With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best knockouts from August 2025: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie's ...

UFC analysts, fighters and coaches offer theories on why spinning back elbow knockouts were more common in 2025.

In early March at UFC 313 in Las Vegas, Brazilian lightweight Mauricio Ruffy opened the main card against veteran King Green in what became one of the most ...

2025 is the year of the spinning back elbow. At UFC 319 earlier this year, we saw Carlos Prates and Lerone Murphy score incredible back-to-back knockouts with the strike. Spinning elbows are still all ...

With 42 UFC events in 2025, selecting the best knockouts of the year was not an easy task. Across four ballots submitted by CBS Sports combat experts, seven different fights received top-three votes.

Let’s briefly start with what Mauricio Ruffy’s incredible UFC 313 knockout isn’t. It isn’t from a matchup of ranked lightweights. It isn’t a major upset or a crazy come-from-behind victory. It isn’t a ...