Out of all the ways a fight can end one of the most satisfying victories must be when your opponent is unable to come out for the next round. With submissions or flash knockouts an opponent can always claim they simply got caught, but when they retire on the stool it means they had time to consider going back out to fight and simply couldn’t do it anymore.
An honorary mention not included in this list is the time Yoel Romero couldn’t get off his stool in a fight against Tim Kennedy, luckily for Romero however his team neglected to remove the stool from the cage. There Romero was just continuing to sit as Tim Kennedy was moving to the centre of the octagon for the start of the next round.
Eventually Romero got up and in the next round knocked a very pissed off Tim Kennedy out. Since Romero did eventually continue fighting he has not been included in this list.
Here are the top 5 times a fighter failed to come out for the next round.
