The 15 Greatest Knockouts of 2008

#15: Junior Dos Santos uppercuts Fabricio Werdum directly out of the heavyweight top ten at UFC 90 (10/25/08)

#14: Shane Carwin forcibly ejects Christian Wellisch’s mouthpiece during his Octagon debut at UFC 84 (5/24/08)

#13: Yves Edwards’s daredevil hopping-knee against Edson Berto at EliteXC: Street Certified (2/16/08)

#12: James Irvin’s 8-second Superman-punch KO of Houston Alexander at UFC Fight Night 13 (4/2/08)

#11: Urijah Faber flies directly into the fist of Mike Brown in the upset KO of the year at WEC 36 (11/5/08); skip to 6:14 for the good stuff.

#10 (tie): Anthony Johnson sends Tommy Speer back to the farm at UFC Fight Night 13 (4/2/08); Anthony Johnson gets his revenge on Kevin Burns via head-kick at the TUF 8 Finale (12/13/08)

#9: The Dean of Mean gets Axe-Murdered at UFC 84 (5/24/08)

#8: Gegard Mousasi upkicks his way to a middleweight championship at the expense of Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza at DREAM.5 (9/23/08); check the replay at 4:20.

#7: Shaun Parker and Tyler Bryan knock each other out while guest referee Shonie Carter momentarily loses his shit @ LFC 25 (5/16/08)

#6: Thiago Alves’s rocket-powered flying knee to Matt Hughes’s jaw at UFC 85 (6/7/08); replay starts at 2:19.

#5: Jeremy Stephens throws his fist like a fast-pitch softball and strikes out Rafael Dos Anjos at UFC 91 (11/15/08)

#4: Josh Koscheck gives Yoshiyuki Yoshida two brutal knockout punches for the price of one at UFC Fight for the Troops (12/10/08)

#3: An on-the-ropes Rory Markham pulls the head kick of the year directly out of his ass against Brodie Farber at UFC Fight Night 14 (7/19/08)

#2: Rashad Evans damn-near kills Chuck Liddell with the Overhand Right From Hell at UFC 88 (9/6/08)

#1: Duck, duck, duck, GOOSE! Rampage slays his personal demon at UFC 92 (12/27/08)

BONUS: The Worst Knockout of the Year
Seth Petruzelli taps Kimbo Slice’s off-button at EliteXC: Heat (10/4/08), bringing down the entire organization in the process.

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