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MMA Junkie’s 2020 ‘Knockout of the Year’: Joaquin Buckley hits viral move for the ages

Here are the top four honorable mentions and winner of MMA Junkie’s “Knockout of the Year” award for 2020.

With another action-packed year of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie takes a look at the best knockouts from January to December. Here are the top five and winner of MMA Junkie’s “Knockout of the Year” award for 2020.

At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by voting on your choice for “Knockout of the Year.”

KSW 55 video: Mamed Khalidov reclaims title with spectacular switch-kick knockout

Mamed Khalidov got some sweet revenge over Scott Askham at KSW 55.

[autotag]Mamed Khalidov[/autotag] got revenge over [autotag]Scott Askham[/autotag] in one of the more thrilling of ways Saturday at KSW 55.

Khalidov (35-7-2) needed just 32 seconds to take back the middleweight title from Askham (19-5), landing an insane switch kick for the finish of the headlining bout, which took place at Studio Klubu Wytworinia in Lodz, Poland.

Watch the video of the finish below (via Twitter):

Khalidov’s knockout got him back to the top of the heap in KSW’s 185-pound division. He’d experienced a three-fight losing skid prior to his title-winning performance, including a decision loss to Askham at KSW 52 in December.

The epic finish in the rematch led to the 40-year-old Khalidov getting his first victory since May 2017.