The Masanori Kanehara vs Marlon Sandro fight at Sengoku 13 on June 20th didn’t last very long, but it produced one of the most devastating KOs of the year.

It makes sense that Sandro will be compared to Jose Aldo. He trains with the WEC champion and has 4 first round KOs in his last 5 fights. One was only 9 seconds into the round and another was just 19. He is now 17-1 and the new Sengoku featherweight champ.

You don’t see this much in MMA: a spinning heel kick that knocks out a fighter. You must certainly don’t see them when they are the first and only strike of the entire fight. This video is from ProFC, a Russian-based MMA promotion. The sound of the heel connecting with the opposing fighter’s face is enough to turn your stomach.

Drink your milk. Eat your Wheaties. Lift them weights. And if you get queasy easily, then look away. This fighter suffers a heinous dislocation and/or arm break.

Happy New Year to Paul “Semtex” Daley. He just put a very good mixed martial artist to sleep in impressive fashion. I’d figured Hazelett would win via sub, but Daley can drop those big bombs. If you want to get straight to the destruction, head to 4:35 of the video.

The Cage Doctors present the best knockouts in MMA for 2009.

Marius Zaromskis vs. Hayato Sakurai at DREAM 10

Dan Henderson vs Michael Bisping, UFC 100 (action at 9:20 of video)

Dan Hornbuckle vs. Akihiro Gono, Sengoku 9

Scott Smith vs. Cung Le, Strikeforce Evolution

Nick Pace vs. Collin Tebo, Bellator XI

Yahir Reyes vs. Estevan Payan, Bellator VI

Fedor Emelianenko vs. Andrei Arlovski, Affliction: Day of Reckoning

Nate Marquardt vs. Demian Maia, UFC 102

Marcus Aurelio vs Keegan Marshall (Not an official MMA fight, but HAS to be included!)

Pete Spratt vs. Nathan Gunn, MFC 22

This is one of the best knockouts in MMA history, certainly the most creative. How he pulled this off is anyone’s guess. This happened at Xplosion 17, which is probably what happened to that guy’s nose.