After a three-week lull, the UFC was back to open up 2025 – and there were a ton of highlight-reel finishes.

This past Saturday, nine of the 14 bouts on the card at UFC Fight Night 249 in Las Vegas were stoppages. There even were four finishes on the prelims that all came from fighters who got wins in the promotion for the first time. Then the main card had five finishes in six fights, including four straight to close the show.

Check out all nine of those finishes in the video above – including an admittedly early candidate for Knockout of the.

UFC Fight Night 249 finishes

• Mackenzie Dern def. Amanda Ribas via submission (armbar) – Round 3, 4:56
• Santiago Ponzinibbio def. Carlston Harris via TKO (punches) – Round 3, 3:13
• Cesar Almeida def. Abdul Razak Alhassan via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 4:16
• Roman Kopylov def. Chris Curtis via TKO (head kick) – Round 3, 4:59
• Punahele Soriano def. Uros Medic via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 0:31
• Felipe Bunes def. Jose Johnson via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 2:04
• Marco Tulio def. Ihor Potieria via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 3:04
• Jacobe Smith def. Preston Parsons via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 1:13
• Fatima Kline def. Viktoriia Dudakova via TKO (elbows) – Round 2, 4:27

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