Just past the halfway point of the calendar year, the UFC has named its best knockouts of 2025 so far. Without question, there are some that will be in the conversation for Knockout of the Year when we hit late December.

Currently ranked as the UFC’s #3 pound-for-pound fighter, Dvalishvili is coming off a submission-win over former bantamweight king Sean O’Malley in a fight that headlined UFC 316 at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.

One of the most talented UFC featherweights abruptly retired before making a title run. Zabit Magomedsharipov surprised many when he decided to walk away from MMA in 2022. He retired on a 14-fight winning streak, and on the cusp of title contention after a Fight of the Night win over Calvin Kattar in November 2019.

Former UFC flyweight title challenger John Dodson, now a BKFC champ, thinks he'd beat the UFC's current champ if he went back.