeremy Stephens | UFC Fight Night 32 | 0:40s |
| Conor McGregor vs. Donald Cerrone | UFC 246 | 0:40s |
| Priscila Cachoeira vs. Shana Dobson | UFC on ESPN+ 26 | 0:40s |
| Mark Hall vs. Koji Kitao | UFC 9 | 0:40s |
| Chris Cope vs. Che Mills | UFC 138 | 0:40s |
| Luis Ramos vs. Erick Silva | UFC 134 | 0:40s |
| Jared Hamman vs. Alexander Gustafsson | UFC 105 | 0:41s |
| Yoshiyuki Yoshida vs. Anthony Johnson | UFC 104 | 0:41s |
| Justin Jaynes vs. Frank Camacho | UFC Fight Night | 0:41s |
| Matt Mitrione vs. Derrick Lewis | UFC Fight Night 50 | 0:41s |
| Pete Sell vs. Nate Quarry I | UFC Fight Night 1 | 0:42s |
| Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Paulo Thiago | UFC on FUEL TV 2 | 0:42s |
| Beneil Dariush vs. Alexander Hernandez | UFC 222 | 0:42s |
| Jéssica Andrade vs. Weili Zhang | UFC on ESPN+ 15 | 0:42s |
| Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Niko Price | UFC 228 | 0:43s |
| Stipe Miocic vs. Phil De Fries | UFC on FUEL TV 1 | 0:43s |
| Ben Wall vs. Alex Garcia | UFC Fight Night 33 | 0:43s |
| David Abbott vs. Hugo Duarte | UFC 17 | 0:43s |
| Dominique Steele vs. Zak Cummings | UFC on FOX 16 | 0:43s |
| Scott Ferrozzo vs. Vitor Belfort | UFC 12 | 0:43s |
| Caio Magalhães vs. Luke Zachrich | UFC on FOX 11 | 0:44s |
| Antônio Rogério Nogueira vs. Anthony Johnson | UFC on FOX 12 | 0:44s |
| Wanderlei Silva vs. Vitor Belfort I | UFC 17.5 | 0:44s |
| Darren Elkins vs. Duane Ludwig | UFC on Versus 1 | 0:44s |
| Shane Carwin vs. Christian Wellisch | UFC 84 | 0:44s |
| Robert Whittaker vs. Brad Tavares | UFC Fight Night 65 | 0:44s |
| Aaron Riley vs. Shane Nelson I | UFC 96 | 0:44s |
| Gadzhimurad Antigulov vs. Michał Oleksiejczuk | UFC on ESPN+ 7 | 0:44s |
| Fredy Serrano vs. Zhikui Yao | UFC Fight Night 79 | 0:44s |
| Tom Aspinall vs. Jake Collier | UFC Fight Night | 0:45s |
| Charlie Brenneman vs. Kyle Noke | UFC 152 | 0:45s |
| Francis N’Gannou vs. Curtis Blaydes II | UFC Fight Night 141 | 0:45s |
| Trevor Smith vs. Thales Leites | UFC Fight Night 39 | 0:45s |
| Greg Hardy vs. Juan Adams | UFC on ESPN 4 | 0:45s |
| Devonte Smith vs. Julian Erosa | UFC Fight Night 139 | 0:46s |
| Johny Hendricks vs. Martin Kampmann | UFC 154 | 0:46s |
| Urijah Faber vs. Ricky Simón | UFC on ESPN+ 13 | 0:46s |
| Harold Howard vs. Roland Payne | UFC 3 | 0:46s |
| Dong Hyun Kim vs. Demian Maia | UFC 148 | 0:47s |
| James Te Huna vs. Ricardo Romero | UFC 135 | 0:47s |
| Jimi Manuwa vs. Aleksandar Rakić | UFC on ESPN+ 11 | 0:47s |
| Brendan Schaub vs. Chase Gormley | UFC on Versus 1 | 0:47s |
| Manny Gamburyan vs. John Dodson | UFC on FOX 19 | 0:47s |
| Takashi Sato vs. Jason Witt | UFC Fight Night | 0:48s |
| Geza Kalman vs. Joel Sutton | UFC 7 | 0:48s |
| Sam Adkins vs. Don Frye | UFC 8 | 0:48s |
| Jackie Lee vs. Nick Sanzo | UFC 12 | 0:48s |
| Keith Jardine vs. Houston Alexander | UFC 71 | 0:48s |
| Joe Lauzon vs. Jens Pulver | UFC 63 | 0:48s |
| Ed Herman vs. Tim Credeur | The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale | 0:48s |
| Chris De La Rocha vs. Daniel Omielańczuk | UFC Fight Night 72 | 0:48s |
| Takeya Mizugaki vs. Cody Garbrandt | UFC 202 | 0:48s |
| Amanda Nunes vs. Ronda Rousey | UFC 207 | 0:48s |
| Vitor Belfort vs. Randy Couture II | UFC 46 | 0:49s |
| Daniel Kelly vs. Sam Alvey | UFC Fight Night 65 | 0:49s |
| Chris Leben vs. Anderson Silva | UFC Fight Night 5 | 0:49s |
| Walt Harris vs. Sergey Spivak | UFC on ESPN+ 9 | 0:50s |
| Mike Santiago vs. Dan Ige | UFC 225 | 0:50s |
| Tom Lawlor vs. Jason MacDonald | UFC on FUEL TV 3 | 0:50s |
| Chris Dempsey vs. Jonathan Wilson | UFC Fight Night 73 | 0:50s |
| Steven Siler vs. Mike Brown | UFC Fight Night 26 | 0:50s |
| Pablo Garza vs. Fredson Paixão | The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale | 0:51s |
| Anthony Johnson vs. Thomas Speer | UFC Fight Night 13 | 0:51s |
| Amanda Nunes vs. Cris Cyborg | UFC 232 | 0:51s |
| Roy Nelson vs. Dave Herman | UFC 146 | 0:51s |
| Takenori Sato vs. Erick Silva | UFC Fight Night 36 | 0:52s |
| James Te Huna vs. Steve Bossé | UFC Fight Night 85 | 0:52s |
| Daniel Jolly vs. Khalil Rountree | UFC Fight Night 104 | 0:52s |
| David Abbott vs. Vitor Belfort | UFC 13 | 0:52s |
| Rashad Evans vs. Anthony Smith | UFC 225 | 0:53s |
| Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Charlie Ward | UFC Fight Night 99 | 0:53s |
| Jake Ellenberger vs. Jake Shields | UFC Fight Night 25 | 0:53s |
| Jalin Turner vs. Callan Potter | UFC 234 | 0:53s |
| Thiago Santos vs. Ronny Markes | UFC Fight Night 38 | 0:53s |
| Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. Evan Dunham | UFC 223 | 0:53s |
| Mark Muñoz vs. C.B. Dollaway | UFC on Versus 3 | 0:54s |
| Max Griffin vs. Erick Montaño | UFC Fight Night 98 | 0:54s |
| Andrei Arlovski vs. Stipe Miocic | UFC 195 | 0:54s |
| Frankie Perez vs. Sam Stout | UFC Fight Night 74 | 0:54s |
| Junior dos Santos vs. Stefan Struve | UFC 95 | 0:54s |
| Alex Soto vs. Michael McDonald | UFC 139 | 0:56s |
| Hans Stringer vs. Ilir Latifi | UFC Fight Night 72 | 0:56s |
| Anthony Perosh vs. Sean O’Connell | UFC Fight Night 65 | 0:56s |
| Sage Northcutt vs. Francisco Trevino | UFC 192 | 0:57s |
| Islam Makhachev vs. Gleison Tibau | UFC 220 | 0:57s |
| Chan Sung Jung vs. Renato Moicano | UFC on ESPN+ 12 | 0:58s |
| Tamdan McCrory vs. Krzysztof Jotko | UFC Fight Night 89 | 0:59s |
| Danny Roberts vs. Nordine Taleb | UFC on FOX 26 | 0:59s |
| Pat Barry vs. Shawn Jordan | UFC 161 | 0:59s |
| George Sotiropoulos vs. Rafael dos Anjos | UFC 132 | 0:59s |
| Marcin Tybura vs. Augusto Sakai | UFC on ESPN+ 16 | 0:59s |
| Kevin Rosier vs. Gerard Gordeau | UFC 1 | 0:59s |
| Christian Aguilera vs. Anthony Ivy | UFC Fight Night | 0:59s |
| Daniel Sarafian vs. Oluwale Bamgbose | UFC Fight Night 83 | 1:00 |
| Vicente Luque vs. Hector Urbina | UFC Fight Night 95 | 1:00 |
| Polo Reyes vs. Matt Frevola | UFC Fight Night 124 | 1:00 |
| Travis Browne vs. Josh Barnett | UFC 168 | 1:00 |
| Anderson Silva vs. James Irvin | UFC Fight Night 14 | 1:01 |
| Kevin Casey vs. Bubba Bush | UFC 175 | 1:01 |
| Tyron Woodley vs. Dong Hyun Kim | UFC Fight Night 48 | 1:01 |
| Corey Anderson vs. Matt Van Buren | The Ultimate Fighter 19 Finale | 1:01 |
| Takeya Mizugaki vs. Dominick Cruz | UFC 178 | 1:01 |
| Marcin Bandel vs. Mairbek Taisumov | UFC Fight Night 53 | 1:01 |
| Houston Alexander vs. Alessio Sakara | UFC 75 | 1:01 |
| Josh Hendricks vs. Gabriel Gonzaga | UFC 91 | 1:01 |
| Cat Zingano vs. Megan Anderson | UFC 232 | 1:01 |
| Paul Varelans vs. Cal Worsham | UFC 6 | 1:02 |
| Lyoto Machida vs. C.B. Dollaway | UFC Fight Night 58 | 1:02 |
| Steve Nelmark vs. David Abbott | UFC 11.5 | 1:03 |
| Albert Tumenov vs. Matt Dwyer | UFC Fight Night 54 | 1:03 |
| Maurício Rua vs. James Te Huna | UFC Fight Night 33 | 1:03 |
| Phillipe Nover vs. Kyle Bradley | UFC 98 | 1:03 |
| Da Un Jung vs. Mike Rodriguez | UFC on ESPN+ 23 | 1:04 |
| Takanori Gomi vs. Tyson Griffin | UFC on Versus 2 | 1:04 |
| Jess Liaudin vs. Marcus Davis | UFC 80 | 1:04 |
| Junior dos Santos vs. Cain Velasquez | UFC on FOX 1 | 1:04 |
| Donald Cerrone vs. Rafael dos Anjos II | UFC on FOX 17 | 1:06 |
| Tim Means vs. Justin Salas | UFC on FX 3 | 1:06 |
| James Irvin vs. Thiago Silva | UFC 71 | 1:06 |
| Sergey Pavlovich vs. Marcelo Golm | UFC on ESPN+ 7 | 1:06 |
| Iuri Alcântara vs. Joe Soto | UFC Fight Night 125 | 1:06 |
| Sara McMann vs. Ronda Rousey | UFC 170 | 1:06 |
| Marlon Moraes vs. Aljamain Sterling | UFC Fight Night 123 | 1:07 |
| Vitor Belfort vs. Marvin Eastman | UFC 43 | 1:07 |
| Brian Foster vs. Forrest Petz | UFC Fight Night 22 | 1:07 |
| Drew Dober vs. Polo Reyes | UFC on ESPN 3 | 1:07 |
| Brendan Schaub vs. Chris Tuchscherer | UFC 116 | 1:07 |
| Joe Lauzon vs. Clay Guida | UFC Fight Night 120 | 1:07 |
| Marcus Brimage vs. Conor McGregor | UFC on FUEL TV 9 | 1:07 |
Conor McGregor KO José Aldo
UFC 194 (December 13, 2015)
With 18 knockouts in three different weight divisions, Conor McGregor is no stranger to knockout victories.
However, if you ask the Irishman about his favourite UFC fastest knockouts, he must pick the time when he made UFC history by knocking out José Aldo within 13 seconds.
Anderson Silva KO Rich Franklin
UFC Fastest Knockout – UFC 64 (October 14, 2006)
Rich Franklin will go down as a legend in UFC middleweight history. But, he will have a hard time forgetting the Anderson Silva size blemish in his otherwise illustrious career.
The Brazilian fighter knocked out Franklin twice, and this was the first time he did so.
Matt Serra KO Georges St-Pierre
UFC Fastest Knockout – UFC 69 (April 7, 2007)
We all love a good underdog story, don’t we? Matt Serra’s surprising win to claim the welterweight title from Georges St-Pierre was one of the biggest UFC upsets ever.
Matt ”The Terror” Serra terrorized St-Pierre with a shower of strong punches and condemned him to an unlikely defeat.
Gary Goodridge KO Paul Herrera
UFC 8 February 16, 1996. Ruben Rodriguez Coliseum, Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
The first UFC fight should be a bit difficult for any fighter. But, for Gary Goodridge, it was a walk in the park.
The “Big Daddy” barely had the time to feel the nerves as he elbowed his opponent and knocked him out. It took him only 13 seconds!
BJ Penn KO Caol Uno
UFC 41 (February 28, 2003. Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey)
Fresh off of a win in the UFC lightweight division, BJ Penn had no reason to feel short of confidence before confronting Caol Uno.
But, the Hawaiian fighter couldn’t have foreseen knocking out his opponent in 11 seconds. Penn demolished Uno with a series of swift punches and sealed the tie.
Rashad Evans Vs Chuck Liddell
UFC 88 (September 6, 2008. Phillips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia)
This fight marked the beginning of a 3-bout losing streak for Chuck Liddell.
After an even first round fight, Rashad Evans exploited Liddell’s momentary lapse in concentration and almost knocked him to oblivion with a swift combo of a left and a right jab.
Chuck Liddell KO Tito Ortiz
UFC 47 (April 2, 2004. Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, Nevada)
The bad blood between Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddle gave birth to arguably the most intense rivalry on the octagon to date. The first of the duo’s three UFC meetings went Liddle’s way. Ortiz had no answer to Liddle’s assault of uppercuts and jabs and ultimately succumbed to a 2nd round knockout.
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Anderson Silva KO Vitor Belfort
UFC 126 (February 5, 2011. Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, Nevada)
Vitor Belfort had returned to the UFC for the third time in his career. But, the Brazilian failed to commemorate the occasion with a win.
His opponent Anderson Silva was coming off of an extended injury layoff. But, Silva managed to flatten Belfort with an excellent front kick.
Tank Abbott KO John Matua
UFC 6 (July 14, 1995. Casper Events Center, Casper, Wyoming)
John Matua learned the hard way that teaching martial arts doesn’t necessarily give you a competitive edge in MMA.
The martial arts instructor was knocked unconscious by Tank Abbott with a single punch. The Californian needed only 18 seconds to settle the bout.
Phil Baroni KO Dave Menne
UFC 39 (September 27, 2002. Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut)
Phil Baroni made easy work of Dave Menne when the duo had met at UFC 39. After the stopwatch hit 18 seconds, the New Yorker pushed Manne to the wall of the cage.
Afterwards, he launched an array of punches and left Menne knocked out at a corner of the octagon.
Chris Weidman vs Anderson Silva 1
UFC 168 (December 29, 2013. MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada)
The UFC 168 main event had paired Anderson Silva, a fighter who boasted a 16-0 record at that time, with Chris Weidman. The American also had a clean slate in his 9 match UFC career back then. In the end, it was Anderson, who tasted defeat as Weidman’s uppercut got the better of him.
Scott Smith KO Pete Sell
UFC The Ultimate Fighter Season 4 Finale (November 11, 2006. Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada)
The season 4 finale of The Ultimate Fighter ended in a surprising twist. After sustaining a hit on the body, Scott Smith was struggling in pain.
Pete Sell was approaching him furiously to finish the job. But, Sell was met with an unexpected punch from Smith, which knocked him out.
Gabriel Gonzaga KO Mirko Cro Cop
UFC 70 (April 21, 2007. Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, UK)
Head kicks were Mirko Cro Cop’s go-to move in the octagon. In UFC 70, however, the Croatian got a taste of his own medicine.
Gabriel Gonzaga executed one of the most brutal head kicks we have ever seen in combative sports to claim victory over Cro Cop.
Holly Holm vs Ronda Rousey
UFC 193 (November 15, 2015. Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia)
Up to this point, Ronda Rousey had been an indomitable presence in the UFC arena. Holly Holm made the best use of her boxing expertise to make life difficult for Rousey. But to finish the bout off, Holm took a page out of Rousey’s book and sent her airborne with a ferocious kick.
Dan Henderson KO Michael Bisping
UFC 100 (July 11, 2009. Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, Nevada)
Building up to this fight, Michael Bisping tried to rile up Dan Henderson with public insults.
Nonetheless, most of his trash talk went unanswered. Henderson chose to do his talking on the octagon and knocked out the English fighter with an incredible blow in the 2nd round.
Chuck Liddell KO Randy Couture
UFC 52 (April 16, 2005. MGM Grand Garden Arena)
With his eye set on winning back the light heavyweight belt, Chuck Liddle took the octagon to fight Randy Couture.
Liddle did manage to avenge his 2003 defeat with a right-hand uppercut and reclaim the title. He repeated the feat in UFC 57, but Liddle’s first knockout of Couture remains our favorite.
Final Say
Since the competition’s inception in 1993, we have had the opportunity to witness a good deal of knockouts.
It is not a simple challenge to isolate 16 knockout events as the best UFC knockouts of all time, but we wanted to attempt anyway. Did we miss your favorite UFC knockout? Let us know in the comments below.
