Lights Out- The Top 10 UFC KOs of 2012

What a year.
The UFC had its share of powerful knockouts in 2012, but 10 KO bouts stood out among the rest. We catalogued them for you. Reminisce and enjoy.


1. Edson Barboza KOs Terry Etim
The No. 1 knockout of the year took place 14 days into 2012.
Edson Barboza’s incredible spinning wheel kick knockout over Terry Etim will go down as arguably the best knockout in UFC history, at UFC 142, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In the third round, Barboza threw a leg kick, reset and then fired off an outstanding spinning back kick to the face of Etim, which sent the Brit down immediately. A creative, powerful and thrilling knockout.

Edson Barboza knocks out Terry Etim in UFC 142.

Fastest KOs in 2012

7 SECONDS
Ryan Jimmo over Anthony Perosh
KO (elbows)
UFC 149
July 21, 2012

22 SECONDS
Nick Denis over Joseph Sandoval
KO (elbows)
UFC on FX: Guillard vs. Miller
Jan. 20, 2012

46 SECONDS
Johny Hendricks over Martin Kampmann
KO (punch)
UFC 154
Nov. 17, 2012

1 MINUTE, 16 SECONDS
Donald Cerrone over Melvin Guillard
KO (head kick & punch)
UFC 150
Aug. 11, 2012

1 MINUTE, 21 SECONDS
Anthony Pettis over Joe Lauzon
KO (head kick & punches)
UFC 144
Feb. 26, 2012

2 MINUTES, 17 SECONDS
Cung Le over Rich Franklin
KO (punch)
UFC: Macao
Nov. 10, 2012



KO Totals
2 - Cerrone

3- Steven Thompson, Chris Weidman


6 - Anthony Pettis

7- Edson Barboza

8 - Cung Le, Johny Hendricks

10 - Nick Denis

13 - Jose Aldo

20- Anderson Silva


By Jatinder Dhoot

Posted By Ultimate MMA Magazine

Damage - Ultimate MMA

Henry Martinez stands in the Octagon during his lightweight bout against Daron Cruickshank at the UFC on FOX event at the Key Arena in Seattle, Washington

On this night, cuts, swelling and blood are a fighter’s worst enemy.
Years from now—when the lights, the crowd and the cage are long gone—they will look back with fond remembrance on those injuries and even like the battle scars that remain.
But not on this night.

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Simply Stitch - Cutman Jacob Duran

As Talented as Cutman Jacob Duran Is, Passion has Taken Him to the Top of the Fight Game
By Tony Reid

Cher. Sting. Madonna. Stitch.
In this world, there are a handful of people who others know by a single name, and the MMA world is part of that elite group.
Jacob “Stitch” Duran has one of the sport’s most recognizable faces. In the following story, you’re going to meet the man who stitches up the fighters. — Editor

Q: You have said that wrapping hands is similar to putting the armor on the gladiators before they went into battle in ancient times. What is the most memorable wrap job you have ever done?
A: Let’s talk about Meisha Tate the other day when she fought. It was the first time I wrapped her hands. She requested me because I already had Marloes Coenen. They give me five guys, and I end up doing eight. It’s tough for me to say no. So, I put her in my schedule.
As I’m wrapping her hands I said, “Meisha, I wrapped just about every great fighter’s hands in MMA, and it’s nice to have you as one of the people I wrapped.”
She got all excited and said, “Stitch can you sign them for me?”
I have never signed a wrap before they go out to battle so I signed, “Have a blast,” and she ended up winning the fight. She said was going to hold on to them and put them in a special place.
Here is another great story.
We were at the weigh-ins at Abu Dhabi, and you have all of these princes and sheiks. We are in the back dressing room, and I heard one of them talking to security about how he wants Anderson Silva’s autograph. He then sees me and wants to take a picture, which we did.
Come fight night I thought it would be nice to do something special for this guy, so I said, “Do you want to go to the back with me? I have to go wrap BJ Penn, Anderson Silva, Renzo Gracie, Mark Munoz and Kendall Grove.”
While back there, I asked Anderson Silva if he would sign.
Anderson said, “Oh, no problem, sure, sure.”
I thought it would be nice to do something different, so I wrapped his hands and had Anderson autograph the wrap. During the fight, the camera zoomed in on him, and he is waving the wrap around. The guy ended up being one of the princes, and he was very grateful.

Q: From Forrest Griffin to Marvin Eastman and everyone in between, you have been there for most, if not all of the biggest cuts in the history of the sport. What was the most challenging cut you ever had to work on?
A: It happens at just about every event. If you give me an event, I’ll give you a story (laughing). Brock Lesnar when he fought Cain Velasquez. I was with Brock, and I love Brock. I have wrapped his hands since day one. But on this one he ended up with a major gash, and I started working on him.
As big and manly as he is, he looked at me and said, “Stitch, take care of me.”
I said, “Don’t worry about it, Brock.”
Those are the moments that I’m talking about … the one only the fighter and I share.
When Fedor got knocked out he whispered to me, “What happened?”
I had to tell him, “Fedor, you got knocked out.”

This is an excerpt from the January issue.
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