Sherdog’s 2022 Round of the Year via LevPisarsky
at UFC Fight Night 203 is as extraordinary and thrilling a fight that ends via first-round knockout as one will ever see in MMA.In terms of importance and star power, the Dober vs. McKinney matchup pales in comparison to some of the other candidates. It was placed on the early main card of a UFC Fight Night, and neither man was a ranked contender. Dober was a small favorite at around -150. Almost immediately, that line looked mistaken.
After that blistering first 22 seconds, the two men would surely take a breather to get their bearings, right? No way. McKinney stalked Dober and connected with yet another devastating left knee that Dober made no move to avoid. Dober fell to his knees, but this time, was able to successfully clinch and grapple, as McKinney again failed to finish him off, this time with hammerfists from close range.
As both men took the center of the cage to catch their breath, not even a full minute of the fight had elapsed. McKinney was slightly slower now in coming forward, missing with a powerful short right hook and then another monster head kick. Suddenly, Dober connected with a left hook to McKinney’s side that had him wincing, his first real offense of the fight. Dober then followed up with a lazy and telegraphed leg kick from close range.
The pace finally slowed here, as Dober actually landed the better blows on the ground, with a number of solid elbows from his back. McKinney, after taking a small break, went back to work with hard punches from the top. Just over halfway through the round, Dober once again pushed off against McKinney’s hips with both feet and after blocking yet another head kick, scrambled back to the standing position again.
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