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With one other action-packed month of MMA within the books, MMA Junkie seems to be at the perfect knockouts from August 2024: Listed below are the nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Knockout of the Month award for August.
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Nominees
Nominee: Lone’er Kavanagh def. An Tuan Ho at Dana White’s Contender Sequence 67
Lone’er Kavanagh kicked off Season 8 of DWCS with a bang when he scored a knockout that left Dana White writing “holy sh*t” on his bout sheet.
Kavanagh (7-0) clobbered beforehand undefeated An Tuan Ho with a brutal left hook that ended the battle within the first spherical. Ho was down on the canvas for an elongated time period, blankly staring into the space as his corners, medical workers, and referee Herb Dean tried to help him in coming again to. Ultimately, Ho rose to his toes.
Nominee: Kai Kara-France def. Steve Erceg at UFC 305
Kai Kara-France dusted Steve Erceg and completed their pivotal flyweight battle with punches inside the primary spherical.
The ending sequence started when Kara-France (24-11 MMA, 7-4 UFC) knocked down Erceg with a left hand. Erceg crashed to the canvas, flat on his again, together with his head whiplashing backward. Erceg survived and bought again to his toes, however Kara-France didn’t take his foot off the gasoline and continued to hunt Erceg, who he dropped once more. This time, Erceg curled up on his abdomen and the battle was stopped.
Nominee: Wiktoria Czyzewska def. Erianny Castaneda at KSW 97
A probably main future ladies’s flyweight prospect added to her early profession spotlight reel when Wiktoria Czyzewska put the lights out on Erianny Castaneda with a sick kick.
20-year-old Polish fighter Czyzewska (4-1) executed the proper proper head kick within the opening spherical of her matchup with Castaneda. The shot put Castaneda out on influence, and Czyzewska stored her 100% profession knockout price in tact.
Nominee: Wang Cong def. Victoria Leonardo at UFC on ESPN 62
“I’ll win. I’m loopy,” is the promise Wang Cong made to Victoria Leonardo at their pre-fight faceoff – all whereas carrying paint to resemble the Joker.
Cong (6-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) made good on that promise as she iced Leonardo with a one-punch right cross knockout, all of which occurred in a mere 62 seconds of motion within the ladies’s flyweight division.
Nominee: Marion Santos def. Kaan Ofli at UFC on ESPN 62
“The Final Fighter 32” featherweight bracket formally wrapped up, and the latest champion of the long-running actuality collection was topped inMairon Santos.
Santos (15-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) crushed Kaan Ofli with an ultra-violent knockout within the second spherical. He completely timed a hellacious shot to finish stoop his opponent on the mat, and Ofli had no probability of recovering.
The winner
The winner: Carlos Prates def. Li Jingliang at UFC 305
UFC welterweight Carlos Prates can have fun his birthday in grand style after passing the hardest take a look at of his profession to date in opposition to Li Jingliang.
After thrilling finish to Spherical 1, Prates (20-6 MMA, 3-0 UFC) put the completion on Jingliang with a vicious walkoff knockout at 4:02 in Spherical 2.
Large punches from Prates landed late in Spherical 1, as he rocked Jingliang greater than as soon as. “The Leech” who is understood for having a troublesome chin, continued to fireside again to see the subsequent body.
With out speeding issues, Prates continued to work his offense, finally discovering a mix of punches to rock Jingliang once more. A last blow despatched Jingliang crashing to the canvas.
With the win, Prates extends his successful streak to 10. The Brazilian debuted in February after a stoppage victory final August on Dana White’s Contender Sequence. Three fights in, and Prates has stopped everybody positioned in entrance of him. Trevin Giles, Charles Radtke, and now Jingliang all have been stopped early by the placing of Prates.
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