10 Most Unique Knockouts In UFC History

10. Gerard Gordeau Vs. Teila Tuli - UFC 1

Finish: Soccer Kick

This was the first knockout or TKO finish in UFC history, taking place just 26 seconds into the second fight on the UFC 1 card.

The oddity of the match up really only makes sense based on the oddity of the entire event as a whole. Billed as Savate and Sumo specialists respectively, Dutchman Gerard Gordeau and Hawaii native Teila Tuli were both making their MMA debut that night.

After charging forward and losing his balance, Tuli fell to the canvas, allowing Gordeau to casually walk up to his fallen foe, wind up, and punt his face into the next century with a brutal and unwavering soccer kick.

So much force was behind the kick that Tuli lost multiple teeth, of which two embedded themselves into Gordeau's foot.

He was so worried that taking the teeth out would open the wound and not allow him to continue with the evening's tournament, he had the doctor tape it up with Tuli's teeth still lodged in his foot... and kept fighting!

This form of finish is thankfully so rare now because in the UFC, and in most MMA promotions, the soccer kick is an illegal move that was banned years and years ago.

This was one reason why.