#8 Edson Barboza spins right round, baby, right round
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Edson Barboza. Where do I start? With the fact that he was born 8 weeks premature and survived despite doctors giving him bleak odds of survival? Or the near-perfect professional kickboxing record with 22 KOs?
Perhaps the 6 Fight of the Night awards he’s commanded in the UFC? Even with academics out of the picture, Barboza is undeniably one of the best strikers in MMA.
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Barboza won his first three UFC tilts, collecting FOTN honours in two of them. As tradition dictates, the matchmakers pitted him against versatile and battle-tested Englishman Terry Etim.
The Brazilian didn’t miss a beat in his ballet of violence, flogging Etim’s legs with his trademark leg kicks and picking off shots that would’ve made Anderson Silva proud. Come third round, Etim looked all but defeated. Barboza sensed the Brit draining and after landing another low kick, whipped around with light speed and crashed his heel into his jaw.
Unsurprisingly, it was deemed the “Knockout of the Year” by several publications.
