Edson Barboza Lands The First Wheel Kick KO In UFC History (Gifs)

(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 […]

Edson Barboza (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

(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.

Gifs courtesy of IronForgesIron.com. Hit the link for more Gifs from the rest of the nights action.