Paid Members Egg Shen Posted March 17, 2021 Paid Members Posted March 17, 2021 Thought it was about time we got a thread dedicated to KO's. I remember a time when KO's in MMA in particular were fairly sacred. Back before Youtube and Twitter, the old UFC Greatest Knockouts DVD's were a necessity for fans. I remember sticking those things on at people houses and everyone gathering to watch the hostilities. These days we get KO of the year type shit every single week from the most random places, we are bombarded with it. So i thought why not set up a thread to share some. Any knockouts, any sport, get em in... I'll open it with the big boys. In the immortal words of Gorilla Monsoon: "There goes the tree"
jimufctna24 Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 4 hours ago, Egg Shen said: the old UFC Greatest Knockouts DVD's were a necessity for fans The background music on those releases was horrendous. Robbie Lawler's knockout of Tiki sticks in the memory though.
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted March 17, 2021 Paid Members Posted March 17, 2021 An old favourite from Igor Vovchanchyn...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted March 17, 2021 Author Paid Members Posted March 17, 2021 1 hour ago, jimufctna24 said: The background music on those releases was horrendous. Robbie Lawler's knockout of Tiki sticks in the memory though. Tiki maintains that he wasn't out.
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted March 17, 2021 Paid Members Posted March 17, 2021 Tiki’s also a wrong’un.
jimufctna24 Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 47 minutes ago, wandshogun09 said: An old favourite from Igor Vovchanchyn... That knockout was featured on the DVD that accompanied the Pride FC PS2 game. Possibly the first MMA knockout I ever saw. Still love a bit of Igor.
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted March 17, 2021 Paid Members Posted March 17, 2021 I think Baroni vs Menne was the first MMA knockout I saw. The best EVA.
jimufctna24 Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 1 minute ago, wandshogun09 said: I think Baroni vs Menne was the first MMA knockout I saw. The best EVA. Featured on every sodding DVD intro and Bravo highlights show.
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted March 17, 2021 Author Paid Members Posted March 17, 2021 there's 2 MMA knockouts that seemed to resonate with everyone the first time they saw it. One was that Baroni KO, the other was Belfort KO'ing Wanderlei. They were like two ultimate gateway knockouts for new fans back in the day.
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted March 17, 2021 Paid Members Posted March 17, 2021 You’ve gone and ruined the thread now, Egg.
jimufctna24 Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 Belfort's win over Wanderlei must have felt like an anomaly 5 years later. Belfort achieved very little after that fight until the late 2000s, whereas Wanderlei became one of the best fighters in the sport in the early 2000s.
Paid Members Carbomb Posted March 17, 2021 Paid Members Posted March 17, 2021 Not the most spectacular, but definitely the most satisfying.
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted March 17, 2021 Author Paid Members Posted March 17, 2021 It made Belfort though, those first few Vitor wins in the UFC set him up for life. Looking back at his record, Belfort wouldn't score another KO win for close to five years which is pretty nuts. He ended with one of the best highlight reels in the sport though.
jimufctna24 Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 6 minutes ago, Egg Shen said: It made Belfort though, those first few Vitor wins in the UFC set him up for life. Looking back at his record, Belfort wouldn't score another KO win for close to five years which is pretty nuts. He ended with one of the best highlight reels in the sport though. How normal people remember Vitor: How I remember Vitor:
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