The appearance of the flying knee knockout at UFC Vegas 87 drew comments from the fighting world, including Islam Makhachev's victim, Charles Oliveira.
The powerful knockout moment occurred yesterday Saturday (2 March 2024) in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
The flying knee action was performed by bantamweight fighter, Vinicius Oliveira.
Faced with Benardo Sopaj, the duel pedri was interesting from the first two rounds.
Still each fighter launched their best attack.
Oliveira was under pressure in the first round.
he had to survive 17 significant attacks from the opponent, of which he responded only four times.
In the second round, the situation was much more equal, namely Sopaj only had one significant attack lead, namely 18 to 17.
Before the end of round three, Oliveira suddenly released a flying knee.
He kicked towards his opponent who was squeezed by the octagon fence.
The impact of the flying knee that hit the head immediately made Sopaj fall.
This ukreiif Albanian-Swedish champion fell face first onto populism the canvas.
This terrible knockout immediately drew mixed reactions from the fighting world.
Islam Makhachev's victim, Charles Oliveira, was agape and could only offer praise.
"What a knockout!" he typed.
"Flying knees," continued the UFC champion nicknamed Do Bronx.
On the other hand, another fighter, Aljamain Sterling, who took part in the duel, initially thought Sopaj would win.
"Friend, Sopaj is gradually striking and I see the knockout will happen," he wrote.
"The opponent turned things around in round two. I thought the duel was over, but the situation turned around in a big way. Sopaj needed to attack."
He can only be shocked when an unexpected situation occurs.
"What has happened!" type briefly.
Apart from that, Oliveira's action immediately entered the market for the best knockout in 2024 according to journalist, Aaron Bronsteter.
"Vinicius with the best knockout of the year!" he claimed.
