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#4. Lyoto Machida's crane kick
By the time UFC 129 was on the horizon, Lyoto Machida was at a crossroads in his career. Once undefeated, the former UFC light heavyweight champion found himself in unfamiliar territory as he was on the wrong end of a two-fight losing streak.
UFC President Dana White seemed disillusioned with the fighter that Joe Rogan famously exclaimed would herald the arrival of the Machida era. For Machida, there was no option other than defeating MMA legend Randy Couture.
So when both men locked horns at UFC 129, the pressure on 'The Dragon's shoulders was as heavy as it could ever be. In the 2nd round, Machida rose to the occasion.
Mystifying his opponent with feints from both his hands and left leg, Lyoto Machida leapt into the air and thrust his right foot into Couture's chin with both arms out wide. It was no ordinary front kick. Instead, it was the crane kick, a fictional version of the flying front kick popularized by the 1984 Karate Kid movie.
#3. Jéssica Andrade's standing arm-triangle choke
The headline bout at UFC Fight Night 205 featured the first, and thus far only, finish of its kind in UFC history. Former UFC strawweight champion Jéssica Andrade faced a foe many believed matched her in terms of power, Amanda Lemos.
At the onset of the fight, Andrade quickly realized that Lemos did indeed possess the kind of punching power that many of her past foes, with the exception of Zhang Weili, simply did not.
One advantage Andrade possessed over her opponent, however, was her strength. Andrade ducked under a wild swing from Lemos, immediately hooking her left arm around Lemos' head to trap one of her foes' arms.
With her monstrous strength, 'Bate Estaca' bullied her opponent towards the fence before grasping her own bicep in a rear-naked choke grip.
With her trapped arm choking her out, Lemos was helpless as Andrade took angles to tighten the choke. Seconds later, Lemos collapsed and Jéssica Andrade walked off as the first and only fighter to claim victory in the UFC with a standing arm-triangle choke.
