Welcome to the year-end edition of Missed Fists where we take a look back from the craziest highlights from across the globe that may have been overlooked in these hectic times where it seems like there’s an MMA show every other day.
The year 2026 is upon us and we hope you all had the chance to celebrate responsibly, possibly spending time with the family huddled around a big monitor while your favorite MMA moments dance across the screen. So wholesome.
In the event that your life is currently lacking in combat sports action, please hop in to the 2025 Missed Fists Year in Review, which is full of unbelievably brutal knockouts, finishes of the spinning and high-flying variety (often both!), seemingly impossible submissions, wild comebacks, and, of course, our usual assortment of truly bizarre clips that narrowly walk the line between genius and madness (John Wick Invitational? Ultimate Tire Wrestling? YES, PLEASE!)
So sit back, relax, and take a truly mesmerizing trip down memory lane, starting with some of the best KOs we saw this past year… and maybe ever.
(Big thanks as always to @Barrelelapierna for their weekly lists of the best KOs and submissions, and to @Grabaka_Hitman for uploading many of the clips you see here. Give them a follow and chip in on Patreon if you can.)
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Gabriel Ruth vs. Chika Okafor
Antonio Copey vs. Matthias Friederich
Elismar Lima vs. Diogo Silva
Maicon Kobayashi vs. Branislav Zuzak
Kevin Pastran vs. Martin Rafael
Marcus Nash vs. Felipe Rocha
Levy Carriel vs. Raphael Mebenga
Taner Trembley vs. Kyle Zimick
Daniel Skvor vs. Marc Doussis
Chisom Ukoha vs. Cory Owens
Alexander Poppeck vs. Pavol Langer
Jesse King vs. Brian Muller
Daniel Kolasinski vs. Thomas Glot
Plamen Penchev vs. Sofiane Bouafia
Lucas Gouveia vs. Luiz Felipe Herculano
Loai Abushaar vs. Edmund Kwan
Taisei Hata vs. Naoto Harada
Jo Maisonneuve vs. Rachel Hofer
Kaito Yoshimura vs. Qiong Jia
Bruno Buarque vs. Victor Martins
Ryan Daley vs. Bryan Daviage
Lucas Corbage vs. Ronald Padilla
Jaroslaw Chokobok vs. Juba Beridze
Tap, Nap, Or Snap… Oh, Crap
Henrique Madureira vs. Eriglent Prizreni
Shinebaatar Bat-Erdene vs. Kai Yoshida
Shuya Kamikubo vs. Mateus Santos
Jake Pilla vs. Shawn Johnson
Gennier Rojas vs. Gabriel Diaz
Beau Samaniego vs. Antonio Castillo Jr.
Robby Vaughn vs. Alain Mbonerane (VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED)
Jalin Fuller vs. Mac Laursen
Brett Johns vs. Levan Kirtadze
Tivon Taylor vs. Arouna Ntosengeh (VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED)
Mackenzie Stiller vs. Cristina Brador
Fabio Henrique vs. Nyldean Paes
Chad Hinton vs. Gerrit VanBerkel
Daniel Konrad vs. George Hardwick
Ain’t That A Kick In The Head
Salamat Isbulaev vs. Tuul Namnanbayar
Anna Crutchfield vs. Blanca Medina
Lany Silva vs. Rose Conceicao
Taiki Kono vs. Toshikazu Hirayama
Aline David vs. Stephanie Nayen
Ryan Geneus vs. Bryan Daviage
Zhane Tannous vs. Stefan Booysen
Duc Manh Luu vs. K-Pa Thuan
Piotr Kuberski vs. Radoslaw Paczuski
Yassin Saededdin vs. Daniel Labastida
Nathan Haywood vs. Lukas Chotenovsky
Kane Rickus vs. James Sargison
Adnan Hajaj vs. Assadullah Safi
Nathassya Souza vs. Zaide Barbosa
Angel Rodriguez vs. Andres Farrera
Steven Orozco vs. Cameron Cash
Aboubakar Younousov vs. Maycon Alcino
Javanis Ross vs. Louis Brewington
Thiago Goularte vs. Leonardo Mesquita
Lewis Wood vs. Sam Howard
Mahsun Sahzade vs. Daryosh Sanjar
Shukhrat Mirovazov vs. Javokhir Chorchiev
Han Sang-Kwon vs. Yeo Je-Woo
Diego Garcia vs. Julian Rodriguez
Kurban Zainukov vs. Muhammad Amirzoda
Jimkelly Saint Pierre vs. Zachary Dodge
Ronald Padilla vs. Alvaro Vacacela
Pablo Gutierrez vs. Kevin Hernandez
Sung Hwan Jung vs. Tomoya Omura
Kazuki Ito vs. Shuto Shibata
Rangel dos Santos vs. Jesus Herreras
Juan Archuleta vs. Dennis Linton
Dwight Joseph vs. Wilker Nsamo
Asad Kholbutaev vs. Qerib Necefov
Ivan Sicaja vs. Pawel Politylo
Gianni Vazquez vs. Narek Avagyan
Samuel Ivan vs. Robert Stan
“Call An Ambulance, But Not For Me”
Abdelkrim Zouad vs. Tayo Odunjo
Bogdan Pshebelskiy vs. Rustam Aripbaev
Jose Sandoval vs. Aupuni Pagaoa
Mitch Gilmore vs. Dylan Woosley
Rocky Saboya vs. Riran Zenidim
Yu Takeuchi vs. Junya Murata
Body-ody-ody-ody-ody-ody-ody
Devon Lozej vs. Enrique Pacheco
Bilal Hasan vs. Brian Hauser
Isaias Simoes vs. Jean Felipe Souza
Abdurakhman Nasrutdinov vs. Imram Magaramov
Guilherme Mendonca vs. Anderson Zargo
Marcin Wrzosek vs. Pawel Tyburski (and his twin brother???)
Martin Stapleton vs. Leandro Lima
Daniel Czarniecki vs. Mikolaj Koguciuk
Chris Quiroz vs. Jahir Ramos (BARF)
Miguel Sanson vs. Chris Johnson
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