The Tapology Consensus MMA Rankings

MMA's Best Knockouts of the Year 2012

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1. 1

   

   Barboza vs. Etim

   Edson Barboza | KO/TKO | Round 3

   2012 | UFC 142

2. 2

   

   Aldo vs. Mendes

   Jose Aldo | KO/TKO | Round 1

   2012 | UFC 142

3. 3

   

   Pettis vs. Lauzon

   Anthony Pettis | KO/TKO | Round 1

   2012 | UFC 144

4. 4

   

   Thompson vs. Stittgen

   Stephen Thompson | KO/TKO | Round 1

   2012 | UFC 143

5. 5

   

   Barry vs. Morecraft

   Pat Barry | KO/TKO | Round 1

   2012 | UFC on FX 1

6. 6

   

   Boetsch vs. Okami

   Tim Boetsch | KO/TKO | Round 3

   2012 | UFC 144

7. 7

   

   Denis vs. Sandoval

   Nick Denis | KO/TKO | Round 1

   2012 | UFC on FX 1

8. 8

   

   Hunt vs. Kongo

   Mark Hunt | KO/TKO | Round 1

   2012 | UFC 144

9. 9

   

   Lawler vs. Amagov

   Robbie Lawler | KO/TKO | Round 1

   2012 | Strikeforce

10. 10

    

    Swanson vs. Roop

    Cub Swanson | KO/TKO | Round 2

    2012 | UFC on FOX 2

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11. Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Paulo Thiago | 2012 - UFC on FUEL TV 2
12. Lavar Johnson vs. Joey Beltran | 2012 - UFC on FOX 2
13. Pat Curran vs. Joe Warren | 2012 - Bellator 60
14. Luke Rockhold vs. Keith Jardine | 2012 - Strikeforce
15. Ben Rothwell vs. Brendan Schaub | 2012 - UFC 145
16. Michael McDonald vs. Miguel Torres | 2012 - UFC 145
17. Issei Tamura vs. Zhang Tie Quan | 2012 - UFC 144
18. Brian Rogers vs. Vitor Vianna | 2012 - Bellator 61
19. Muhammed Lawal vs. Lorenz Larkin | 2012 - Strikeforce
20. Brian Stann vs. Alessio Sakara | 2012 - UFC on FUEL TV 2


21. Mike Pyle vs. Ricardo Funch | 2012 - UFC 142
22. Joseph Benavidez vs. Yasuhiro Urushitani | 2012 - UFC on FX 2
23. Jonathan Brookins vs. Vagner Rocha | 2012 - UFC on FUEL TV 1
24. Lavar Johnson vs. Pat Barry | 2012 - UFC on FOX 3
25. Stipe Miocic vs. Phil De Fries | 2012 - UFC on FUEL TV 1
26. James Te Huna vs. Aaron Rosa | 2012 - UFC on FX 2
27. Matt Brown vs. Chris Cope | 2012 - UFC 143
28. Andreas Spang vs. Brian Rogers | 2012 - Bellator 66
29. Rick Hawn vs. Lloyd Woodard | 2012 - Bellator 66
30. Gian Villante vs. Trevor Smith | 2012 - Strikeforce


31. Stefan Struve vs. Dave Herman | 2012 - UFC on FUEL TV 1
32. Rory MacDonald vs. Che Mills | 2012 - UFC 145
33. Jorge Rivera vs. Eric Schafer | 2012 - UFC on FX 1
34. Rick Hawn vs. Ricardo Tirloni | 2012 - Bellator 62
35. Takanori Gomi vs. Eiji Mitsuoka | 2012 - UFC 144
36. Evan Dunham vs. Nik Lentz | 2012 - UFC on FOX 2
37. Tom Lawlor vs. Jason MacDonald | 2012 - UFC on FUEL TV 3
38. Eddie Alvarez vs. Shinya Aoki II | 2012 - Bellator 66
39. Shawn Jordan vs. Oli Thompson | 2012 - UFC on FX 2
40. Geoffrey Neal vs. BC Compton | 2012 - Cage Combat 7


41. Brent Schermerhorn vs. Kaleo Gambill | 2012 - ProElite 3
42. Gilbert Yvel vs. Houston Alexander | 2012 - RFA 2
43. Mike Richman vs. Chris Horodecki | 2012 - Bellator 64
44. Mario Martinez vs. John Haydon | 2012 - Cage Combat 7
45. Alan Belcher vs. Rousimar Palhares | 2012 - UFC on FOX 3
46. Todd Duffee vs. Neil Grove | 2012 - Super Fight League 2
47. Michael Chandler vs. Akihiro Gono | 2012 - Bellator 67
48. Michael Page vs. Ben Dishman | 2012 - UCMMA 26
49. David Rickels vs. Jordan Smith | 2012 - Bellator 63
50. Andrey Koreshkov vs. Tiawan Howard | 2012 - Bellator 63


51. Frank Caraballo vs. Donny Walker | 2012 - Bellator 66
52. Anthony Perosh vs. Nick Penner | 2012 - UFC on FX 2
53. Lyman Good vs. LeVon Maynard | 2012 - Bellator 65
54. Maurice Smith vs. Jorge Cordoba | 2012 - RFA 2
55. Zelg Galesic vs. Doug Marshall | 2012 - Super Fight League 3
56. Makoto Kamaya vs. Katsuya Toida | 2012 - DEEP 57
57. Munah Holland vs. Marianna Kheyfets | 2012 - Bellator 63
58. Roger Bowling vs. Brandon Saling | 2012 - Strikeforce
59. Ryan Ford vs. Luis Santos | 2012 - Bellator 67
60. Genair da Silva vs. Bobby Reardanz | 2012 - Bellator 60


61. Ian Loveland vs. Alex Crispim | 2012 - TPF 13
62. Brandon Thatch vs. Jory Erickson | 2012 - Instinct MMA 3
63. Masato Kobayashi vs. Tatsuyuki Nakamura | 2012 - DEEP 57
64. Reynaldo Trujillo vs. Munil Adriano | 2012 - Legacy FC 10
65. Amaechi Oselukwue vs. Gerardo Julio Gallegos | 2012 - XFC 16
66. Hirohide Fujinuma vs. Seigo Mizuguchi | 2012 - DEEP 57
67. Rafal Skibinski vs. Jason Graves | 2012 - XFO 43
68. Seiya Kawahara vs. Yuta Numakura | 2012 - Pancrase
69. Derrick Lewis vs. Justin Frazier | 2012 - RFA 2
70. Mike Kent vs. Chester Post | 2012 - ECC 13


71. Alex Morono vs. Rashon Lewis | 2012 - Legacy FC 10
72. Duane Bastress vs. Plinio Cruz | 2012 - Bellator 65
73. Chris Spang vs. Nah-shon Burrell | 2012 - Strikeforce
74. Jimmy Ambriz vs. Satish Jha | 2012 - Super Fight League 1
75. Lak Sekhon vs. Madura Rathnayake | 2012 - Super Fight League 1
76. Randi Miller vs. Mollie Ahlers-Estes | 2012 - Invicta FC 1
77. Kultar Gill vs. Quinton Arendse | 2012 - Super Fight League 3
78. Mamed Khalidov vs. Rodney Wallace | 2012 - KSW 19

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