Watch: Salkilld delivers KO of the Year candidate at UFC 321
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Quillan Salkilld landed one of the scariest knockouts of the year at UFC 321.
The lightweight prospect crumpled Nasrat Haqparast with a vicious head kick midway through the first round of the featured preliminary bout Saturday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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10 Days Notice and you do that???
The man from Perth gets it done in the first with a stunning head kick KO!
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Salkilld, a 25-year-old from Australia, improved to 3-0 in the UFC with two first-round knockouts.
Haqparast, a 15-bout Octagon veteran, saw his five-fight winning streak come to an end. The 30-year-old suffered his first loss since February 2022.