UFC Fight Night 248 video: Muslim Salikhov KOs Song Kenan with spinning wheel kick

Muslim Salikhov became the first in UFC history to have multiple spinning wheel kick knockouts with his finish at UFC Macau.

[autotag]Muslim Salikhov[/autotag] landed his signature strike to knock out [autotag]Song Kenan[/autotag] at UFC Fight Night 248

Salikhov (21-5 MMA, 8-4 UFC), “The King of Kung Fu,” lived up to his nickname Saturday when he uncorked his trademark spinning wheel kick to the head of Kenan (17-8 MMA, 6-5 UFC), who went down in a heap at the 3:49 mark of Round 1 in the welterweight bout at Galaxy Arena in Macau.

The kick Salikhov threw has been seen many times throughout his octagon tenure, but it has never landed so clean. He is the first fighter in UFC history to land multiple knockout finishes in the octagon with the technique.

Check out the replay of the finish below (via X):

Salikhov made much of his career before joining the UFC in China, and he was thrilled to return to familiar territory, and said that at 40, he’s still dangerous.

“I always have this kick in my pocket, but never expect that I will finish the fight with something (like it),” Salikhov said in his post-fight interview with Michael Bisping. “Every one of my kicks is dangerous.”

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