#4 Uriah Hall’s spinning flying back kick at UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs Nelson
Uriah ‘Primetime’ Hall (12-8) is a Jamaican kickboxer and MMA fighter, with a base of Kyokushin karate and BJJ. Gegard ‘Dreamcatcher’ Mousasi (41-6-2) is a Dutch-Armenian former Strikeforce and DREAM Light-heavyweight champion and former DREAM Middleweight champion. Mousasi has an MMA base of boxing, kickboxing and judo.
Hall entered the 2015 fight against Mousasi as a huge underdog, getting thoroughly outworked in the first round. Mousasi secured top position on Hall and had dominated him on the feet as well as the ground. Round 2 started and Mousasi, having the obvious grappling advantage over his opponent, ducked in for a takedown.
Hall timed Mousasi’s takedown-attempt perfectly and flung his entire body into the air, spinning to create torque and landing a back-kick on his Dutch opponent. Mousasi lost his balance and wobbled back towards the fence.
Hall finished the fight with a few follow-up shots and secured the biggest win of his career. Now although Mousasi would avenge this loss in a rematch with Hall in 2016, Hall’s flying spinning back-kick will forever remain a staple of the UFC’s highlight reels.
