UFC Vegas 87 served us with one of the best knockouts in recent times. In the preliminary card of the event, Vinicius Oliveira took on Benardo Sopaj. Ahead of the fight, the latter had promised Oliveira that he was going to knock him out.
However, things turned out to be quite different. Benardo Sopaj started off the fight strongly and was besting Vinicius Oliveira. With just seconds remaining in the fight, Oliveira closed the deal with a flying knee that went straight to his opponent’s jaw, knocking him out cold.
Vinicius Oliveira also ended up receiving a $50k bonus from the UFC for his brutal finish. Moreover, the UFC president Dana White was quick to hype up the insane knockout on his social media. White took to X to post a clip of the knockout from UFC Vegas 87 and said:
“NOW YOU KNOW #UFCVegas87”
Reacting to the same, fans were quick to flood the comment section of the post while expressing their admiration. Take a look at some of the reactions below:
“That was a brutal knee, but amazing to see.”
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“That’s gotta be a top-5 KO of all time.”
“That was some Anderson Silva in his prime-level striking.”
“Face to the canvas … that was double damage”
“This is sick knee hit, successful”
UFC Vegas 87 full fight card results
In the main event of UFC Vegas 87, heavyweights Jairzinho Rozenstruik went up against Shamil Gaziev. Going into the fight as a considerable underdog, Rozenstruik was able to emerge victorious via a fourth round TKO (doctor’s stoppage). That said, take a look at the full fight card results below:
- Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Shamil Gaziev — Rozenstruik defeated Gaziev by TKO (doctor’s stoppage) at 5:00 of Round Four
- Tyson Pedro vs. Vitor Petrino — Petrino defeated Pedro by unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28)
- Muhammad Mokaev vs. Alex Perez — Mokaev defeated Perez by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
- Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Bekzat Almakhan — Nurmagomedov defeated Almakhan by unanimous decision (30-25, 30-26 x2)
- Stephen Erceg vs. Matt Schnell — Erceg defeated Schnell by KO (punch) at 0:26 of Round Two
- Eryk Anders vs. Jamie Pickett — Anders defeated Pickett by unanimous decision (29-27, 29-28 x2)
- Vinicius Oliveira vs. Bernardo Sopaj — Oliveira defeated Sopaj by KO (flying knee) at 4:41 of Round Three
- Javid Basharat vs. Aiemann Zahabi — Zahabi defeated Basharat by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
- Christian Leroy Duncan vs. Claudio Ribeiro — Duncan defeated Ribeiro by TKO (punches) at 1:57 of Round Two
- Ludovit Klein vs. A.J. Cunningham — Klein defeated Cunningham by TKO (body kick and punches) at 4:36 of Round One
- Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady vs. Loik Radzhabov — Radzhabov defeated Al-Selwady by KO (punches) at 0:49 of Round Three
