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With one other action-packed month of MMA within the books, MMA Junkie seems to be at one of the best knockouts from July 2024: Listed below are the 5 nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Knockout of the Month award for July.
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Nominees
Nominee: Charles Johnson def. Joshua Van at UFC on ESPN 59
Charles Johnson (16-6 MMA, 5-4 UFC) confirmed as soon as once more that he has zero give up in him by rallying to upset Joshua Van (10-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) of their flyweight bout.
Johnson was a sizeable betting underdog to hyped prospect Van , and for the primary two rounds it seemed like he was barely out of his depth and en path to a choice loss. However then the third spherical started, and Johnson shocked Van with a crisp punch adopted by an enormous uppercut that led to the knockdown and stoppage win.
Nominee: Hyder Amil def. Jeong Yeong Lee at UFC on ESPN 60
One-minute MMA fights don’t get significantly better than Hyder Amil (10-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) vs. Jeong Yeong Lee (11-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC).
Amil and Lee engaged in an absolute slugfest for 65 seconds. Amil completed Lee standing after he formally landed 42 vital strikes within the featherweight bout. The barrage notched Amil his second victory in as many tries as he turns into the primary man to defeat Lee.
Nominee: Mick Parkin def Lukasz Brzeski at UFC 304
Mick Parkin (10-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) scored his first octagon end on residence soil in England on the expense of Lukasz Brzeski (10-5-1 MMA, 1-4 UFC).
After his first three UFC wins got here by choice, Parkin got here out related with an enormous straight proper that rocked Brzeski, and adopted it with a flurry which despatched him to the canvas to complete the heavyweight bout inside 4 minutes.
Nominee: Tom Aspinall def. Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304
Tom Aspinall (15-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC) made fast work of Curtis Blaydes (18-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC), who was not proud of the stoppage, of their rematch for the interim heavyweight title.
Aspinall wanted precisely one minute to snipe Blaydes with a crisp one-two mixture. His opponent went down, and he pounced with punches till the referee pulled him off. Aspinall was capable of avenge his July 2022 loss to Blaydes, which got here by TKO as a consequence of harm simply 15 seconds into the struggle.
The winner
The winner: Montel Jackson def. Da’Mon Blackshear at UFC on ESPN 59
Montel Jackson lived as much as his nickname “Quik” with a quick evening on the workplace that was preceded by an ideal commentary name from former UFC champion Dominick Cruz.
“Watch the straight punches from Jackson,” Cruz mentioned because the struggle started. “They’re simply lightning-like, straight down the pipe.”
A split-second after the prophetic phrases have been spoken, Jackson (14-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) fired off a quick two-punch mixture, placing Da’Mon Blackshear down and out simply 18 seconds into their bantamweight bout at Ball Area in Denver.
A proper to the chest and a left hand to the chin knocked Blackshear (14-7-1 MMA, 2-3-1 UFC) out, and the referee rushed in to cease Jackson from connecting with extra follow-up punches on the bottom.
The end result pushes Jackson’s successful streak to 5, together with three first-round finishes. Moreover, he holds the report for many knockdowns within the bantamweight division with 11, and has tied Chuck Liddell, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Cody Garbrandt and Josh Emmett with seven consecutive knockdowns.
Blackshear, whose final win within the UFC was a really uncommon tornado submission of Jose Johnson final August, has now dropped two straight.
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