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Revisiting UFC 240: Geoff Neal and Hakeem Dawodu leave thousands in awe with KO’s

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UFC 240 had some big names and fights such as Max Holloway, Frankie Edgar, Cris Cyborg and Geoff Neal while it had some amazing KOs too

UFC 240 featured some of the biggest names on the circuit and a title fight that lived long in memory.

The main event was a Featherweight title clash between Max Holloway and Frankie Edgar. The pair were set to fight at UFC 218 and UFC 222 but both stars picked up injuries and the fight was finally scheduled at UFC 240.

Deiveson Figueiredo of Brazil submits Alex Perez in their flyweight championship bout during the UFC 255 event at UFC APEX on November 21, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

There were some other big names on the card too with the legendary Cris Cyborg taking on Felicia Spencer.

Future UFC Flyweight champion, Deiveson Figueiredo was also in action as he took on Alexandre Pantoja on the prelim card.

This UFC card had several incredible knockouts too and here are the results from the show.

UFC 240 results and winners

Early prelim card

Erik Koch beats Kyle Stewart – Decision (Unanimous)

Gillian Robertson beats Sarah Frota – TKO (elbows)

Prelim card

Deiveson Figueiredo beats Alexandre Pantoja – Decision (unanimous)

Gavin Tucker beats Seung Woo Choi – Submission (rear-naked choke)

Hakeem Dawodu beats Yoshinori Horie – TKO (head kick)

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Viviane Araujo beats Alexis Davis – Decision (unanimous)

Main card

Krzysztof Jotko beats Marc-Andre Barriault – Decision (split)

Arman Tsarukyan beats Olivier Aubin-Mercier – Decision (unanimous)

Geoff Neal beats Niko Price – TKO (punches)

Cris Cyborg beats Felicia Spencer – Decision (unanimous)

Max Holloway beats Frankie Edgar – Decision (unanimous)

KOs get people talking

Edgar vs Holloway for the UFC Featherweight title and that got a lot of people off their feet.

However, Neal and Dawodu both got incredible TKOs and ended up getting the Performance of the Night bonuses.

They weren’t the only ones getting $50,000 bonuses though. Figueiredo and Pantoja also put on an incredible show and they won the Fight of the Night award.

This event will go down as one of the greatest in the history of the UFC, and Figueiredo and co are continuing to knock people out for fun.

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Saiyed Adeem Karim

Ditching a corporate job to follow a dream isn't easy, but when football comes calling, who can say no? Been following the beautiful game since 1998. Liverpool addict, F1 fanatic!