The 2020 Heavies Awards - Best Knockout of the Year - Winner: Buckley over Kasanganay

[Augustus Caesar]

The 2020 Heavies Awards - Best Knockout of the Year
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Happy New Year to all my fellow Sherdoggers! It’s your old pal, AC, and it’s my fifth year in a row making this award category for Sherdog!

Let's look back at this pestiferous year one last time by choosing the best knockout of 2020!

Before we get started, you should check out the 2020 Sherdog.com's Knockout Award of the Year below!
https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/Sherdogs-2020-Knockout-of-the-Year-176966

It is difficult to find something more gratifying in this sport than a decisive finish, and a brutal knockout is perhaps its best example. Please choose your favorite knockout of the year, and let us know why!

Nominees​

Cody Garbrandt vs. Raphael Assuncao
June 2020, UFC 150

Spoiler

Joaquin Buckley vs. Impa Kasanganay
Oct 2020, UFC Fight Night

Spoiler

Kevin Holland vs. Jacare Souza
Dec 2020, UFC 256

Spoiler

Alex Pereira vs. Thomas Powell
Nov 2020, LFA 95

Spoiler

Mamed Khalidov vs. Scott Askham 2
Oct 2020, KSW 55

Spoiler

Sean O’Malley vs. Eddie Wineland
June 2020, UFC 250

Spoiler

Francis Ngannou vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
May 2020, UFC 249

Spoiler

Cub Swanson vs. Daniel Pineda
Dec 2020, UFC 256

Spoiler

Jordan Leavitt vs. Matt Wiman
Dec 2020, UFC Fight Night

Spoiler

Honorable Mentions from Posters

Spoiler

Also shoutout to Magomed Bibulatov, who I think deserves to be on the list for this.

I expect Buckley to win in a complete and total runaway, and voted accordingly.

My boy Drew Dober deserves some love for this one

Conor vs Cerrone, technically

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Special shout out to @KazDibiase for a lot of these gifs.

Please post honorable mentions if you have some in mind!

 

[Hellowhosthat]

You got Buckley and Kasanganay the wrong way round homie.

But yeah, that.

 

[Rvd Slmr]

Francis Ngannou had the most brutal one, but what Joaquin Buckley did is just too rare and amazing to not win this.

 

[TerrorTimmy]

You can't vote for anything other than Buckley. You just can't.

 

[Askren’s chin]

Gotta go with Buckley that ko was insane especially with no crowd so you could hear everything.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Also shoutout to Magomed Bibulatov, who I think deserves to be on the list for this.

 

[Augustus Caesar]

You got Buckley and Kasanganay the wrong way round homie.

But yeah, that.

Whoever is listed first in "vs." doesn't imply victor imo, but I agree that it doesn't look right so I changed it to keep everything consistent.

 

[Gio]

Voted Buckley's KO as it went viral everywhere.

PS.
This one's for you @Augustus Caesar . I loved IU on this one. Happy New Year! Keep safe!

 

[Jeandoozz]

the "fatality" finish of Buckley makes it completely off the charts

 

[GearSolidMetal]

The 2020 Heavies Awards - Best Knockout of the Year

The thread & poll have been up for 13 minutes but you might as well declare a winner.

Its a contender/nominee for GOAT KO kick.

 

[Dana's Moonface]

The boxing fan in me had to pick cody

It was a beautiful punch

 

[Augustus Caesar]

Also shoutout to Magomed Bibulatov, who I think deserves to be on the list for this.

Great honorable mention! There will always be some missed in these type of threads, which is why it's important to have an 'other' choice in the poll. I'll make a spoiler tab with honorable mentions in the OP quoting those who mention them.

 

[Augustus Caesar]

Voted Buckley's KO as it went viral everywhere.

PS.
This one's for you @Augustus Caesar . I loved IU on this one. Happy New Year! Keep safe!

I voted the same - it seems like the easy choice but it's still nice to see all the best finishes throughout.

Thanks for the vid, Gio. I'm listening to it now!

 

[Zebra Cheeks]

I expect Buckley to win in a complete and total runaway, and voted accordingly.

My boy Drew Dober deserves some love for this one

 

[Gio]

I voted the same - it seems like the easy choice but it's still nice to see all the best finishes throughout.

Thanks for the vid, Gio. I'm listening to it now!

Hope you like it bud. It just brings back memories. And hope everything's fine with you as a sherbro and in your real life.

 

[heSHurt]

How come Askham is mentioned first when he is the recipient of that crane kick?

 

[Augustus Caesar]

How come Askham is mentioned first when he is the recipient of that crane kick?

Changed it.

 

[Ares Black]

The winner is obviously Buckley's ludicrous KO of Kasanganay, but I voted for Leavitt's flawless victory Fatality slam of Matt Wiman.

 

[sonhow]

1.Buckley
2.Cody
3.Holland

 

[heSHurt]

Changed it.

You may also want to put that 'II' at the end, it was their second fight not Mamed the Second.