Body kick turned into knee to the head

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The finish by Moraes immediately reminded me of Hansen's KO against Azeredo.

In both instances, a body kick turned into a devastating knee to the head because of the opponent ducking down for a shot.





Incidentally, Joachim Hansen has scored two additional counter knee KO's (just straight knees, not body kicks landing at the knee) to opponents who lowered their head (possibly going for a clinch / takedown).



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I'm wondering if there have been any other instances of body kicks landing at the knee for the KO.
 
man i felt bad for sterling. matt serra fucking loves the guy.
 
Joachim "the ufc couldn't pay me enough to be disrespected or something-original walk-off K.O.(poor Imanari)" Hansen
 
I believe Dillashaw went for a head kick against Issei Tamura but caught him with the knee instead. KO’d Tamura good though.
 
As a more recent example, Humberto Bandenay threw 2 body kicks at Martin Bravo. First one landed right to the liver and Bravo ducked right into the second kick, caught a flush knee to the face, and went completely stiff.
 
Dodson did that to Moraga, but it wasn't a clean KO. Result was eventually a TKO, but the stoppage was a bit iffy.

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Kick-knee knock outs seem to always result in a walk off, as if the striker is surprised and don't quite know what happened ;)
 
I did that once in training. Partner tries to throw right cross and left kick. I see the cross and duck straight into the knee. BAM!! Thank God he hit only the side of my head but it still was one of hardest hits I ever took.
 
I made a thread on that. Kicks seem to result in more lucky KOs than do punches.
 
Thanks everyone!

Here are some more examples that have been mentioned.

Humberto Bandenay KO's Martin Bravo:

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TJ Dillashaw's headkick lands at the knee against Issei Tamura:

 
Yea. Reminded me of Hellboy too.

Posted a GIF in some other thread.
 
Derek Anderson vs Brandon Girtz in Bellator is my favorite version of this particular instance
 
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