{"id":371802,"date":"2020-12-22T06:52:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T14:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=371802"},"modified":"2020-12-22T06:52:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T14:52:31","slug":"video-ufc-reveals-2020-knockout-of-the-year-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/video-ufc-reveals-2020-knockout-of-the-year-nominees\/","title":{"rendered":"Video | UFC reveals 2020 Knockout of the Year nominees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With 2020 winding down, the UFC has released a video of the year&#8217;s best knockouts, and the promotion is asking fans to pick their favorites.<\/p>\n<p>See the video below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2020 Knockout of the Year Nominees\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t1RzOeVtroY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Despite the many challenges we&#8217;ve all dealt with this year, the UFC managed to promote a long list of exciting events, and several of those events featured truly unforgettable knockouts.<\/p>\n<p>The UFC knockouts included in the video above are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cody Garbrandt&#8217;s knockout of Raphael Assuncao in June<\/li>\n<li>Joaquin Buckley&#8217;s knockout of Impa Kasanganay in October<\/li>\n<li>Khaos Williams&#8217; knockout of Abdul Razak Alhassan in November<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Holland&#8217;s knockout of Ronaldo &#8220;Jacare&#8221; Souza in December<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fans interested in voting for the 2020 Knockout of the Year can do so on the official UFC <a href=\"http:\/\/ufc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> or on the promotion&#8217;s social media channels.<\/p>\n<p>While this year certainly didn&#8217;t go the way anybody planned. the prevalence of highlight reel KOs in the Octagon is proof that the year certainly had some upside from the UFC. In fact, according to UFC President Dana White, this was one of the promotion&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-estimates-current-market-value-of-the-ufc-is-probably-nine-or-ten-billion\/\">best years to date<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the pandemic, we were up 30 percent on ESPN,\u201d White told TSN&#8217;s Aaron Bronsteter, looking back on some of the successes the UFC enjoyed in 2020. \u201cThen as soon as it starts to average out, we\u2019re up 18 to 20 percent this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur social media growth was massive this year,\u201d the UFC boss. \u201cWe surpassed 10 million followers on YouTube, earning us Diamond Play status\u2014second only to the NBA among sports organizations worldwide. Our Instagram growth in the US went up 38.17 percent\u2014we\u2019re second only to the NBA again. Second most views on Instagram compared to all other US-based sports\u2014number two to the NBA\u2014and the Joaquin Buckley [viral knockout] was massive. It broke all kinds of records.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe broke every record we had except for live gate,\u201d White continued. \u201cI mean, consumer products is up 166 percent this year, and the list just goes on and on. We killed it this year. It was an amazing year for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your favorite UFC knockout from 2020?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With 2020 winding down, the UFC has released a video of the year&#8217;s best knockouts, and the promotion is asking fans to pick their favorites. See the video below. 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