On a night filled with spectacular finishes, Joaquin Buckley stood above the rest.
To the surprise of nobody, Buckley’s once-in-a-lifetime jumping spin kick KO of Impa Kasanganay earned him one of four $50,000 UFC Fight Island 5 Performance of the Night bonuses.
The finish, which instantly went viral, emerged as a frontrunner for the best knockout of 2020.
On any other evening, Cory Sandhagen’s win over Marlon Moraes would surely have been the talk of the show. Sandhagen dropped Moraes with a spinning heel kick to the top of the head to put “Magic” away in the second round of Saturday’s main event.