Knockout ‘à la Anderson Silva’ leaves commentators and UFC world ‘in shock’

Michael Chandler lands a spectacular knockout against Tony Ferguson on the main card of UFC 274

on the main card of UFC 274, Michael Chandler landed the best knockout of the year so far when he landed a spectacular kick in the face of Tony Ferguson. And the submission, in the best Anderson Silva style, left the MMA world “in shock”.

Starting with the official UFC broadcast team. Daniel Cormier, Joe Rogan and Jon Anik went wild as soon as Chandler connected the kick, right at the beginning of the 2nd round. On social media, the reactions were similar.

Several fighters were “speechless” for the moment. Niko Price, for example, managed to just blurt out a “p.. that gave birth”, followed by a scared emoji. Chris Daukaus, Alonzo Menifield, Eryk Anders, Javid Basharat and others, even Chicago Bulls NBA player Alex Caruso, had the same reaction.

“My God in heaven” was the most seen phrase on social media after the knockout.

Holy crap 😮 #UFC274

— Niko Price (@Nikohybridprice) May 8, 2022

oh. MY GOD #UFC274

— Chris Daukaus (@ChrisDaukausMMA) May 8, 2022

OH MY GOODNESS‼️ #UFC274

— BriannaTheBull (@briannathebull) May 8, 2022

#UFC274 omg 😱

— Alonzo Menifield (@alonzomenifield) May 8, 2022

omg #ufc274

— Eryk Anders (@erykanders) May 8, 2022

Are you kidding me!!!! WTF 😱😱😱

—Javid Basharat (@JavidBasharat) May 8, 2022

Oh my 😨😨😨😨 #UFC274

— Adrian Yanez (@yanezmma) May 8, 2022

Oh my 😨😨😨😨 #UFC274

— Adrian Yanez (@yanezmma) May 8, 2022

Omg!!!!!! #UFC274

— Shawne Merriman (@shawnemerriman) May 8, 2022

Omg Michael Chandler!! 💥 #UFC274

— Alex Caruso (@ACFresh21) May 8, 2022

See below the results and fights of UFC 274:

main card

Lightweight: Charles do Bronx vs Justin Gaethje
Strawweight: Rose Namajunas vs Carla Esparza
Lightweight: Michael Chandler defeated Tony Ferguson by knockout in R2
Light Heavyweight: Ovince St. Preux defeated Maurício Shogun via split decision
Welterweight: Randy Brown defeated Khaos Williams via split decision

preliminary card

Featherweight: Macy Chiasson defeated Norma Dumont via split decision
Welterweight: Francisco Massaranduba defeated Danny Roberts by unanimous decision
Flyweight: Brandon Royval defeated Matt Schnell via submission in R1
Heavyweight: Blagoy Ivanov defeated Marcos Pezão by unanimous decision
Middleweight: André Fialho defeated Cameron VanCamp by knockout in R1
Flyweight: Tracy Cortez defeated Melissa Gatto by unanimous decision
Flyweight: CJ Vergara defeated Kleydson Rodrigues via split decision
Strawweight: Lupita Godinez defeated Ariane Sorriso by unanimous decision
Bantamweight: Journey Newson defeated Fernie Garcia by unanimous decision