MMA community reacts to soccer kick KO
Warning: Story contains coarse language
Eryk Anders scored a sudden and violent victory at UFC Lincoln on Saturday night.
The chiseled middleweight caught opponent Tim Williams with a kick to the face for the KO victory.
Incredible timing on this KO headkick by Eryk Anders, wow! #UFCLincoln pic.twitter.com/03buzaUyPH
— Ahmar Khan (@AhmarSKhan) August 26, 2018
The boot was as close to a soccer kick as it gets, and it caught the attention of fighters and commentators alike.
Was that kick legal? Happened so fast. #ufclincoln
— Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) August 26, 2018
And the FG conversion is good!!! Damn! That was fucking nasty! Imagine if he was shooting into that kick 😒 #UFCLincoln
— Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) August 26, 2018
Ya Boi kicked that man right in his face. pic.twitter.com/V2PEB9aEGd
— Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) August 26, 2018
Geez...
— Megan Anderson (@MeganA_mma) August 26, 2018
That was brutal... #UFCLincoln pic.twitter.com/wumsqNIE85
Bad call from Williams to get up while in range of Anders, while in a very close fight. Was a hair away from being an illegal kick, but was clean. #UFCLincoln pic.twitter.com/QT5dFVsHN2
— The Mane Event™ (@EliasTheodorou) August 26, 2018
Mate. That Anders KO was filth. #UFCLincoln
— Jim Edwards (@MMA_Jim) August 26, 2018
Eryk Anders perfectly nails the closest thing to a soccer (or should we say a FG) kick we’ll ever see in the UFC with just 18 seconds left. That was vicious.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) August 26, 2018
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