5 unbreakable UFC chins that finally broke
In the UFC, fighters of every variety earn either fame or infamy. Some mixed martial artists thrill fight fans with thunderous knockouts as evidence of their seismic punching power.
Other fighters, however, leave the sport's grappling-oriented fanbase awestruck by slick submissions after either outgrappling their foes or pouncing on an opening.
As a sport of endless possibilities, MMA enables fighters to truly express themselves inside the octagon. A select few UFC fighters are grittier than others. They wade into the line of fire without fear, forgoing the nuances of defensive striking because their primary form of defense is their steely toughness.
The UFC has seen its fair share of fighters with legendary chins who seem impossible to knock unconscious.
Unfortunately, every chin—no matter how unbreakable—has its limits. At some point, the damage absorbed throughout the years accumulates and fighters once celebrated for their inhuman toughness suddenly struggle to absorb blows they could once walk through.
As this list explores the 5 unbreakable chins that have finally broken, it will not include the likes of the Diaz brothers, who despite their legendary toughness, have both been knocked out in their careers. Instead, this list details 5 fighters who had never suffered a knockout loss until they finally did.
#5. Joanna Jędrzejczyk
Former UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk is one of the greatest women's mixed martial artists of all time. With a breadth of championship kickboxing experience, Jędrzejczyk used her nearly unparalleled striking skills to embark on what was initially an unbeaten run in the sport of MMA.
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Whenever she was unable to either freeze her foes with her bag of feints or manage distance with her jab while backing them up to the fence where she'd overwhelm them with volume, Jędrzejczyk would not shy away from fire fights due to the sheer depth of her toughness.
Even the monstrously powerful Claudia Gadelha and Jéssica Andrade could not separate 'The Boogeywoman' from consciousness.
However, once Jędrzejczyk faced former divisional rival Rose Namajunas at UFC 217, she not only suffered the first loss of her career, but was also knocked out for the first time.
While Jędrzejczyk explained the result as being due to a bad weight cut, she was never the same again, fighting six more times since the loss and losing four of those bouts, with her final loss being a knockout loss in a rematch against former UFC strawweight champion Zhang Weili.