{"id":156238,"date":"2021-11-06T23:06:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T00:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=156238"},"modified":"2021-11-07T03:00:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T03:00:34","slug":"ufc-heavyweight-stuns-world-with-crazy-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=156238","title":{"rendered":"UFC heavyweight stuns world with crazy move"},"content":{"rendered":"

We've seen spinning kicks in the UFC<\/a> before, and we've seen celebratory somersaults – but how about both in the space of 10 seconds from a 120kg man?<\/p>\n

Chris Barnett stole the show during the preliminary card at UFC 268 at Madison Square Garden, knocking down opponent Gian Villante with a spinning wheel kick before finishing it off with a few follow-up strikes.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

To mark his first win in the UFC, he then did a somersault – although didn't exactly stick the landing.<\/p>\n

The vibe of the fight was light-hearted from the start, with Barnett displaying some impressive dance moves on the way to the ring.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/espnmma\/status\/1457126884039294982<\/a><\/p>\n

Both men were full of smiles and respect for each other afterwards, Barnett going as far as to call on the crowd to give Villante a standing ovation in what was the veteran's last fight.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

"My man right here, two-week-old at home, he's about to retire, excellent football coach, he's got a son that's 22 months. This is his town, this is his place, y'all stand up," he said.<\/p>\n

"Cheer for my man – this might have been his last one, but this ain't it – he's going to be riding with me from now on."<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> 'I hate the guy's guts': 'Real' UFC beef explodes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Australia through to semis at T20 World Cup<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The fight was over midway through the second round, Barnett looked to throw a kick several times before connecting with that spinning wheel kick that will no doubt be on highlight reels for years to come.<\/p>\n

A stacked card will culminate later today when Colby Covington challenges Kamaru Usman for the welterweight title.<\/p>\n

For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We've seen spinning kicks in the UFC before, and we've seen celebratory somersaults – but how about both in the space of 10 seconds from […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156238"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156238"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156240,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156238\/revisions\/156240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}