Sherdog’s Top 10: 2011’s Best Knockouts

#8 -- Pat Curran vs. Marlon Sandro
Bellator Fighting Championships 48
Aug. 20, 2011
Mohegan Sun Arena
Uncasville, Conn.

It came out of nowhere and wiped out Sandro in a blink. Cut near his left eye and perhaps trailing on the scorecards, Curran unleashed a right head kick and knocked out Sandro in the Bellator Fighting Championships Summer Series featherweight tournament final. The kick and follow-up punches finished it 4:00 into round two. Curran, who captured the promotion’s Season 2 lightweight draw, became the first man to win Bellator tournaments in two different weight classes. He caught Sandro leaning back and delivered the kick while the Brazilian was at his most vulnerable. Clean and unobstructed, it landed with an audible smack and sent the defenseless Sandro to the mat. Curran followed with a few right hands, leaving no doubt regarding the stoppage. Sandro, the reigning featherweight King of Pancrase, had never before been finished.

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