The 2021 Heavies Awards: Knockout of The Year - WINNER: JIRI VS. REYES

[Sweater of AV]

Wrong.

Sherdog's record ain't official. Poirier won by TKO. Here's the ending to refresh your memory.

Not in the official record books. It was ruled a TKO

Instead of posting the ending, you've posted Dustin's interview.

Here is the ending.

Another dimension, another dimension, another dimension, another dimension...

Spoiler

 

[Ares Black]

Nah his eyes were open and his hand was still touching his head. That was a TKO, a KO is out cold. I believe my eyes, and what I saw was a TKO, was McGregor done with the fight? Of course, both TKO and KO means the fight is over. But KO means you are out cold, and TKO means you are still conscious but can no longer defend yourself.

No, it doesn't.

A KO means you are unable to defend yourself because of a strike. Plenty of KOs have the victim clinging to consciousness.

A TKO is when the you are still defending yourself but the referee doesn't think you are doing a good enough job.

KOs are almost never actually knocked completely unconscious. It means knocked out of the fight.

 

[Ares Black]

https://fansided.com/2020/03/22/a-casuals-guide-to-mma-whats-the-difference-between-a-ko-and-a-tko/

KO : Any strike or combination of strikes that renders your opponent unable to continue.

 

[Game_Bred_Irish]

https://fansided.com/2020/03/22/a-casuals-guide-to-mma-whats-the-difference-between-a-ko-and-a-tko/

KO : Any strike or combination of strikes that renders your opponent unable to continue.

COMPLETE BS, look at all of Derrick Lewis's TKO. All of them by way of strikes rendering the opponent on the ground, getting beat on. If the opponent has their hands up defending their head as they eat punches, it's always a TKO.

If a strike of a combination of strike causes the opponent unable to continue, 90% of all TKOs in the UFC would be ruled as KOs.

Look at Cejudo's last three fights,

Cejudo vs. Cruz TKO
Cejudo vs. Marlon TKO
Cejudo vs. TJ TKO

All came via a strike and a combination of strikes while the opponent is down. None of them are KOs.

 

[Ares Black]

COMPLETE BS, look at all of Derrick Lewis's TKO. All of them by way of strikes rendering the opponent on the ground, getting beat on. If the opponent has their hands up defending their head as they eat punches, it's always a TKO.

If a strike of a combination of strike causes the opponent unable to continue, 90% of all TKOs in the UFC would be ruled as KOs.

Look at Cejudo's last three fights,

Cejudo vs. Cruz TKO
Cejudo vs. Marlon TKO
Cejudo vs. TJ TKO

All came via a strike and a combination of strikes while the opponent is down. None of them are KOs.

Lol. Read the link.

Not my fault you don't know what a KO is.

You think McGregor was defending himself? Use your fucking eyes.

 

[Game_Bred_Irish]

Lol. Read the link.

Not my fault you don't know what a KO is.

You think McGregor was defending himself? Use your fucking eyes.

That link is BS, it does not even define what it means to be "rendered unable to continue" and "unable to unintelligently able to defend yourself". Like I said, there's been people put in states way worse than McGregor there, and it was ruled a TKO. You must think 90% of UFC's results are wrong then.

Look at the way Alistair responded to those elbows from Curtis, he was in another universe just as much as McGregor. Guess what? TKO.

 

[Sweater of AV]

COMPLETE BS, look at all of Derrick Lewis's TKO. All of them by way of strikes rendering the opponent on the ground, getting beat on. If the opponent has their hands up defending their head as they eat punches, it's always a TKO.

What are Conor's hands doing after Dustin lands the right hand on the ground? I've seen noodles less limp than McGregor.

Next, the left hand lands and then Herb steps in.

Proper result: KO
Herb's official result: TKO

 

[Ares Black]

Lol. Read the link.

Not my fault you don't know what a KO is.

That link is BS, it does not even define what it means to be "rendered unable to continue" and "unable to unintelligently able to defend yourself". Like I said, there's been people put in states way worse than McGregor there, and it was ruled a TKO. You must think 90% of UFC's results are wrong then.

Look at the way Alistair responded to those elbows from Curtis, he was in another universe just as much as McGregor. Guess what? TKO.

I think that a lot of the time there is some grey area.

I also think that McGregor was definitely KOd.

 

[Game_Bred_Irish]

I think that a lot of the time there is some grey area.

I also think that McGregor was definitely KOd.

It's fair to say there's a lot of grey, but it's definitely not "next level delusional" to think McGregor was TKO'ed there.

I would wager that fighters which were put into circumstances similar to McGregor, more often the official result would be ruled a TKO. I rarely see a KO declared which doesn't separate someone from consciousness, I would agree that it's possible to have a KO without the person being 100% out, but in reality, KO's are almost never given unless the fighter is completely out.

 

[Deleted member 405583]

And that's enough detailing, I think. Back to the nominees and discussing your vote!!!!! Please





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[RockyLockridge]

Not even close, Reyes was a dead man walking at that point, then Jiri sort of lands a spining elbow on a guy that was about to fall anyway, Masvidal was fresh and put to sleep with a single clean punch, in a championship fight.

Seriously? Did you even watch the fight? Jiri had literally just gotten up after being on the ground with Reyes on top the fight was relatively back and forth and I would value it being a title fight however masvidal doesn't deserve that fight in the first place so it is no different from any other top 15 fighters in my eyes.


This shouldn't be on the list. It was a punch. The most common ko method. The others were spectacular Kos. I can't even name another spinning back elbow ko

 

[Sweater of AV]

I can't even name another spinning back elbow ko

There have been quite a few. Just so you have another one, this is one of my favorites from a few years back.

 

[RockyLockridge]

There have been quite a few. Just so you have another one, this is one of my favorites from a few years back.

You know that was cool, but jiris was pretty unique, and while that was a spinning elbow, It was COMPLETELY different from jiris and how he executed his, Other elbow and spun the other way, after a combo with an overhead elbow too made it look amazing.

I'd like to think my point stands, one is a somewhat common ko, and the other is a very spectacular and rare ko. and Jiri's was not a title fight but it was a no 1 contenders fight.

 

[Sweater of AV]

You know that was cool, but jiris was pretty unique, and while that was a spinning elbow, It was COMPLETELY different from jiris and how he executed his, Other elbow and spun the other way, after a combo with an overhead elbow too made it look amazing.

I'd like to think my point stands, one is a somewhat common ko, and the other is a very spectacular and rare ko. and Jiri's was not a title fight but it was a no 1 contenders fight.

Oh I'm not saying you can't have your opinion. I just wanted to post another unique KO. Jiri's is a solid KO. In that one he defends the spinning backfist and lands a spinning back elbow. He times it perfectly. Personally, I think it's one of the better spinning back elbow KO's I've seen.

 

[13Seconds]

Honorable mentions:
-Rafael Fiziev vs Brad Riddell

-Li Jingliang vs Santiago Ponzinibbio

-Manel Kape vs Ode Osbourne

-Miles Johns vs Anderson Dos Santos

-Tai Tuivasa vs Greg Hardy

-Tai Tuivasa vs Sakai

-Sean O'Malley vs Almeida

-Alexander Hernandez vs Mike Breeden

-Ian garry vs Jordan Williams

-Alex Pereira vs Andreas Michailidis

-Jim Miller vs Erick Gonzalez

-Lerone Murphy vs Makwan Amirkhani

-Jamahal Hill vs Jimmy Crute

-Bruno Silva vs Wellington Turman

-Leonardo Santos vs Grant Dawson

-Alessio Di Chirico vs Joaquin Buckley

-Alessio Di Chirico vs Alhassan

-Jeremiah Wells vs Warlley Alves

-Ike Villanueva vs Vinicius Moreira

-Dan Ige vs Gavin Tucker

Awesome ones

 

[13Seconds]

Honorable mentions:
-Rafael Fiziev vs Brad Riddell

-Li Jingliang vs Santiago Ponzinibbio

-Manel Kape vs Ode Osbourne

-Miles Johns vs Anderson Dos Santos

-Tai Tuivasa vs Greg Hardy

-Tai Tuivasa vs Sakai

-Sean O'Malley vs Almeida

-Alexander Hernandez vs Mike Breeden

-Ian garry vs Jordan Williams

-Alex Pereira vs Andreas Michailidis

-Jim Miller vs Erick Gonzalez

-Lerone Murphy vs Makwan Amirkhani

-Jamahal Hill vs Jimmy Crute

-Bruno Silva vs Wellington Turman

-Leonardo Santos vs Grant Dawson

-Alessio Di Chirico vs Joaquin Buckley

-Alessio Di Chirico vs Alhassan

-Jeremiah Wells vs Warlley Alves

-Ike Villanueva vs Vinicius Moreira

-Dan Ige vs Gavin Tucker

Wait did Gonzalez fall on his knee? Damb

 

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[PurpleStorm]

Easily this one, easily. Nothing else comes close.

Yeah that one was absolutely nuts. I remember you or someone posting it a while back. You can see him measuring it up like a jaguar lining up it’s prey. The ref congratulating him makes it even more entertaining.

 

[The_Renaissance]

Tough one this, I went Sandhagen/Edgar but it was close (Lewis/Blaydes, Usman/Jorge and Jiri/Reyes were up there for me)

 

[BangBang]

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