Watch: Salkilld delivers KO of the Year candidate at UFC 321

Quillan Salkilld landed one of the scariest knockouts of the year at UFC 321.

The lightweight prospect crumpled Nasrat Haqparast with a vicious head kick midway through the first round of the featured preliminary bout Saturday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Salkilld, a 25-year-old from Australia, improved to 3-0 in the UFC with two first-round knockouts.

Haqparast, a 15-bout Octagon veteran, saw his five-fight winning streak come to an end. The 30-year-old suffered his first loss since February 2022.