The 10 Greatest Comebacks In UFC History

#3 Cheick Kongo vs. Pat Barry, UFC on Versus 4

Despite a bunch of fights that largely involved him doing little more than clinching and landing knees to his opponent’s body – and groin – Cheick Kongo somehow garnered a reputation as an exciting fighter in the UFC. Most of it was probably down to this classic comeback that saw him rise up from the dead to knock out fellow striker Pat Barry in the main event of UFC on Versus 4.

The fight was moved to the main event after the loss of Nate Marquardt vs. Rick Story because it promised action, and boy did it deliver. Within a minute or so Barry had Kongo on the verge of being stopped, as he countered a low kick with a right hand that dropped the Frenchman. When Kongo got to his feet, Barry knocked him down a second time and surely the fight was over, but not so. Kongo somehow willed himself up, sliding around like a drunkard on ice.

Barry decided to go for the kill, but as he closed in he forgot the most important thing about MMA – always defend yourself – and walked directly into a pair of right hands that turned out his lights and sent him down, stiff as a corpse. Kongo was still so wobbly that he practically collapsed onto Barry to land a follow-up shot. It was perhaps the wildest one-round fight in UFC history – and definitely one of the best comebacks.