RIO DE JANEIRO – The Edson Barboza hype train continues to roll.

The Brazilian lightweight earned his fourth consecutive win in the UFC in devastating fashion with what was the first-ever spinning-wheel-kick knockout in the promotion’s history.

His bout with Terry Etim was part of the UFC 142 main card and aired on pay-per-view following prelims on Facebook and FX. It took place at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro.

After a spirited striking match with Etim, Barboza planted the kick and knocked the Brit out cold in the third round.

“I’d actually done one similar to this before, but it didn’t work out that well,” Barboza said through a translator. “This one definitely worked out much better.”

Etim came out aggressively in the first round and kept Barboza at bay with stiff jabs and a takedown. But Barboza never spent more than a few moments on the mat, and by the end of the first round, his patented leg kicks began to do damage.

Throughout the second and third rounds, Barboza upped the volume of leg kicks and severely affected Etim’s ability to push off from his lead leg, which was dreadfully exposed. As the fight went into the third round, he was a largely stationary target.

That enabled Barboza to fling off the spinning wheel kick, which he had landed at UFC 128 against striker Anthony Njokuani but failed to finish the fight. This kick, however, landed flush, which sent Etim stiff to the canvas. The official time of the knockout came at the 2:02 mark of the third frame.

“Brazil!” Barboza crowed to the crowd afterward.

Etim (15-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) drops to 1-2 in his past three outings while Barboza (10-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) is a perfect 10-0 in professional competition.

Up-to-the-minute fights results include:

• Edson Barboza def. Terry Etim via knockout (spinning heel kick) – Round 3, 2:02
• Thiago Tavares def. Sam Stout via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
• Gabriel Gonzaga def. Ednaldo Oliveira via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 3:22
• Yuri Alcantara def. Michihiro Omigawa via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
• Mike Pyle def. Ricardo Funch via TKO (knees and punches) – Round 1, 1:22
• Felipe Arantes def. Antonio Carvalho via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

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