You want the best knockouts of 2018? Take a look at our list of the best this year as the highly unofficial awards season marches on.
Most knockouts are sudden. Not many are this sudden. But when Yair Rodriguez ended his November bout against Chan Sung Jung with one second left in the fifth round, it wasn’t just a spectacular end to an instant classic, it was the kind of knockout that required a couple rewinds on the DVR to see what exactly happened. So what happened? A beautifully placed elbow that ended the night of “The Korean Zombie” before he hit the mat and eliminated all contenders for the top spot here.