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#2. Arnold Allen breaks onto big stage with violent stoppage of Dan Hooker

Arnold Allen destroyed Dan Hooker in a massive breakout performance in the UFC last night.

Despite riding a lengthy eight-fight win streak in the UFC leading into last night’s show, #7 ranked featherweight Arnold Allen still seemed to be flying under the radar. The main reason appeared to be his lack of explosive finishes.

‘Almighty’ changed that last night, putting on the best performance of his career. He took out former lightweight contender Dan Hooker in just over two and a half minutes with a salvo of violent strikes.

Hooker, who has always been renowned for his toughness and durability at 155 lbs, seemed happy to exchange with Allen from the off. However, that soon proved to be undoing.

A combination from ‘Almighty’ had ‘The Hangman’ stunned in the early going. While the New Zealand native didn’t hit the ground, it was clear he was in serious trouble. Hooker attempted to back up, but Allen simply didn’t let up.

He continued to bomb on his opponent, opening up with more and more strikes at a seemingly quicker clip. Eventually, Hooker stumbled back to the fence, forcing referee Dan Movahedi to rescue him.

To say that nobody really expected a finish like this from Allen would be an understatement, making his performance even more effective. He’s a genuine title contender at 145lbs, and this explosive UFC knockout should guarantee him a big fight next time out.

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#1. Molly McCann scores UFC’s fourth spinning elbow knockout in memorable fashion

Molly McCann scored a classic UFC knockout over Luana Carolina.

Molly McCann's win was probably overshadowed by the victories of Tom Aspinall, Arnold Allen and Paddy Pimblett. However, it's safe to say that the most explosive finish last night – maybe the most explosive of 2022 thus far – was produced by McCann.

The Liverpool-based flyweight has been with the UFC since 2018. Despite running up a solid record of 4-2, she’d never been able to put an opponent away in the octagon, going to decision on six straight occasions.

That changed last night, though. Seemingly buoyed by the hot crowd, who were firmly in her favor, ‘Meatball’ came out more aggressively than ever before, chasing down her opponent Luana Carolina with a violent striking assault.

The Brazilian survived the first two rounds – and McCann appeared to be slowing down. It looked like the Liverpool favorite would go the distance once again. However, that wasn’t to be the case.

The third round saw Carolina begin to push forward a little more. When ‘Dread’ left herself open after throwing a combo, McCann countered with a vicious spinning back elbow that knocked her silly. Carolina was unconscious before she hit the ground as ‘Meatball’ picked up her first octagon finish.

Whether or not she can follow this up with something even better down the line is a question mark, but to be quite frank, who cares? Whatever happens to McCann in her UFC career now, she’ll always have this knockout in London.