When it comes to pure knockout power, the UFC has seen a parade of heavy-handed legends leave opponents staring at the lights. In a recent official YouTube feature, the UFC spotlighted its hardest hitters, fighters whose fists have changed the course of bouts, careers, and divisions.
The UFC’s Knockout Kings and Queens
Josh Emmett, the featherweight dynamo, opens the list. Once a wrestler, Emmett discovered his knockout potential in 2017 with a crushing finish of Ricardo Lamas, and has since delivered some of the most chilling knockouts in featherweight history. His overhand right against Michael Johnson was so sudden and decisive that even seasoned commentators were left in awe, describing it as a punch backed by the “infamous Marvel Infinity stone of power.