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With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best knockouts from January 2024.
With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best knockouts from January 2024: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Knockout of the Month award for January.
At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by voting for your choice.
Check out our staff members’ picks for the Bellator 247 main card in Milan, Italy.
| Jackson vs. Kielholtz |
Novenyi vs. Zerhouni |
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| MMA Junkie readers’ consensus picks 2020: 106-68 |
 Kielholtz (61%) |
 Novenyi (88%) |
| Nolan King @mma_kings 2020: 117-57 |
 Jackson |
Novenyi |
| Farah Hannoun @Farah_Hannoun 2020: 116-58 |
Jackson |
Novenyi |
| Dan Tom @DanTomMMA 2020: 116-58 |
Kielholtz |
Novenyi |
| Danny Segura @dannyseguratv 2020: 114-60 |
Jackson |
Novenyi |
| Simon Head @simonhead 2020: 113-61  2019 Champion* |
Kielholtz |
Novenyi |
| Dave Doyle @davedoylemma 2020: 113-61 |
Jackson |
Novenyi |
| Brian Garcia @thegoze 2020: 113-61 2017 Champion |
Jackson |
Novenyi |
| Mike Bohn @MikeBohnMMA 2020: 110-64 2014 Champion |
Kielholtz |
Novenyi |
| Simon Samano @SJSamano 2020: 109-65 |
Kielholtz |
Novenyi |
| George Garcia @MMAjunkieGeorge 2020: 107-67 |
Jackson |
Novenyi |
| John Morgan @MMAjunkieJohn 2020: 106-68 |
Kielholtz |
Novenyi |
| Ken Hathaway @kenshathaway 2020: 105-69 2018 Champion |
Kielholtz |
Novenyi |
| Abbey Subhan @kammakaze 2020: 103-71 |
Kielholtz |
Novenyi |
| Matt Erickson @MMAjunkieMatt 2020: 73-101 |
Jackson |
 Zerhounni |
(Note: The main card lineup additions of Simone D’Anna vs. Brian Moore and Chris Duncan vs. Iamik Furtado came too late for our picks deadline. In addition, a previously scheduled main card fight between Ilias Bulaid and Ivan Naccari was moved to Bellator’s Oct. 10 event, leaving us with just two picks for this card.)
Bellator is back this week with its first of what will become regular Thursday events.
Bellator 247 takes place Thursday at Allianz Cloud in Milan, Italy. The main card airs on CBS Sports Network following prelims on on MMA Junkie and Bellator’s YouTube page.
(Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.)
The planned main event between Paul Daley (42-17-2 MMA, 8-4 BMMA) and Derek Anderson (16-3 MMA, 7-3 BMMA) at welterweight was scrapped Wednesday when Daley became ill and was removed from the card.
That left our only contentious fight, at women’s flyweight, as the main event. [autotag]Kate Jackson[/autotag] (11-4-1 MMA, 3-2 BMMA) takes on [autotag]Denise Kielholtz[/autotag] (5-2 MMA, 5-2 BMMA) in the new headliner. Our 14 editors, writers, videographers and radio hosts see the fight as a close one. Jackson has just a slim 8-6 lead in the picks.
It’s nearly unanimous in the middleweight co-main event. [autotag]Norbert Novenyi[/autotag] (4-0 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) has a 13-1 picks blowout against promotional newcomer [autotag]Laid Zerhouni[/autotag] (7-5 MMA, 0-0 BMMA).
In the MMA Junkie reader consensus picks, Kielholtz (61 percent) and Novenyi (88 percent) are the choices.
Check out all the picks above.
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The full fight card for Bellator 247 set for Milan, Italy on Oct. 3, has been confirmed.
The fight card for the second leg of Bellator’s Italian triple-header has now been confirmed.
Bellator 247 takes place Thursday, Oct. 1 at the Allianz Cloud in Milan, with a 10-fight preliminary lineup preceding a four-bout main card.
The night’s main event features a welterweight battle between England’s [autotag]Paul Daley[/autotag] (42-17-2 MMA, 8-4 BMMA) and America’s [autotag]Derek Anderson[/autotag] (16-3 MMS, 7-3 BMMA), while the co-main event sees middleweight London Shootfighters prospect [autotag]Norbert Novenyi[/autotag] (4-0 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) take on French newcomer [autotag]Laid Zerhouni[/autotag] (7-5 MMA, 0-0 BMMA).
Also set for main card action is England’s former flyweight title challenger [autotag]Kate Jackson[/autotag] (11-4-1 MMA, 3-2), who takes on Dutch Bellator kickboxing champion [autotag]Denise Kielholtz[/autotag] (5-2 MMA, 5-1 BMMA), while the opening bout of the main card offers a showcase for Moroccan striker [autotag]Ilias Bulaid[/autotag] (2-0 MMA, 2-0 BMMA), who takes on the debuting Italian [autotag]Ivan Naccari[/autotag] (0-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA).
With the additions, the Bellator 247 card now includes:
MAIN CARD (CBS Sports Network, 4 p.m. ET)
PRELIMINARY CARD (12:15 p.m. ET, MMA Junkie)
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