Missed Fists: Slicing knee knockout opens ugly gash on fighter’s brow

Welcome to the newest version of Missed Fists the place we shine a lightweight on fights from throughout the globe which will have been ignored in these hectic instances the place it looks like there’s an MMA present each different day.

After a stunning two-week break, I’m again in motion and judging by the superb work completed by my pal, Jed Meshew, it seems just like the MMA world continued to churn out the hits.

Did you see that candy Contender Collection KO?

Have you ever ever seen the rain… make a whole mess of a cagefighting present?

Whereas nothing fairly so wacky occurred this week, to say we weren’t blessed with a menagerie of memorable photos could be false, beginning with perhaps essentially the most ugly knee knockout of 2024 from Anthony Pettis’ newest occasion.

(Huge thanks as at all times to @Barrelelapierna for his or her weekly lists of the very best KOs and submissions, and to @Grabaka_Hitman for importing lots of the clips you see right here. Give them a observe and chip in on Patreon if you happen to can.)

Elvin Romero vs. Todd Welle

Elvin Romero hit the swap 90 seconds into his combat with Todd Welle, sizing him up towards the cage and delivering a knee to the pinnacle that not solely knocked Welle for a loop, however instantly opened a bloody lower on his head.

GROSS. Who needs to observe this sort of factor?

Oh, right here’s one other angle, courtesy of Pettis himself.

I don’t know what Romero has been doing to organize his knees for these conditions, however if you happen to’ve received some 2x4s that must be damaged, I now know a man who can do it for affordable.

Anthony Pettis FC 12 is obtainable for replay on UFC Combat Go.

Alexis Pacheco vs. Gerardo Xango Ochoa
Paulina Vargas vs. Rosselyn Chavira

Take a look at this lovely setup at Supreme Combat Evening 6 in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Alexis Pacheco didn’t simply have opponent Gerardo Xango Ochoa biting on this takedown faux, he downright chomped down on it earlier than being served the actual entree: A leaping knee knockout. Unsurprisingly, Ochoa seemed dazed after the stoppage, in all probability as a result of he’s nonetheless ready to stuff that takedown try.

No tough stuff wanted for Paulina Vargas, who wrapped up a third-round knockout by strolling down Rosselyn Chavira.

SFN 6 is obtainable free of charge replay on YouTube.

Kameron Shamsi vs. Josh Gomez
Rogerio Matias vs. Martin Farley
Anderson Ferreira vs. Rogerio Matias
Lucas Barros vs. Bruno Dantas

How about some extra free MMA?

At a Melee Fight Championship occasion (watch right here) in Leander, Texas, beginner featherweight Kameron Shamsi planted Josh Gomez with this spinning backfist.

One might argue that the referee stepped in a tad early, however I noticed at as him rewarding Shamsi for a trendy strike. Sorry Mr. Gomez, typically you simply get cracked and it’s higher to stay to combat one other day.

Over in Sao Paulo at Centurion FC 22 (watch right here), Rogerio Matias was in some way each the hammer and the nail in the identical night time.

In his first combat of the night time, Matias scored a large KO of Martin Farley to advance in a one-night event.

All good, proper?

Improper. Very improper.

Matias bumped into Anderson Ferreira within the last and regardless of his unwavering confidence, he found that swagger alone isn’t the very best protection when your opponent is lobbing haymakers at you. Let’s hope Matias remembers the nice instances greater than the unhealthy (assuming he remembers something from that night time in any respect).

Elsewhere in non-tournament motion, Lucas Barros added to the pile of knockout knees this week, launching one proper up the center to finish Bruno Dantas.

Henerson Duarte vs. Jeferson Costa
Andre Miranda vs. Raimundo Costa

There’s no good place to get knocked out, however Sao Paulo was apparently notably unhealthy this previous weekend as Jungle Combat 129 additionally noticed its fair proportion of nasty finishes.

Henerson Duarte unleashed the HELLbow to trigger Jeferson Costa to sink sleepily to the canvas.

And Andre Miranda shined in the principle occasion, annihilating Raimundo Costa’s liver to say a vacant heavyweight title.

Vinicios Santana vs. Wanderlly Lino

Heading north to Soldado Fight 3 in Brasilia, we discover another spectacular KO as Vinicios Santana appeared to juuuuuuuuuust catch Wanderlly Lino with the guidelines of his knuckles.

Greater than sufficient to flatten Lino, that’s for certain.

Lerryan Douglas vs. Javier Reyes
Luis Francischinelli vs. Victor Kuiks
Eduardo Chapolin vs. Igor Siqueira
Xie Bin vs. Masuto Kawana

Hope you saved that Combat Go useful, as a result of we’ve received two extra stops to make, first at LFA 190 in Commerce, Calif.

Lerryan Douglas continued to make his case for a UFC callup, rattling off a third-straight knockout victory with this energy left hook towards Javier Reyes.

The win made Douglas the interim LFA featherweight champion and if he can’t at the least get a Contender Collection nod, it looks like we’re doing this improper.

Luis Francischinelli confirmed off a heavy left hand as nicely, however not earlier than rocking Victor Kuiks with a knee first.

He put a critical exclamation level on that one.

In the principle occasion, Eduardo Chapolin secured his first protection of his flyweight title, needing lower than 90 seconds to place Igor Siqueira down.

That’s three straight wins and eight previously 9 for Chapolin, who might additionally step into even brighter lights quickly.

One man we all know will see octagon motion quickly is Street to UFC hopeful Xie Bin, who punched his strategy to a featherweight event last this previous weekend at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

Two monster proper palms, one win away from formally becoming a member of the UFC. Xie fights for a contract on Nov. 23 at UFC Macau, the place he faces Zhu Kangjie.

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