{"id":613380,"date":"2026-04-19T00:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T00:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/613380\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T00:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T00:02:10","slug":"highlights-barbosa-unloads-right-hook-planks-buzukja-with-first-round-ko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/613380\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights! Barbosa unloads right hook, planks Buzukja with first round KO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It took Marcio Barbosa just a minute and twenty seconds to headhunt Dennis Buzukja at UFC Winnipeg, knocking out his opponent in the first round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">That\u2019s Barbosa\u2019s fifth first round knockout in a row, which tells us that the Brazilian fighter may just be someone to keep a close eye on. \u201cTicoto\u201d came into the UFC off a violent Contender Series win in August 2025, and here\u2019s hoping he returns to the cage sooner rather than later considering how fast this fight was.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">$100,000 performance bonus incoming?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As for Dennis Buzukja, he drops to 12-6 and 1-4 in the UFC. After getting two chances on the Contender Series to get into the UFC, his time in the big leagues may be up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Check out the finish from the fight below, care of UFC and Paramount+.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For more highlights and finishes from UFC Winnipeg, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-results\/435939\/ufc-winnipeg-live-results-highlights-play-by-play-burns-vs-malott\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It took Marcio Barbosa just a minute and twenty seconds to headhunt Dennis Buzukja at UFC Winnipeg, knocking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":613381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82,702],"class_list":{"0":"post-613380","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-ufc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}