ABU DHABI – Ever since Joaquin Buckley ’s viral spinning back kick knockout at UFC on ESPN+ 37, the debate has raged on: Was it the greatest KO in UFC history? Perhaps someone best qualified to answer that question is former UFC welterweight Dan Hardy . Not only has he trained at the highest level and competed for a UFC title, but Hardy now studies fight film religiously to prepare himself as a cageside commentator and analyst. So what does he think of Buckley’s dazzling finish of Impa Kasanganay being considered the GOAT of UFC knockouts? “It’s certainly up there,” Hardy told reporters, including MMA Junkie, on Tuesday. “The thing I struggle with is picking knockouts apart between the ones that were planned before they got in the octagon and the ones that were circumstantial when they were in there.” Buckley’s knockout happened after Kasanganay caught a high kick and held on to his foot, which allowed Buckley to spin mid-air and land a picture-perfect kick to the face
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