The Art of Flying Knee

[madi]

Why this technique is so efficient in modern MMA? It's so brutal and beautiful, and we see more often than it should be. It seems that it's not easy to get it right.

Thoughts? Here some of my favorites.

 

[charalsias]

Knees are not to be discussed until all of Cyborg's forehead is out of his brain.

Show some hespeck!

 

[chitoortiz]

 

[BisexualMMA]

 

[Pacemaker Joe]

Knees are not to be discussed until all of Cyborg's forehead is out of his brain.

Show some hespeck!

Don't worry, they peeled his face off and patched him up.

 

[BAZ Rutten]

Brain Rodgers is the flying knee GOAT!

He absolutely flat-lines his opponents.

 

[Abazzdeboom]

When you have some many td, knees become lethal
My fav

 

[Bend NvR Break]

Don't worry, they peeled his face off and patched him up.

Damn they really did peel his skin back. That fracture was dead in the middle of his forehead.

 

[TheRassler]

I don't know what I like more, a flying knee KO or a switch kick KO.


or a flying switch knee KO?

 

[mudrubble]

The king of flying knees is the one that bent bone towards brain as if to ask:

"Is this what you really want for your life, bro?"

It was nucleartomic....

 

[CobraCobretti]

 

[Chamber]

^I saw Chris Beal's flying knee KO over Patrick Williams live at UFC 172. It was a thing of beauty. Also terrifying, as Williams was OUT for a long, long time. He stirred a little bit after Herb jumped in, but didn't truly come to until long after Buffer announced the result.

To answer your question, it's most definitely difficult to land. I don't know if we truly see them that often, but I get what you're saying-- it seems like we see them more than you'd expect, regardless. A lot of guys just probably aren't expecting it. With a "flashier" strike like a flying knee being so hard to land, I'm assuming that guys don't necessarily drill for flying knee defense on the regular, and it's a matter of knowing your opponent, distance, position, etc for when that knee is most likely to come into play.

 

[ScarfaceJr]

Such beautiful violence!

Sagat would be proud

 

[Pacemaker Joe]

 

[Gamer2k4]

Don't worry, they peeled his face off and patched him up.

Holy cow. I mean, in hindsight I can't imagine how else you would have fixed that, but wow.

 

[chitoortiz]

 

[Pacemaker Joe]

^I saw Chris Beal's flying knee KO over Patrick Williams live at UFC 172. It was a thing of beauty. Also terrifying, as Williams was OUT for a long, long time. He stirred a little bit after Herb jumped in, but didn't truly come to until long after Buffer announced the result.

To answer your question, it's most definitely difficult to land. I don't know if we truly see them that often, but I get what you're saying-- it seems like we see them more than you'd expect, regardless. A lot of guys just probably aren't expecting it. With a "flashier" strike like a flying knee being so hard to land, I'm assuming that guys don't necessarily drill for flying knee defense on the regular, and it's a matter of knowing your opponent, distance, position, etc for when that knee is most likely to come into play.

Noad Lahat and Fredson Paxiao had really bad ones too.

 

[Minnja]

^I saw Chris Beal's flying knee KO over Patrick Williams live at UFC 172. It was a thing of beauty. Also terrifying, as Williams was OUT for a long, long time. He stirred a little bit after Herb jumped in, but didn't truly come to until long after Buffer announced the result.

I was there too, first MMA fight I've seen in-person. Bunch of jabronies were not in the arena yet since it was the first fight of the card and missed out

 

[Bend NvR Break]

The king of flying knees is the one that bent bone towards brain as if to ask:

"Is this what you really want for your life, bro?"

It was nucleartomic....

So MVP's knee is your favorite?

 

[Bend NvR Break]

What happened to that guy on the first gif being punched? Didn't he compete in TUF, get a roster slot and was the youngest guy in the UFC for a little?