2024 saw some spectacular knockouts inside the UFC Octagon.
With the calendar year at its conclusion, recent weeks and days have seen fans and pundits reflecting on what the past 12 months brought us in mixed martial arts.
And the most enjoyable end-of-year discussion? The best KOs.
Nothing beats a violent striking stoppage, and 2024 wasn’t short on some special ones. From Max Holloway’s buzzer-beating finish of Justin Gaethje at UFC 300 to “Doctor” Ming Shi’s head kick to sleep Xiaocan Feng at UFC Macau, the year had plenty of KOs worthy of getting fans up from there seats.
And the UFC recently uploaded a compilation of 2024’s best on YouTube for fans’ viewing entertainment before the new year arrives.
2025 will no doubt see plenty more memorable finishes added to the UFC’s highlight packages, with the first opportunity for additions coming on Jan. 11 at the Apex in Las Vegas.
The opening event of the new year sees strawweight contenders Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Ribas run it back in the main event, with the likes of Chris Curtis, Abdul Razak Alhassan, Santiago Ponzinibbio and Uroš Medić making up the key undercard contests.
