SPINNING WHEEL KICK KO 🤯
#UFCMACAU pic.twitter.com/25KJ8OqmSx— ESPN MMA (@espnmma)
November 23, 2024
Muslim
Salikhov has a knack for spinning offense.
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“The King of Kung Fu” received a $50,000 “Performance of the Night”
bonus for his first-round finish of Kenan Song
in their welterweight clash at UFC
Macau on Saturday at Galaxy Arena. Salikhov dropped his
adversary with a perfectly placed spinning wheel kick and sealed
his victory with a standing-to-ground hammerfist at the 3:49 mark
of Round 1. It is the second time the 40-year-old has used a
spinning wheel kick to end a contest in UFC competition.
Elsewhere, Gabriella
Fernandes garnered a $50,000 bonus for her upset victory over
Cong
Wang in a women’s flyweight bout. Wang appeared to have a
comfortable lead on the scorecards when Fernandes hurt her foe with
a head kick and dropped her with an ensuing left hand. From there,
the MMA Masters product secured a rear-naked choke to get the tap
3:49 into the second frame.
Earlier, Mingyang
Zhang took home a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” check for
making short work of Osman Diaz
in a light heavyweight showdown. Zhang floored Diaz with a standing
elbow and unloaded with punches until the bout was halted at the
2:25 mark of Round 1. Zhang has won 11 straight fights — all inside
the distance.
Finally, Ming Shi
captured the card’s final $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus
with a stoppage of Xiaocan
Feng in the “Road to UFC” women’s strawweight final. Shi
secured victory with a head-kick knockout 46 seconds into the third
period.