With one other action-packed month of MMA within the books, MMA Junkie looks at the very best knockouts from July 2024: Listed below are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Knockout of the Month award for July.

At the underside of the post, tell us if we got it right by voting to your selection.

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Nominees

Nominee: Charles Johnson def. Joshua Van at UFC on ESPN 59

Charles Johnson (16-6 MMA, 5-4 UFC) showed once more that he has zero quit in him by rallying to upset Joshua Van (10-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) of their flyweight bout.

Johnson was a sizeable betting underdog to hyped prospect Van , and for the primary two rounds it looked like he was barely out of his depth and en path to a choice loss. But then the third round began, and Johnson stunned Van with a crisp punch followed by an enormous uppercut that led to the knockdown and stoppage win.

Nominee: Hyder Amil def. Jeong Yeong Lee at UFC on ESPN 60

One-minute MMA fights don’t get significantly better than Hyder Amil (10-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) vs. Jeong Yeong Lee (11-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC).

Amil and Lee engaged in an absolute slugfest for 65 seconds. Amil finished Lee standing after he officially landed 42 significant strikes within the featherweight bout. The barrage notched Amil his second victory in as many tries as he becomes the primary man to defeat Lee.

Nominee: Mick Parkin def Lukasz Brzeski at UFC 304

Mick Parkin (10-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) scored his first octagon finish on home soil in England on the expense of Lukasz Brzeski (10-5-1 MMA, 1-4 UFC).

After his first three UFC wins got here by decision, Parkin got here out connected with an enormous straight right that rocked Brzeski, and followed it with a flurry which sent him to the canvas to complete the heavyweight bout inside 4 minutes.

Nominee: Tom Aspinall def. Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304

Tom Aspinall (15-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC) made quick work of Curtis Blaydes (18-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC), who was not completely happy with the stoppage, of their rematch for the interim heavyweight title.

Aspinall needed exactly one minute to snipe Blaydes with a crisp one-two combination. His opponent went down, and he pounced with punches until the referee pulled him off. Aspinall was in a position to avenge his July 2022 loss to Blaydes, which got here by TKO as a consequence of injury just 15 seconds into the fight.

The winner

The winner: Montel Jackson def. Da’Mon Blackshear at UFC on ESPN 59

Montel Jackson lived as much as his nickname “Quik” with a quick night on the office that was preceded by an ideal commentary call from former UFC champion Dominick Cruz.

“Watch the straight punches from Jackson,” Cruz said because the fight began. “They’re just lightning-like, straight down the pipe.”

A split-second after the prophetic words were spoken, Jackson (14-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) fired off a quick two-punch combination, putting Da’Mon Blackshear down and out just 18 seconds into their bantamweight bout at Ball Arena in Denver.

A right to the chest and a left hand to the chin knocked Blackshear (14-7-1 MMA, 2-3-1 UFC) out, and the referee rushed in to stop Jackson from connecting with more follow-up punches on the bottom.

The result pushes Jackson’s winning streak to 5, including three first-round finishes. Moreover, he holds the record for many knockdowns within the bantamweight division with 11, and has tied Chuck Liddell, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Cody Garbrandt and Josh Emmett with seven consecutive knockdowns.

Blackshear, whose last win within the UFC was a really rare twister submission of Jose Johnson last August, has now dropped two straight.