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MMA Junkie’s ‘Knockout of the Month’ for June: A crushing head kick by a champ

With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best knockouts from June 2019: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s “Knockout of the Month” award for June.

At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by voting for your choice.

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The Nominees

Aleksandar Rakic def. Jimi Manuwa at UFC on ESPN+ 11

Aleksandar Rakic (12-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) broke through to the next level of the light heavyweight division when he teed up a left head kick and landed it perfectly on the side of Jimi Manuwa’s (17-6 MMA, 6-6 UFC) skull.

Manuwa was out before he hit the floor as Rakic put everything he had in the kick. That approach worked, because Rakic had himself a knockout victory just 47 seconds into the first round to keep his winning streak alive and stay undefeated in the UFC.

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Valentina Shevchenko def. Jessica Eye at UFC 238

Valentina Shevchenko (15-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) got her UFC women’s flyweight title reign off to a good start when she made an example of overmatched challenger Jessica Eye (14-7 MMA, 4-6 UFC) with a brutal knockout.

Shevchenko kept her firm grip on the 125-pound strap when, as one of the biggest betting favorites in UFC title history, “The Bullet” delivered a highlight-reel head kick knockout of Eye in the second round of the contest. Eye was down on the canvas for quite some time after the kick connected, but fortunately came out OK.

Adam Borics def. Aaron Pico at Bellator 222

Aaron Pico (4-3 MMA, 4-3 BMMA) finally reverted to his wrestling roots in his seventh MMA fight, and while it seemed to pay off, it only took one shot from Adam Borics (13-0 MMA, 4-0 BMMA) to end the fight by knockout.

Following a brutal knockout loss in his previous outing, Pico changed fight camps to Jackson Wink MMA in Albuquerque, N.M., and showed some evolution in his approach against Borics. Pico avoided brawling and instead wrestled, but Borics needed just a singular opening to go airborne and score a stunning flying knee knockout.

Juan Archuleta def. Eduardo Dantas at Bellator 222

Juan Archuleta (23-1 MMA, 5-0 BMMA) made an emphatic claim toward a Bellator title shot with a brutal one-punch, walk-off knockout of Eduardo Dantas (21-7 MMA, 11-4 BMMA).

Archuleta extended his winning streak to 18 fights when he stopped Dantas with a pinpoint right hand on the chin with just one second remaining in the second round. Dantas was down for several minutes after the knockout, but eventually made it back to his feet and left the cage under his own power.

Jair Rozenstruik def. Allen Crowder at UFC on ESPN+ 12

UFC heavyweight Allen Crowder (10-4 MMA, 1-2 UFC) walked into the cage a hometown favorite. In nine seconds, he had no idea where he was courtesy of Jair Rozenstruik’s (8-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) fisticuffs.

Rozenstruik picked up the second-fastest knockout in the division’s history by stopping Crowder in the opening sequence with a knockdown stemming from a jab followed by a couple more shots that ended the contest before it could really get going.

Chan Sung Jung def. Renato Moicano at UFC on ESPN+ 12

Chan Sung Jung (15-5 MMA, 5-2 UFC) bounced back from a last-second knockout loss in emphatic fashion, knocking out Renato Moicano (13-3-1 MMA, 5-3 UFC) with a textbook maneuver in the first round of their featherweight contender matchup.

A slip and a right hand sent Moicano tumbling to the canvas, and “The Korean Zombie” pounced to close out at finish just 58 seconds into the headliner. Jung also picked up a $50,000 win for his fifth career knockout while handing Moicano his second knockout loss.

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The Winner: Valentina Shevchenko

Shevchenko was one of the biggest favorites in UFC title fight history, and she defended her belt with a highlight-reel finish for the ages.

“The Buller” took out Eye with a stunning and massive left kick to the head early in the second round. The kick left Eye out cold on the canvas for several minutes while cageside doctors attended to her. When she finally sat back up, it was to cheers from the fans that she was OK.

But the bigger cheers were for Shevchenko’s first defense of her women’s flyweight title as a favorite of roughly 14-1. The end came at the 0:26 mark of the second round after a dominant first for the champion.

Eye took the center of the cage and immediately fired off a couple punches. Shevchenko answered with a body kick, then another. Eye looked like she wanted to end the fight with one big punch and whiffed on a right hand. Then Shevchenko ducked under another, clinched Eye up around the waist and dragged her to the canvas 45 seconds into the fight. Shevchenko went to work on the ground in half-guard while Eye defended from her back.

Shevchenko wasn’t able to do much damage from up top, though she twice worked her way to side control. And once Eye was able to get back to her feet, Shevchenko again took her down. Shevchenko locked up an armbar late in the round, but Eye rolled out of it to get to the second.

Shevchenko landed a solid kick to the body early in the second. And a moment later, with Eye moving in, Shevchenko threw a left head kick that drilled Eye perfectly in the side of the face. Eye fell to the canvas in slow motion, out cold well before she hit the mat. Her head bounced off the canvas for good measure. Shevchenko knew to not dive in for any more damage after one of the biggest highlight-reel finishes in UFC history.

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