Yahoo Sports UFC's 45 best KOs of 2024 will chase away your holiday blues
The UFC's top knockouts of 2024 is a robust list of nearly four dozen finishes, and if you're dealing with any post-holiday seasonal depression, watching these might pick ya right back up.
And sure, the ones you expect to be there are there from Alex Pereira and Max Holloway and Ilia Topuria and Tom Aspinall.
But we're willing to bet there are some you have forgotten about, too, and rediscovering those hidden gems is a great holiday gift.
Check out the finishes in the marathon highlights video above, and relive many of those fights in the galleries below.
Topuria vs. Holloway
Ilia Topuria def. Max Holloway at UFC 308: Best photos from Abu Dhabi
Bahamondes vs. Torres
Ignacio Bahamondes def. Manuel Torres at UFC 306 at Sphere in Las Vegas: Best photos
Ankalaev vs. Walker 2
Erceg vs. Schnell
Poirier vs. Saint Denis
Dustin Poirier def. Benoit Saint Denis at UFC 299: Best photos
Temirov vs. Vergara
Jones vs. Miocic
Jon Jones def. Stipe Miocic at UFC 309: Best photos
Cong vs. Leonardo
Magomedov vs. Petrosyan
Mingyang vs. Ribeiro
Santos vs. Ofli
Oezdemir vs. Walker
Talbott vs. Ghemmouri
Payton Talbott def. Yanis Ghemmouri at UFC 303: Best photos
Pereira vs. Prochazka 2
Alex Pereira def. Jiri Prochazka at UFC 303: Best photos
France vs. Erceg
Kai Kara-France def. Steve Erceg at UFC 305: Best photos
Ziam vs. Frevola
Ulberg vs. Menifield
Topuria vs. Volkanovski
Alexander Volkanovski vs. Ilia Topuria at UFC 298: Best photos
Despaigne vs. Parisian
Robelis Despaigne def. Josh Parisian at UFC 299: Best photos
Prates vs. Radtke
Reyes vs. Jacoby
Aspinall vs. Blaydes
Tom Aspinall def. Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304: Best photos
Holloway vs. Gaethje
Max Holloway def. Justin Gaethje for 'BMF' title at UFC 300: Best photos
Silva vs. Jourdain
Jean Silva def. Charles Jourdain at UFC 303: Best photos
Ige vs. Fili
Bahamondes vs. Giagos
Perez vs. Nicolau
Borralho vs. Craig
Caio Borralho def. Paul Craig at UFC 301: Best photos
Salikhov vs. Kenan
Buckley vs. Thompson
Joaquin Buckley def. Stephen Thompson at UFC 307 in Salt Lake City: Best photos
Lopes vs. Yusuff
Diego Lopes def. Sodiq Yusuff at UFC 300: Best photos
Brown vs. Salikhov
Aslan vs. Turkalj
Pereira vs. Hill
Alex Pereira def. Jamahal Hill at UFC 300: Best photos
Prates vs. Jingliang
Carlos Prates def. Li Jingliang at UFC 305: Best photos
Ribovics vs. McKinney
Esteban Ribovics def. Terrance McKinney at UFC on ESPN 56: Best photos
Whittaker vs. Aliskerov
Guskov vs. Pauga
Prates vs. Giles
Oliveira vs. Sopaj
Ferreira vs. Hawes
Ming vs. Xiacon
Prates vs. Magny
Elliot vs. Hafez
Oban Elliott def. Bassil Hafez at UFC 309: Best photos
Maddalena vs. Burns
Jack Della Maddalena def. Gilbert Burns at UFC 299: Best photos
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