UFC's 10 Most Dramatic Fight Finishes
1. Jose Aldo Vs. Conor McGregor
We started and will end this list with a finish that came seemingly out of nowhere.
Way back in 2015, the name Conor McGregor didn't really carry the same weight as it does in 2019. So, when Jose Aldo and McGregor were eventually (after a year of build up and injury setbacks) scheduled to meet at UFC 194, the odds were greatly in favour of the Brazilian UFC Featherweight Champion. A man who had gone undefeated for 10 years.
McGregor sensing that any great drama required a script that hadn't been seen before, took it upon himself to tear up the sheets and improvise his own destiny.
It took him a mere 13 seconds to bulldoze himself into UFC's upper echelon of stars and bring down the Aldo empire.
Seeing the Brazilian freeze mid-strike - as McGregor landed his fateful left - was an image that has been since chiselled into fan's minds forever.
No moment before or since has captured the essence of drama in combat sports quite like the relative unknown Irishman seizing the Featherweight title and world stage - all with a perfectly timed left hand.