10 Most Violent Fighters In UFC History
6. Edson Barboza
While Brazilian Muay Thai specialist, Edson Barboza, hasn't quite managed to reach the top of the lightweight division, he's still had an incredibly lengthy career beating the brakes off of the vast majority of opponents he's faced.
Bar the likes of elite fighters, such as Khabib Nurmagomedov, Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje, Barboza has destroyed the rest of the brave lightweights who have been willing to trade strikes with him. While his boxing is certainly powerful enough to knock someone out, it's his kicking game which really strikes fear into opponent's hearts.
Blessed with some of the most educated feet in the sport, Barboza has used his legs to finish fighters in all different types of ways. From his devastating flying knee knockout over Beneil Dariush, to brutally chopping down Rafaello Oliveira until he couldn't stand anymore, the 33-year old is as lethal as striker as you're going to see at 155lb.
His shining moment of violence in the UFC is one you might've seen before. After an entertaining, back-and-forth battle with Terry Etim at UFC 142, Barboza shocked the world by rotating off of his foot and landing a wheel kick that sent Etim flying across the cage.