The best and worst from UFC Fight Night 163: Magomedsharipov vs. Kattar

#2 Best: Ankalaev’s unbelievable knockout

Magomed Ankalaev uncorked an incredible KO on Dalcha Lungiambula

Dagestan’s Magomed Ankalaev came into the UFC with quite a lot of hype in 2018, but his loss to Paul Craig – a submission in the last second of a fight he’d been dominating – was such a stunning disappointment that despite solid wins over Marcin Prachnio and Klidson Abreu, the Light-Heavyweight hadn’t quite gained back his dangerous aura.

After tonight’s fight with Dalcha Lungiambula though? That aura is back with a vengeance. Ankalaev dominated the first two rounds of the fight, abusing the South African in the clinch in the first round before taking him down and smashing him with elbows in the second. The third round was the big moment, though. Ankalaev channeled his inner Anderson Silva – and destroyed Lungiambula with a clean front kick to the jaw before finishing him off with a couple of heavy punches.

205lbs is a bit of an underrated division right now; prospects like Dominick Reyes, Aleksandar Rakic and Corey Anderson are all making their name as potential title contenders while veterans like Anthony Smith and Glover Teixeira still appear to be dangerous too. After tonight Ankalaev can certainly be considered up there with the best prospects at 205lbs; another big win and his name will be in the hat of contenders.