5 Best UFC Knockouts

These UFC Knockouts are a class apart
These UFC Knockouts are a class apart

#2 Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier 2

Jon Jones obliterated Daniel Cormier with a head-kick at UFC 214
Jon Jones obliterated Daniel Cormier with a head-kick at UFC 214

Alright, this one may be a tad controversial, but hear me out regardless. Even after Jon Jones tested positive for banned PEDs (Performance Enhancing Drugs) after having knocked out arch nemesis Daniel Cormier at UFC 214 back in 2017, the MMA community still couldn't quite shake off the chain of events which had led to the KO.

If we are to look at it from a purely technical perspective, and disregard the drug test failure; it's quite obvious (yes, I know that hindsight is 20/20!) that Jones cunningly set up that head-kick right from the beginning of their fight.

In Round 3 of what was till then a violent chess match, Jones faked a body kick, only to go high and tag Cormier to the head! From there onward, Jones stalked a badly rocked "DC" -- getting the latter to the ground, and pounding him into oblivion with utterly savage elbows for the KO win...

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