DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. – Impa Kasanganay went viral early in his fighting career, but not for the right reasons.
Three years ago, in just his second fight in the UFC, Kasanganay (14-3) was on the receiving end of one of the wildest and most brutal knockouts in UFC history. Heavy hitter Joaquin Buckley broke the internet when Kasanganay caught one of his leg kicks, and then spun midair to land a knockout blow with the opposite leg.
“When I got knocked out by Buckley, I don’t remember what happened,” Kasanganay told MMA Junkie on Wednesday at a media day. “I was just like, ‘What happened? What happened?’ But once I got in the ambulance, my dad was like, ‘Go look at your phone.’ I watched it, and I was like, ‘Ok, good shot.’ But I came into MMA to become a champion. If that’s the route for me to become a champion, then that’s it.
