7. Diamond Cutter
Former two-division Cage Warriors Fighting Championship titleholder Conor McGregor took out Dustin Poirier with a straight left behind the ear and follow-up punches in the first round of their UFC 178 featherweight showcase on Sept. 27, 2014 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Poirier, who had never before been finished by strikes, met his end 1:46 into Round 1. McGregor backed up the Louisianan with a series of spinning attacks, stood him up with a clean right to the face and picked his spots from there. A straight left to the side of the ducking Poirier’s head dropped him to all fours and left him vulnerable to subsequent blows. Hammerfists and jackhammer lefts forced referee Herb Dean to intervene. It was in that moment that much of the MMA world realized it had a superstar on its hands.
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