5 glass cannons in the UFC
The UFC hosts mixed martial artists of every variety as fighters from all walks of life find success in the promotion.
Dominant wrestlers with decorated amateur backgrounds in freestyle wrestling, Greco-Roman and other styles impose their will on their opponents to great effect, overwhelming them with pressure and takedowns.
Grapplers whose history is rich in Brazilian jiu-jitsu expertise stupefy their foes on the ground, outworking them with superior positional grappling en route to sealing victory with slick submission maneuvers. Meanwhile, highly skilled strikers dazzle spectators with thrilling knockouts that consistently make up the UFC's promotional material.
Other fighters are tradesmen in every facet of combat: wrestling, grappling and striking. However, a subset of unique fighters exist. These fighters possess incredible punching power that frequently earns them knockouts. Unfortunately, these UFC fighters are just as susceptible to being knocked out, either due to poor defense or an inability to take shots. Sometimes, it's a bit of both.
While past UFC fighters like Alistair Overeem and Thomas Almeida fit the bill, this list looks at 5 current UFC fighters who are glass cannons.
#5. Joaquin Buckley
While Joaquin Buckley will likely never capture a world championship in the UFC, he briefly became a viral internet sensation due to his highly entertaining knockout win over Impa Kasanganay at UFC Fight Night 179.
A little over 2 minutes into the 2nd round, Buckley threw a kick that his foe caught. Instead of pulling his leg back to free his foot from Kasanganay's grip, Buckley lifted his other leg and spun his body into a jumping spinning back kick that knocked his opponent out cold.
The reigning KO of the year winner and UFC Middleweight Joaquin Buckley will look to rebound and find that K.O. magic coming off a loss this past January to Alessio Di Chirico.
Buckley is set to faceAntonio Arroyo in a middleweight bout at a UFC Fight
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No win characterizes Buckley as a fighter more than that, as the middleweight sensation willingly exposed his back while his foot was caught to score a knockout.
Joaquin Buckley very much lives by the sword or dies by it, usually winning by knockout, but when he loses, it's also often by knockout. Buckley boasts 15 wins, 11 of which came by knockout. Of his 4 losses, 3 have come via knockout, and even his wins are sometimes stained by him being rocked.