Video game aficionados are quite familiar with the concept, because in the button-mashing world of fighting classics such as Street Fighter or Tekken, the double knockout is all too common. In mixed martial arts, however, the feat is far more difficult to achieve, particularly at the sport’s highest level.
However, when “Ultimate Fighter 5” competitors Gray Maynard and Robert Emerson squared off at the reality show’s finale on June 23, 2007 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, the perfect storm occurred. And yes, the result is officially listed as a double TKO, not a double KO, but that’s simply splitting hairs at this point.