MMA Junkie KO of the Month for November: Ming Shi’s head kick flattens Xiaocan Feng

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With another month of action-packed MMA in the books, MMA Junkie takes a look at the best knockouts of November 2024: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and the winners of MMA Junkie’s Knockout of the Month award for November.

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Nominees

Nominee: Oban Elliott def. Bassil Hafez at UFC 309

Ò(Editor's note: graphic content, blood)Ó November 16, 2024; New York, NY, USA; Bassil Hafez (red gloves) fights Oban Elliott (blue gloves) in the welterweight bout during UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images — Ò(Editor’s note: graphic content, blood)Ó November 16, 2024; New York, NY, USA; Bassil Hafez (red gloves) fights Oban Elliott (blue gloves) in the welterweight bout during UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images

Oban Elliott scored his first UFC finish by knocking out Bassil Hafez at UFC 309 with a huge right hand in the final round.

This was a fight that Elliott controlled for the first two rounds. Then, out of nowhere, he cracked Hafez with a shot that knocked him down, and the ensuing punches prompted the referee to rush in.

Nominee: Jon Jones def. Stipe Miocic at UFC 309

UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones (left) kicks his challenger Stipe Miocic (right) during their UFC 309 heavyweight title fight at Madison Square Garden in New York on January 16 November 2024. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP)

Jon Jones recorded his first heavyweight title defense by sending former champion Stipe Miocic into retirement with a nasty body kick.

It was a dominant performance for Jones. He crushed Miocic to the ground with a heavy ground and pound in the opener. Jones continued to style Miocic, unleashing a spinning back kick to the body late in the second round. It would be this same strike that would end the fight in the next round, as Jones connected hard with Miocic’s midsection for the finish.

Nominee: Muslim Salikhov def. Kenan song at UFC Fight Night 248

Jon Jones didn’t have the only spinning attack in November that turned heads. Muslim Salikhov unleashed a magnificent cartwheel kick to knock out Song Kenan at UFC Fight Night 248 in Macau.

It’s Salikhov’s signature move, and he pulled off perhaps his best yet. The 40-year-old knocked out Kenan in the first round using this technique, true to his nickname “King of Kung Fu.”

Nominated: Costello van Steenis def. Joao Dantas at the 2024 PFL Championship

Costello van Steenis added to his tally with a powerful header against Joao Dantas to open the 2024 PFL Championship preliminaries in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Van Steenis, a Bellator veteran fighting for the first time under the PFL banner, notched his fourth career knockout to cap a 2-0 year in the cage.

The winner

The winner: Ming Shi def. Xiaocan Feng at UFC Fight Night 248

Ming Shi scored an all-time knockout in the strawweight division on Saturday at UFC Fight Night 248 to win the “Road to UFC” tournament.

In the third round of his clash against Xiaocan Feng (10-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) at the Galaxy Arena in Macau, Shi (17-5 MMA, 1-0 UFC) landed a magnificent right head kick that connected to the square. jawline and leads to the highlighted finish.

Feng remained down for several minutes after the knockout and was taken out of the octagon on a stretcher. Although happy with her victory, Shi said her concern was for Feng’s safety.

“I feel really happy and I’m worried about my opponent,” Shi said in her post-fight interview with Michael Bisping. “I hope she is well. She is young. … I think I’m going to be a dangerous opponent in the future. Good luck to my next opponent.

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