“Will be 50 sleeping motherf**kers” – Fans go wild as 37-year-old Edson Barboza pulls of electric knockout at UFC Kansas City

Edson Barboza gets his 9th Knockout of his UFC career by finishing Billy Quarantillo with a knee strike. Fans express their happiness to the veteran fighter on Twitter.

“Will be 50 sleeping motherf**kers” – Fans go wild as 37-year-old Edson Barboza pulls of electric knockout at UFC Kansas City

Edson Barboza knocks out Billy Quarantillo (Image Courtesy - MMA Fighting)

Former Lightweight fighter Edson Barboza moved down to Featherweight to fulfil his Championship aspiration in 2020. However, the move down to Featherweight has not fared well for the Brazilian veteran. At UFC on ESPN 44, he faced prospect Billy Quarantillo in the co-main event. Barboza had lost his last two fights heading into the fight with Quarantillo. However, the fight ended with a vintage Edson Barboza style via a knockout.

Quarantillo started the fight with plenty of pressure, moving Barboza against the cage and even attempting two takedowns in the process. However, Barboza kept his composure and landed strikes on his back foot. Quarantillo was finding success applying pressure that he got aggressive looking for a takedown, which became his fatal flaw. Barboza countered a takedown attempt with a well-timed knee that knocked Quarantillo out cold.

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With the knockout, Edson Barboza has nine knockouts in his UFC career. In 2017, he knocked out Beneil Dariush in the same way. Fight fans were thrilled to see the veteran Brazilian still knocking people out at the age of 37. Following the fight, Barboza thanked the fans for motivating and providing such a fantastic atmosphere. He also revealed that he had trained for the sequence during his training and credited his Muay-Thai coach for helping him strategise the fight.

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It is yet another setback for Billy Quarantillo, who now loses for the third time in his UFC career. Quarantillo had the right game plan in mind, but Barboza timed that knee very well and got the knockout victory.

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Fans React to Edson Barboza knocking out Billy Quarantillo

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Edson Barboza knocks out Billy Quarantillo (Image Courtesy – MMA Underground)

The co-main event of UFC on ESPN 44 featured the Featherweight fight between Edson Barboza and Billy Quarantillo. The fight did not last long as Barboza got the knockout victory in the first round. He could time a takedown attempt and land a knee strike to finish the fight. Fans took to Twitter to praise the veteran MMA fighter. Check out some of the fan reactions:

https://twitter.com/B_RadFromtheLou/status/1647432530872737794
https://twitter.com/SausageTitts/status/1647434015572647936

Fight fans will hope to see Edson Barboza compete again. He has knocked out nine fights in his UFC career and has put on plenty of exciting fights for the fans.

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