2025 was the year of the spinning back elbow. What gives?

UFC analysts, fighters and coaches offer theories on why spinning back elbow knockouts were more common in 2025.

MMA Knockout of the Year 2025: Lerone Murphy separates himself in a year of spinning strikes

In 2024, Topuria earned our No. 2 spot for his epic knockout of Max Holloway, becoming the first man to stop the Hawaiian ...
Cageside Press

MMA 2025 Year in Review: Knockout of the Year

It was a three-horse race in our 2025 Knockout of the Year awards category, with Lerone Murphy, Mauricio Ruffy, & Ilia ...
Sherdog on MSN

Sherdog's 2025 knockout of the year

It was as if Lerone Murphy called down a lightning bolt from Zeus himself. The undefeated Manchester Top Team star authored a ...
Yahoo! Sports

Knockout! Sergio Pettis destroys Magomed Magomedov via crushing spinning elbow at PFL Dubai | video

Sergio Pettis has a knack for landing spinning s**t. During today’s (Fri., Oct. 3, 2025) PFL Dubai event in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, “The Phenom” delivered another highlight reel finish after ...

Diego Lopes: If Alexander Volkanovski pressures me more, I'll KO him

Diego Lopes knows Alexander Volkanovski will enter their rematch with a lot of confidence.
Bloody Elbow

Watch Dana White react to horrifying spinning elbow KO in Contender Series clash

Producing some notable finishes in recent years, the final Contender Series episode of 2025 certainly produced one of the best reactions from UFC boss Dana White. The final Contender Series episode of ...