Top 10 UFC knockouts

The staff of CoveringTheCage.com will present a list each day leading up to Saturday’s UFC 200 at T-Mobile Arena. Wednesday: Top 10 Knockouts

10. Matt Hughes def. Carlos Newton, UFC 34. Hughes powered through a triangle choke to lift Newton off the mat and knock him out with a slam to win the UFC welterweight title.

9. Chuck Liddell def. Randy Couture, UFC 52. “The Iceman” seized the light heavyweight title he would hold for two years with a one-punch stoppage that avenged a previous loss to Couture.

8. Holly Holm def. Ronda Rousey, UFC 193. Holm shocked the MMA world and a UFC-record crowd in Melbourne, Australia, with a head-kick knockout to end Rousey’s reign.

7. Lyoto Machida def. Randy Couture, UFC 129. Machida finished Couture with a crane kick that looked as if it came straight out of “The Karate Kid.”

6. Rashad Evans def. Chuck Liddell, UFC 88. Evans knocked Liddell unconscious with an overhand right to catapult himself into a title shot.

5. Gabriel Gonzaga def. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, UFC 70. Gonzaga used Filipovic’s signature move against him, knocking him out with a head kick in the first round.

4. Edson Barboza def. Terry Etim, UFC 142. Barboza became the first fighter in UFC history to record a knockout with a spinning wheel kick that was delivered flawlessly.

3. Dan Henderson def. Michael Bisping, UFC 100. The most memorable highlight from the biggest event in UFC history. Henderson knocked Bisping cold with a huge right hand.

2. Anderson Silva def. Vitor Belfort, UFC 126. Silva successfully defended the middleweight belt for the eighth consecutive time by ending Belfort’s title hopes with a perfectly placed front kick.

1. Chris Weidman def. Anderson Silva, UFC 162. Silva’s antics in the cage finally got the better of him, as Weidman answered the champion’s taunting with a left hook that ended the longest title reign in UFC history.