(Bisping, Arlovski, Griffin, and Swanson: Four of the year’s most unfortunate victims.)

#25: Vitor Belfort sends Matt Lindland into convulsions at Affliction: Day of Reckoning (1/24/09).

#24. Gegard Mousasi makes his presence known in America by pounding Renato Sobral flat at Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg (8/15/09).

#23: Matt Hamill unleashes his inner Cro Cop against Mark Munoz at UFC 96 (3/7/09).

#22: Brett Rogers storms Andrei Arlovski in 22 seconds at Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields (6/6/09).

#21: Todd Duffee power-jabs his way to the fastest (official) knockout in UFC history against Tim Hague at UFC 102 (8/29/09).

#20: Shane Carwin rebounds from early trouble to score his 11th-straight first-round stoppage against Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 96 (3/7/09). Turn your sound down unless you like to hear rednecks screaming "Boo-Yah!"

#19: Mauricio "Shogun" Rua returns to his old form — and sinks another nail into Chuck Liddell‘s career-coffin — at UFC 97 (4/18/09).

#18: Hayato Sakurai blasts Shinya Aoki out of DREAM’s welterweight GP quarterfinals with some old-school knees to the head on the ground. (4/5/09)

#17: Paulo Thiago scores a monster upset in his Octagon debut at UFC 95 with his hellish 1-2 on Josh Koscheck (2/21/09).

#16: Nick Pace connects with a savage flying knee against Collin Tebo at Bellator XI, bashes his mouthpiece out, then does a gross little dance (6/12/09).

#15: Jay Hieron lands a brutal right hook — then throws in a few more completely unnecessary shots — against Jason High at Affliction: Day of Reckoning (1/24/09).

#14: Nate Marquardt sends Demian Maia into a tailspin at UFC 102 (8/29/09).

#13: Nate Marquardt ruins Wilson Gouveia via 10-hit combo at UFC 95 (2/21/09).

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