(Check out the Gifs after the jump of Edson Barboza’s one kick KO of Terry Etim)
Lightweight fighter Edson Barboza (10-0) kept his record perfect by stopping British fighter Terry Etim via third round knockout in the opening pay-per-view bout of UFC 142. What made it significant was that he did it with a wheel kick to become the first fighter in the promotions history to score victory by that method.
Barboza ended the fight at 2:02 of the third round and walked away with the “Knockout of the Night” bonus as well as the “Fight of the Night” bonus, for a total of $130,000.
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